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Martin Belam

Thursday news quiz: Stolen jewels, breakdancing fools and a car that’s breaking the rules

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A giant anteater. — This anteater has been snuffling around for some quiz answers. Can you help it? Photograph: JackF/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Every now and then the Thursday quiz pauses to ponder humanity’s ongoing obsession with setting records for things that do not need to exist. Last week we had a cat breaking the world record for toe-count and a robot running the 100 metres faster than Usain Bolt. One feels a bit unnecessary, the other feels like the plot of a dystopian 1980s sci-fi film. Neither feel like things we used to actually count. Never mind. Here are 15 question on topical news, general knowledge and pop culture to amuse and delight. No anteaters were harmed in the making of this quiz. Allons-y!

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