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A Bali ban, a new Duke, and the loveliest Greek island – take the Thursday quiz

By Dann Neff
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One step closer to the magic 100th edition of the Thursday quiz, today you face the usual ramshackle arrangement of vaguely topical questions with a bit of general knowledge thrown in. There are no prizes. It is just for fun. Let us know how you got on in the comments, where you can earn bonus points by being funny or spotting oblique references to Doctor Who, or lose points for pedantry. Enjoy!

The Thursday quiz, No 99

  1. 1.THE GIRL IS CRYING IN HER LATTE: Having lots and lots of questions connected to Sparks last week was hugely popular in the comments. So we go on. The Girl is Crying in her Latte is the new single by Sparks. According to the International Coffee Organisation, which country exports the most coffee?

    Ron Mael

  2. 2.IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME: The Which? travel survey delivered its verdict on Greek islands last week. Which did it say was the best island?

    A Greek beach

  3. 3.WHAT A BALI NUISANCE: Talking of islands, Bali is intending to ban what, citing the nuisance value?

    Beach at Bali

  4. 4.THE VINYL COUNTDOWN: Talking of nuisances, which metal band have bought a vinyl pressing plant in Virginia?

    Vinyl countdown

  5. 5.ALL THE KING’S MEN: Who has King Charles III named as the new Duke of Edinburgh?

    King Charles III

  6. 6.SECOND CLASS: Talking of the King, in the UK Royal Mail is to issue the first set of stamps bearing King Charles’s silhouette. What else is going to be on them?

    King Charles stamp

  7. 7.LAST ORDERS: A group of property developers have been ordered to rebuild a Grade II-listed pub, the Punch Bowl Inn, that they demolished without permission. Where?

    Beer

  8. 8.HAPPY BIRTHDAY: It is Jens Stoltenberg’s birthday today. Gratulerer med dagen, Jens! What is his job title?

    Jens Stoltenberg

  9. 9.THE LEFTWING ECONOMIC ESTABLISHMENT WITH LIZ TRUSS: A business which operates in the tertiary sector does what?

    Liz Truss

  10. 10.A LONG, LONG TIME AGO: Justinian I (not pictured) laid the foundation stone for the Hagia Sophia. Where?

    A mosaic

  11. 11.IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE: Nasa has been tracking asteroid 2023 DW, and the European Space Agency says it has a chance of striking the planet Earth and ruining what …?

    Tardis

  12. 12.IT’S A DOG’S LIFE: This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz. She was dismayed to hear that a city in Canada had put up a sign demanding no barking in a dog park. Where?

    Willow, the official dog of the Guardian's Thursday quiz

  13. 13.GCSE SCIENCE CORNER BUT SUDDENLY WITH TIMOTHY LEARY: Acid rain isn’t the kind of acid that Timothy Leary was associated with, but what, according to GCSE examiners Edexcel, is “the main pollutant that causes acid rain”?

    Timothy Leary

  14. 14.HIGHER OR LOWER WITH TONY YEBOAH: Which of these cities in Brazil is the most northerly?

    Tony Yeboah

  15. 15.I WROTE A SONG: Who will be representing the United Kingdom at the Eurovision song contest in Liverpool in May?

    Eurovision themed Liverpool logo

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