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Gimlets, thanes, and a zombie’s birthday – take the Thursday quiz

By Dann Neff
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The quiz master is away, but the moment has been prepared for. You face 15 slightly less topical than usual general knowledge questions, gently laced with the same old in-jokes that are getting longer in the tooth than the tusks of a very old walrus. There are no prizes. It is just for fun. Let us know how you got on in the comments.

The Thursday quiz, No 90

  1. 1.HAPPY BIRTHDAY: It is Rob Zombie’s birthday today. Happy birthday Mr Zombie. But which former Doctor Who recently appeared in Rob Zombie’s 2022 movie The Munsters?

    Rob Zombie

  2. 2.HAPPY BIRTHDAY (SLIGHT RETURN): It is also Melanie Jayne Chisholm’s birthday today too. You may know her better as Mel C and like the quiz master have very much enjoyed her new year turn with Sam Ryder. But which Spice Girl was she?

    Mel C

  3. 3.COCKTAIL O’CLOCK: The Thursday quiz is quite partial to being written while in the pub, which might explain a lot. A gimlet features gin and a cordial of which fruit?

    Royal cocktails

  4. 4.OTTAWAN’S DISCO POSER: The French duo recorded D-I-S-C-O in 1979. But which C is a river that runs through Cornwall?

    Disco ball

  5. 5.ENSEMBLE CASTS: Barbara Eden and Larry Hagman starred in which NBC sitcom that ran in the US from 1965 to 1970?

    Retro living room

  6. 6.MEDICAL FIRSTS: In 1967 James Hiram Bedford, an American psychology professor at the University of California, was the first person to undergo which medical procedure?

    Doctors

  7. 7.DEMOCRATIC FIRSTS: Hattie Wyatt Caraway was the first woman ever elected to serve a full term in the US Senate, having initially taken her place after being appointed as a replacement for her late husband. She won a special election on 12 January 1932. In which state?

    US Capitol hill

  8. 8.HIGHER OR LOWER WITH TONY YEBOAH: This week the Leeds United legend wants to know which of these is the tallest building in Cardiff?

    Tony Yeboah

  9. 9.SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT: Which of these is the correct order for the first four studio albums released in the US by Joni Mitchell?

    Vinyl

  10. 10.OH HOW TERRIBLY VEXING WITH DIDO: Never mind why Dido sets the flag question, she just does. Which of these best describes the traditional flag of the county of Northumberland in England?

    Dido

  11. 11.GCSE SCIENCE CORNER: Which of these best describes an alkane?

    Scientist using microscope

  12. 12.MATHS WITH GOTHS: You’ve seen some great goth boots in the new year sales. They are reduced from £125 to £87.50. What percentage discount is the shop offering?

    Goths

  13. 13.LIFE WITH THE MACBETHS: That is a 2017 song by Sparks with Rebecca Sjöwall on guest operatic vocals. But what is Macbeth’s title when we first meet him in the Shakespeare tragedy?

    Ron from Sparks

  14. 14.IT’S A DOG’S LIFE: This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz. But what was the name of the alien Remoolian who appeared in the form of a pug dog in the 1997 movie Men In Black?

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

  15. 15.FRIENDS OF DOROTHY: Everybody knows that the main character in L Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is called Dorothy. But what is her surname, first mentioned in the 1902 stage version of the story written a few years later?

    Oz cosplay

If you do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers, please feel free to email [email protected], but remember the quiz master’s word is final and he is on holiday anyway.

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