THE SUNDAY QUIZ BY ANDREW BAKER

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

Teenager Frederick Thackray is spending his gap year helping to establish a new pack of hunting beagles. Whereabouts?

(a) At his school, Radley College

(b) Near his home in Hampshire

(c) In rural Pakistan

Australian astrophysicist Dr Daniel Reardon suffered misfortune while attempting to perfect a coronavirus-minimising device. What happened? (a) A radiating coil set light to his hair

(b) Four powerful magnets became stuck up his nose

(c) He turned purple

The work of the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki included parts scored for which “instruments”? (a) Typewriter, paper and glass (b) Ship’s horn, cannon and engines

(c) Hollowed-out carrot, turnip and corncob

The Boileroom, a music and arts space in Guildford, Surrey, is appealing for public support and offering unusual rewards. A donation of £500, for instance, will earn you… (a) Your name above a urinal

(b) An open-mic slot on reopening night

(c) Your portrait on the inside of a lavatory door

The UK’s wet winter has caused an unexpected boom in what?

(a) Otters

(b) Ducks

(c) Bogs

Alberto Tito Alejandro was arrested last weekend after a 100mph car chase in Washington State, USA. Who was at the wheel of his 1996 Buick? (a) His seven-year-old daughter

(b) His pit bull dog (c) His 90-year-old mother

Ken McCallum, the new head of MI5, is the service’s youngest-ever chief. How old is he?

(a) 42

(b) 37

(c) That’s a secret, I’m afraid

Lawyers have been urged to do what when working from home?

(a) Shave and/or apply make-up

(b) Turn off Alexa

(c) Lock up their children

After a long silence, Murder Most Foul is an acclaimed new work by whom? (a) Agatha Christie

(b) Alfred Hitchcock

(c) Bob Dylan 10

What, says Simon Heffer in The Telegraph, is “one of the greatest comic masterpieces of British cinema”?

(a) Carry On Up the Khyber

(b) Kind Hearts and Coronets

(c) Johnny English Strikes Again

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The Queen has won a battle with planners that will allow the construction of what? (a) A nuclear reactor at Sandringham

(b) A hydroelectric power station at Balmoral

(c) A wind farm in Windsor Great Park

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What is zoombombing? (a) Rapid airstrikes

(b) Ice lolly theft

(c) Video conference interference