Roman numerals, lack of space and Taylor’s little green dress – take the Thursday quiz

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Everyone gets excited when it is a “theme week” during the Thursday quiz. And this is the first theme week of several theme weeks planned this year: the grades week! Yes, according to the one big quiz spreadsheet that rules them all, today’s Thursday quiz is all about numbers. Remember, there are no prizes and it’s just for fun. Let us know in the comments how it all worked out for you!

The Thursday quiz, no. 143

1. 

   Which band with a song in their name is celebrating their first number one album in Britain, just 29 years after their very first album hit the charts?

   1. Maroon Five

   2. Shed seven

   3. UB40

   4. Nine inch nails

2. 

   Denmark has a new king, but which Roman numeral will Frederick use in his title?

   1. I

   2. V

   3. X

   4. L

3. 

   Speaking of kings, how much money has the British government decided to waste sending ‘free’ photos of King Charles III to public buildings?

   1. £2 million

   2. £4 million

   3. £6 million

   4. £8 million

4. 

   Any fan of Sapphire & Steel knows that “any irregularities will be dealt with by the forces that control each dimension. Transuranic heavy elements are not to be used where there is life.” But what atomic number is uranium?

   1. 92

   2. 96

   3. 102

   4. 106

5. 

   Thursday quiz favorite Taylor Swift stunned Perth-based fashion house Little Lies by unexpectedly stepping out in style in one of their green dresses (not pictured). How much did it cost?

   1. £5.80

   2. £58

   3. £580

   4. £5,800

6. 

   Several Led Zeppelin albums are known only as songs because they did not have individual titles. But can you put Led Zeppelin’s first four albums in the correct order?

   1. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 2, Led Zeppelin 3, Presence

   2. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 2, Led Zeppelin 3, Houses of the Saints

   3. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 2, Led Zeppelin 3, Physical graffiti

   4. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin 2, Led Zeppelin 3, Led Zeppelin 4

7. 

   How many women have been appointed to the 28-member organizing committee for the Cop29 global climate summit in Azerbaijan (not pictured) in December?

   1. No

   2. A

   3. Two

   4. Three

8. 

   “Daya, biyu, uku, huɗu” is “one, two, three, four” in what language?

   1. Hausa

   2. swahili

   3. Yoruba

   4. Traken

9. 

   One question about each country participating in the Euro 2024 final this summer. How many full or partial red discs are on the Croatian flag this week in the main shield, seen in the coat of arms in the center of the flag?

   1. 9

   2. 11

   3. 13

   4. 15

10. 

    Kraftwerk almost always opens their great 3D concerts with the song Nummern, or Numbers, in which an electronic voice in different languages ​​counts as the lyrics. But which Kraftwerk studio album is this from?

    1. Computer world

    2. Electric cafe

    3. The man-machine

    4. Radioactivity

11. 

    In Scrabble, just one letter scores five points. Which letter?

    1. F

    2. W

    3. J

    4. K

12. 

    According to Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, what number was the answer to life, the universe and everything?

    1. 32

    2. 42

    3. 52

    4. 1,057

13. 

    How many landlocked countries are there in Europe that start with the letter S?

    1. Two

    2. Three

    3. Four

    4. Five

14. 

    This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz, which sadly reflects that Bobi, the Portuguese mastiff, has been stripped of his world record as the oldest dog ever pending investigation. How old did Bobi’s owners say he was when he died?

    1. 26

    2. 31

    3. 36

    4. 41

15. 

    And finally, Willie McNabb became an internet legend in 2019 by exploring how rural Americans might defend themselves against “the 30 to 50 feral hogs that run into my yard while my little kids are playing” if there were an assault weapons ban. But what was the timeframe that McNabb specified in the iconic tweet?

    1. “A legitimate question for rural Americans: How do I kill the 30 to 50 wild hogs that run into my yard in 1 to 2 minutes while my small children are playing?”

    2. “A legitimate question for rural Americans: How do I kill the 30 to 50 wild hogs that run into my yard in 2 to 4 minutes while my small children are playing?”

    3. “A legitimate question for rural Americans: How do I kill the 30 to 50 wild hogs that run into my yard in 3 to 5 minutes while my small children are playing?”

    4. “A legitimate question for rural Americans: How do I kill the 30 to 50 wild hogs that run into my yard in 5 to 10 minutes while my small children are playing?”

The story continues

Solutions

1:B – The group’s album, A Matter of Time, marks the longest period between debut and first No. 1 LP for a British rock band., 2:C – He’ll be Frederik his when he posts something about what used to be Twitter like you’ll have to write: “Frederik announced for years that it had set aside money to offer every public body – local councils, courts, schools, police forces and fire and rescue services – a free portrait of King Charles. Eight million pounds. Eight. Million. Pounds., 4:A – Any fan of Sapphire & Steel also knows that neither sapphire nor steel is an element, so please don’t bring this up in the comments, we’ve been debating its meaning since 1979., 5 :B – The Scottish fashion designer behind it, Jade Robertson, said she was “totally stunned at first. We had no idea she even had the dress.” When she checked the stock of the dress on Thursday morning, after Swift was seen in it, it had already sold out. Taylor Thrift more like, etc etc, 6:D – It was the first four that didn’t have different titles, but then they got tired of that, although some people like the fourth “four symbols” or “zofo” or “the one with the guy who the bundle of twigs bears which says Stairway to Heaven”., 7:A – None. Fortunately, it is common knowledge that climate does not affect women, and that women do not go to events or conferences., 8:A – There are an estimated 77 million Hausa speakers, and now you know how to count with them. , 9:C – It’s a five by five grid on the shield, so three rows have three red disks and two rows have two red disks, which leads to their football team wearing that signature checkered uniform. There are some red stripes and even some red hooves and horns in the crown piece above the shield, but we specifically excluded these., 10:A – It’s on side one of the 1981 album. And that’s honestly the last music-related question this week., 11:D – It’s K. kicking, 12:B – In the book, the supercomputer Deep Thought points out that the answer seems pointless because the beings who instructed it never really knew what the question was. .. you can insert your own punchline about Thursday’s quiz here., 13:C – Serbia, Slovakia and Switzerland are all landlocked, like tiny San Marino, nestled in Italy. , 14:B – You can’t blame Bobi, he has never been known to comment publicly on his age., 15:C – Yes, everyone knows it takes three to five minutes for 30 to 50 wild boars infiltrating a garden in rural USA. Feral hogs are a real problem in several states, causing millions of dollars in damage every year by digging up stuff and eating it, or just throwing things away for LOLs.

Scores

1. 0 and higher.

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