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The Guardian - UK
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Martin Belam

Poisoned books, hidden monsters and a bit of maths – take the Thursday quiz

A very old-looking book suspended on callipers
This striking image of a book suspended on callipers was part of the Rwandan artist Francis Offman’s ‘Untitled’ exhibition at Tate Liverpool. Books and Rwanda both feature in this week’s quiz. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

This week on social media, Tom Forth mused on those incredible moments when you are attending a pub quiz, and the person asking the questions drops a clanger. He put it poetically like this: “Punters asking for clarification. Clarification isn’t going to help you mate. You’re in the hands of the gods now. Welcome to the contested and subjective nature of truth. It’s vibes all the way down. You are merely an ant in the quiz controversy universe. Let go.” Of course, the Thursday quiz never has ambiguous wording, typos or controversial errors, and that is why there is never any quibbling in the comments. So let us get on with it …

The Thursday quiz, No 158

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