Nuclear pests, Hockney’s best and dozens of swimming tortoises – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style

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The Thursday quiz has taken a brief respite from shouting “chicken jockey” and throwing popcorn at fellow cinemagoers, giving it just long enough to cobble together today’s offering between screenings of the Minecraft movie. Silently waiting for you, like a creeper about to blow up your base, you will find 15 questions that veer from the topical, to general knowledge, to pop culture and back. There are no prizes, but we always love to hear how you’ve got on in the comments.

The Thursday quiz, No 205

  1. 1.Workers at the Hinkley Point C nuclear reactor in Somerset have warned that the construction site has been overun by what?

  2. 2.A couple fled the eco retreat they ran in Sweden, leaving behind 158 barrels of human waste among other things. Where did they flee to?

    Poo emoji

  3. 3.Which team has – incredibly – managed to get themselves relegated from the Premier League in England with a record seven matches to go?

    Football

  4. 4.A prince in which country has lost a legal battle to claim social security benefits on top of his royal allowance?

    The crown in the UK

  5. 5.Jack Black plays the main protagonist in the Minecraft Movie, who has the same name as the protagonist in the game. What is it?

    Thursday quiz logo in Minecraft by James Belam

  6. 6.Which European capital city is hosting a retrospective exhibition featuring 456 works by David Hockney?

    An artist

  7. 7.Dozens of which breed of tortoises have washed up in Florida after being swept from their homes during Hurricane Helene last summer (not pictured, that is the Pokémon Blastoise looking pretty freaking cool)?

    Pokémon Go screenshot of Blastoise

  8. 8.This week a new tunnel is opening underneath the Thames in London. What is it called?

    A view of London

  9. 9.It’s scores on the doors with Swindon’s Diana Dors. This week, the statue wants to know how many points you get, as a driver, for winning a Formula One grand prix, by being the fastest person to go round in circles for a couple of hours

    Diana Dors statue

  10. 10.It’s Karl-Heinz and his opening lines. This week the Thursday quiz imagines the German soccer legend would like to know which Charles Dickens novel begins: ‘My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip’

    Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

  11. 11.Authorities in Greece have prevented which famous Greek director from filming at the Acropolis, on the grounds that the planned shots were not compatible with the symbolism and values of the building?

    Acropolis in Athens

  12. 12.Here is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz, with this week’s flag question. What colour is the star on Morocco’s red flag?

    Burnt at the Stake by Wych Elm

  13. 13.Today is the anniversary of RMS Titanic setting sail en route to pranging an iceberg. Which English dock did she leave on 10 April 1912?

    Titanic

  14. 14.It is Daisy Ridley’s birthday today. Happy birthday Daisy! May the force be with you! Which planet in the Star Wars universe do we first meet her on in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, where she is a scavenger?

    Daisy Ridley

  15. 15.Who won Guardian invertebrate of the year 2025?

    A question mark made with vintage 1980s space-themed Lego

If you really do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers – and can show your working and are absolutely 100% positive you aren’t attempting to factcheck a joke – you can complain about it in the comments below. Why not watch Burnt at the Stake by the stupendously good Wych Elm instead?

Burnt at the Stake by Wych Elm

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