This week the Thursday quiz is steadfastly ignoring the general election in the UK, though not ignoring elections elsewhere. You face 15 questions on topical news, general knowledge, and some other stuff that caught the eye this week. There are no prizes, but you can let us know how you got on in the comments, where you can pick up bonus points for being funny, but lose points for tediously quibbling with the questions like that one boring bloke does at your local pub quiz every week. Enjoy!
The Thursday quiz, No 162
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Who won the Lithuanian presidential election this week, where people were voting in these stylish coat-of-arms adorned ballot boxes?
Ignas Vėgėlė
Gitanas Nausėda
Ingrida Šimonytė
Dainius Žalimas
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The "world’s rarest album" which once sold for $2m to Martin Shkreli, who spent six years in jail for financial crimes, is being played in public for the first time. Who recorded it?
Wu-Tang Clan
Kanye West
50 Cent
Kate Bush
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Who have the Libertarian party in the US nominated as their candidate for the presidency in the 2024 election? That isn't them in the picture, that is a porcupine, the party's emblem, enjoying a delicious apple
Hunter Oscar
Chase Oliver
Qwest Orson
Pursue Orlando
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A London-born teenager who died of leukaemia aged 15 is to become the Catholic church’s first millennial saint, after a decree by Pope Francis. What is the name of the teenager?
Giustino Russolillo
Carlo Acutis
Titus Brandsma
John Francis Vater
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The Co-op Live venue fiasco had another winner this week when a show was cancelled after who got arrested in Amsterdam and then couldn't make it to Manchester?
Cardi B
Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj
Ron from Sparks
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One question about every country taking part in the Euro 2024 finals this summer. This week: Ukraine, who qualified through play-off path B. Which of these Ukrainian cities is geographically most westerly?
Kyiv
Kherson
Odesa
Lviv
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You've always wanted to pass GCSE business, right? Try this one. A business decides it will increase the hourly pay rate of those on £10.42 per hour to £11.42. That is likely to put which two groups of stakeholders into opposition?
Customers and competitors
Shareholders and workers
Suppliers and local residents
Employees and 30-50 feral hogs
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The 1930 painting American Gothic (sort of pictured) is famous for its dour pair of figures and the upright pitchfork. Who painted it?
Grant Wood
Edward Hopper
Jeff Koons
Harry Anderson
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This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz. She was very sad to learn that an internet famous shiba inu, Kabosu, has died aged about 18. What is the name of the cryptocurrency inspired by Kabosu's meme-worthy image?
Dejitaru Tsuka
Dogecoin
Solana
Grotzits
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Every regular Thursday quizzer knew that the flock of 100 feral chickens (not pictured) tormenting a village in the UK would feature in the quiz this week. Which village?
Nairn, Highland
Snettisham, Norfolk
Groeswen, Caerphilly
Glenarm, County Antrim
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It is Tim Burgess's birthday today. Happy birthday, Tim! He featured in last week's quiz too. Can you remember which indie band, which had a string of hits in the 1990s and are still going strong today, he is the singer for?
Shed Seven
Feeder
Ocean Colour Scene
The Charlatans
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It is the anniversary in England of the Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising (pictured). In which year?
1181
1281
1381
1481
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Trading standards officers visited 77 venues across the UK and found that customers were being served short measures of alcohol how often?
30% of the time
50% of the time
70% of the time
90% of the time
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Who won the men's 2024 Giro d’Italia?
Tadej Pogačar
Jonathan Milan
Antonio Tiberi
Julian Alaphilippe
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Doctor Who was super spooky last weekend. How many yards away was the titular weirdo woman? You will definitely know because, of course, you always religiously read Martin Belam's episode recaps
33 Yards
53 Yards
73 Yards
1,057 Yards
Solutions
1:B - The count published by the electoral commission showed that Nausėda won 74.6% of votes with 90% of ballots counted after polls closed on Sunday in the second-round vote, beating opponent prime minister Ingrida Šimonytė, 2:A - Once Upon a Time in Shaolin exists in a single physical copy, and the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart, Tasmania, has acquired the album on loan, 3:B - The 38-year-old, who describes himself as “armed and gay”, saw off bids by Donald Trump and Robert F Kennedy Jr to gain the party's endorsement at its convention in Washington DC at the weekend, 4:B - Acutis was a computer prodigy who helped to spread Roman Catholic teaching online before his death in 2006. Pope Francis has decreed that a second posthumous miracle has been attributed to Acutis, qualifying the teenager for canonisation, 5:C - The US rapper was detained for hours at Schiphol airport on suspicion of “possessing soft drugs” before being fined by Dutch police and allowed to continue her journey. The gig was abandoned at 9.30pm with 20,000 people inside the venue, which seems more cursed than Leeds United attempting to get promoted via the play-offs, 6:D - Named after Leo I of Galicia, the city is very close to Ukraine's border with Poland, and indeed at times, including between the first and second world wars, the city has been part of Poland, 7:B - In simplistic terms, shareholders probably don't want to fork out the extra dosh, and workers would probably quite like it. Well done if you picked this option – you've got one point towards your fictitious business GCSE, 8:A - That photo is actually a mural of the two figures painted on the side of a barn in Iowa , 9:B - Dogecoin was started as a joke by two software engineers to capitalise on memes featuring the image of Kabuso, and it is now one of the most valuable cryptocurrencies on the planet. Much noble, so respect, 10:B - Ben King, 48, who lives on the lane where the feral monsters nest, said he had to wear earplugs to sleep at night because of their constant crowing, a bit like living near to a Southampton fan this week, 11:D - The band were formed in 1988 and their second single, The Only One I Know was a massive hit in 1990, and provides a chance for plenty of quiz-score related hilarity in the comments, 12:C - They were basically totally done with Richard II, his officials and his taxes and then were all murdered by the government of the day, 13:C - Imagine how much more random the Thursday quiz would be if they were actually serving the quizmaster full pints while he was writing it in the pub in a total panic on a Wednesday evening, 14:A - Pogačar held the pink jersey after every stage except the opening one, and adds victory in the Giro to his two previous Tour de France victories, 15:C - The episode was called 73 Yards because - SPOILERS – the mysterious woman never approached any closer than 73 Yards while doing her spooky supernatural witchy stuff
Scores
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0 and above.
We hope you had fun – let us know how you got on in the comments
The Thursday quiz, No 162
If you really do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers – and can show your working – feel free to email martin.belam@theguardian.com, but remember the quizmaster’s word is final and there is a new The The single to listen to instead.
