THE SUNDAY QUIZ BY ANDREW BAKER
Have you been paying attention to this week’s news? Test yourself…
1 Instagram is the indirect cause of a plague of injuries among which interest group? (a) Rock climbers (b) Yoga practitioners (c) Wearers of false eyelashes
2 Shailesh Vara, who was a Tory candidate for Speaker of the House of Commons, is shown in a 1986 local newspaper photograph doing what? (a) Selling copies of Socialist Worker
(b) Mooning from the rear window of a school bus (c) Smashing 15 roof tiles with taekwondo skills
3 A one-legged skeleton discovered under a dance floor in the Russian city of Smolensk has been identified as the mortal remains of whom? (a) Ra-Ra Rasputin (b) Napoleon’s General Charles Etienne Gudin (c) Lord Lucan
4 Who is the unlikely star (in puppet form) of a dance track by Belgian musician Michael Schack? (a) John Bercow (b) Boris Johnson (c) Nigel Farage
5 Scientists at Washington State University have developed a “neurohacking” cream which enables users to do what faster?
(a) Remember the names of their in-laws (b) Learn to play guitar (c) Solve the Telegraph crossword
6 Which of these was NOT involved in the Gunpowder Plot? (a) Robert Wintour (b) Thomas Wintour (c) Anna Wintour
7 Which country advertises its charms with the slogan “Live your unexpected”? (a) Luxembourg (b) Belgium (c) Austria
8 Which university graduates earn the least money in later life…? (a) Those with a 2:1 or a Third-class degree (b) Those with a 2:2 (c) Those with a First
9 …and which earn the most?
(a) Those with a 2:1 or a thirdclass degree
(b) Those with a 2:2
(c) Those with a first
10 Art expert Dr Bendor Grosvenor detected the hand of Bruegel in an unattributed work through the artist’s distinctive depiction of what? (a) A cow’s backside (b) A drinker’s nose (c) A lady’s enigmatic smile
11 John McDonnell confessed to students at University College London in 2010 that he found it “Very difficult not to use physical force” on... (a) Kittens
(b) Investment bankers (c) Nick Clegg
12 In a late-night rendezvous in a station car park after lengthy negotiations, a valuable item was returned to its owner by the anonymous individual who had found it on a train. What was it? (a) A pedigree spaniel puppy (b) A violin (c) Prototype iPhone 12