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Thursday news quiz: Long-haul flights, changing lights and a lot of Turkish cats

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? Last weekend the quiz master was taking in the sights, sounds and overwhelming...

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September 24, 2026
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Thursday news quiz: Long-haul flights, changing lights and a lot of Turkish cats

One of the many cats of Istanbul, and they have a lot of questions for you. Photograph: Martin Belam/The Guardian View image in fullscreen One of the many cats of Istanbul, and they have a lot of questions for you. Photograph: Martin Belam/The Guardian Thursday quiz Life and style Thursday news quiz: Long-haul flights, changing lights and a lot of Turkish cats Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

Prefer the Guardian on Google Last weekend the quiz master was taking in the sights, sounds and overwhelming history of Istanbul. Did that deter the writing of 15 questions on the week’s headlines, random pop culture and general knowledge? Absolutely not. However, you may detect a certain “Cats of Istanbul” flavour to today’s effort, which is in no way a transparent attempt to show off the quiz master’s holiday photos. Allons-y!

The Thursday news quiz, No 266 – Cats of Istanbul special

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 The Lovecats by The Cure instead?