THE SUNDAY QUIZ

Have you been paying attention to this week’s news? Test yourself…

Sir Colin Humphreys of Cambridge University is a leading expert in materials science. In a book published in 2011, he sought to prove... what?

(a) Cling film is stronger than steel

(b) The Moon landings never happened

(c) The Last Supper took place on a Wednesday

After a series of experiments, Italian scientists have concluded that in order to combat cancer, we should all be eating more... (a) Ants (b) Greens (c) Eels

Eminent French chef Marc Veyrat has accused the Michelin restaurant guide of “deep incompetence”, for insulting his region and enraging his staff. What did the guide say he included in his soufflé?

(a) Dutch butter

(b) English cheese

(c) Italian herbs

“This is only a foretaste of what is to come and only the shadow of what is going to be.” The words of the pioneering figure depicted on the new £50 note. Who is that?

(a) Alan Turing

(b) Charles Babbage

(c) Ada Lovelace

Noom is a new app available on smartphones, but what does it do? (a) Helps users to lose weight

(b) Hails only electric taxis (c) Tracks the Moon’s progress through star signs

The packaging for products from beauty brand Axiology is made from rubbish found where? (a) Online (b) Bali

(c) Bond Street

Tony Llewellyn, a chemistry professor from Wales, in 1967 became the only Briton ever to be selected for which elite squad? (a) The All Blacks rugby team

(b) The Vatican’s Swiss Guard

(c) The Apollo astronaut roster

“Britain’s version of the Bayeux tapestry” was hand-stitched by local residents to depict the history of which town? (a) Trumpton (b) Royston

(c) Royston Vasey

Scientists at the University of Exeter and King’s College Medical School have announced that wearing what may delay the onset of dementia by up to eight years?

(a) Black

(b) Glasses

(c) A hearing aid

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Who or what are Koji, Kvass and Kefir?

(a) Nephews and nieces of Kourtney Kardashian, with their own YouTube channel

(b) Fermentation-related foodstuffs

(c) Finnish GrimePop sensations tearing up Helsinki

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In Queen Victoria’s household, 14 of these sat on velvet cushions under glass domes. What were they? (a) Marble sculptures of the disembodied limbs of her children

(b) Stuffed Pekinese dogs (c) Undershirts once worn by Prince Albert

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“There is no limit to the inventiveness of drug traffickers trying to mock controls,” said Spanish police after apprehending a middleaged man who arrived on a flight to Barcelona from Bogota with £27,000 of cocaine not very effectively concealed by his...

(a) Hat

(b) Toupée

(c) Jumper