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Thursday news quiz: porridge prizes, tasteless T-shirts and a dog called Diesel

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? Having reached 55 years around the sun, your quiz master was spoiled this...

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October 8, 2026
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Thursday news quiz: porridge prizes, tasteless T-shirts and a dog called Diesel

This isn’t a dog called Diesel, but it wants you to do the quiz. Photograph: Alessandro Manco/Getty Images/500px View image in fullscreen This isn’t a dog called Diesel, but it wants you to do the quiz. Photograph: Alessandro Manco/Getty Images/500px Thursday quiz Life and style Thursday news quiz: porridge prizes, tasteless T-shirts and a dog called Diesel Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare?

Prefer the Guardian on Google Having reached 55 years around the sun, your quiz master was spoiled this week with ludicrously elaborate cocktails by his partner, and as a result vowed to deliver a grand, wildly complex set of questions.

Naturally, as the hangover kicked in, that ambition faded immediately: so it is 15 questions of news, bizarre facts and standard Thursday nonsense as usual. Allons-y!

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 Ride Lonesome by Beck instead?