Lunar woes, returning gongs and a Welsh rugby legend – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style

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We are barely a few days away from people starting to peddle the “blue Monday” hokum about the most miserable day of the year, so ignore that and concentrate instead on “quiz Thursday”. Fifteen questions with varying degrees of topicality, obscurity and political point-scoring await you. Remember, it is strictly for fun and there are no prizes. Let us know how you get on in the comments!

The Thursday quiz, No 142

  1. 1.Who is the new French prime minister (not pictured)?

  2. 2.Russell Crowe has claimed that he is a direct descendant of who?

    Russell Crowe

  3. 3.The BFI in London (not pictured, that’s the lovely Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds) has put a blanket trigger warning on a season of films that include movies from which popular franchise?

    The Hyde Park Picture House

  4. 4.United Launch Alliance put its Vulcan Centaur rocket (pictured) into space this week, and part of the mission was to try to send a lunar lander on its way. What is the name of the Astrobotic lunar lander that it was carrying, which will sadly never reach the moon?

    Vulcan rocket

  5. 5.Talking of space, what have scientists recently discovered is almost the same blue colour as Uranus?

    Uranus

  6. 6.Despite it being in the news for years, now there has been a high-profile ITV drama about it, Rishi Sunak seems almost poised to act at some point soon probably over the Post Office IT scandal in the UK. Which tech provider (pictured) developed the Horizon IT system, installed in the late 1990s?

    Cowboys

  7. 7.Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has sheepishly handed back her CBE mere years after the Post Office Horizon IT scandal broke. Which Conservative prime minister was in power when she was awarded the CBE?

    Clown

  8. 8.Who has the Conservative party chosen as its candidate for the Wellingborough byelection to replace disgraced former MP Peter Bone?

    Donkeys

  9. 9.One question about every country taking part in the Euro 2024 finals this summer. This week: Belgium. Which of these Belgian cities is farthest north?

    UEFA

  10. 10.The first episode of Friends is officially known as The Pilot, but what is it more commonly known as …

    Old TV

  11. 11.When did the Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman premiere?

    Theatre

  12. 12.The world of rugby union, and in particular Wales, is mourning the death of the great full-back from the legendary 1970s Welsh team, JPR Williams. But what did the JPR stand for?

    JPR Williams

  13. 13.The UK’s parliament in Westminster very rarely sits on a Saturday these days. The last time was in 2019 to discuss Brexit shenanigans. What caused the Saturday sitting before that?

    Parliament

  14. 14.A tribute concert to Sinéad O’Connor and Shane MacGowan has been announced for March. Where will it take place?

    Sheet music

  15. 15.This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz. She knows you were expecting a question about the shed-tidying mouse. She also knows you weren’t expecting it to be: what is the Latin name for a house mouse native to the UK?

    Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz

If you really do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers – and can show your working – feel free to email [email protected], but remember the quiz master’s word is final and he can’t stop listening to Veronica Mars by Blondshell.

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