THE SUNDAY QUIZ
Have you been paying attention to this week’s news? Test yourself…
Jacques Puisais, 93, is a renowned French chemist who spent half a century painstakingly researching which foods go best with different wines. What, according to Puisais, goes best with champagne?
(a) Baked beans
(b) Radishes
(c) Black pudding
Artworks by Bansky have been removed from a Circle Line train as they contravene
Transport for London’s strict anti-graffiti policy. Which animals featured in the works?
(a) Rats
(b) Police dogs
(c) Pigeons
The British Museum has regained its status as Britain’s best-loved visitor attraction, the Telegraph reported, thanks mainly to what?
(a) The quality of the coffee (b) The Elgin Marbles
(c) Japanese Manga cartoons
German Green campaigners have demanded what on the country’s motorways?
(a) A ban on cars
(b) Speed limits
(c) Composting toilets
According to his former lover, Juan Carlos, former king of Spain, would return from visits to the Middle East with…
(a) Suitcases of cash
(b) Little brass camel souvenirs
(c) Sunburn
Buckingham Palace is to sell a product made from items in the Queen’s garden. What?
(a) Compost
(b) Potpourri
(c) Gin
A vast new building “the size of eight tennis courts” is to be constructed in the grounds of Windsor Castle. What for?
(a) Tennis
(b) Vehicle maintenance for the Royal Mews
(c) Art storage
Who is Jen Reid? (a) New presenter on The One Show
(b) President Trump’s latest controversial nominee for the US Supreme Court (c) The subject of a new statue for Bristol
What is the special name that was applied by early Native Americans to the full moon during August?
(a) Salmon Moon
(b) Sturgeon Moon
(c) Tuna Moon
Skellig Michael, an island off the coast of County Kerry in Ireland, features in which celebrated cultural phenomenon?
(a) Star Wars
(b) Harry Potter
(c) Father Ted
The High Court has heard that Johnny Depp was frequently pelted with objects by his wife Amber Heard. Which objects were mentioned in court? (a) Spoons, ashtrays and bottles of beer
(b) Forks, cigarette lighters and cans of Coke
(c) Knives, cigars and cartons of orange juice
A Californian food tech start-up called Just makes chicken nuggets that are grown in vitro from a biopsy of starter cells taken from a – still living – chicken named what?
(a) Colonel Sanders
(b) Clucky
(c) Ian
Police are cracking down on social distancing on Spanish beaches. In some cases they have removed holidaymakers’…
(a) Sun loungers
(b) Passports
(c) Clothing
According to our beauty editor-atlarge, one element of personal style represents strength and a sense that one really has everything sorted. What is this magical thing? (a) A huge diamond ring (b) Seriously long hair (c) A tongue stud
Followers of horoscopes have been sent into an astrological identity crisis with news of a 13th star sign, for people born between Nov 29 and Dec 17. What is it called?
(a) Camelopardalis, the giraffe
(b) Delphinus, the dolphin
(c) Ophiuchus, the snake bearer