Thursday news quiz: a PM’s nose, a pop star’s clothes, and a kitten with too many toes
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? Every now and then the Thursday quiz gets involved in a flap, as it did last week with “birb”-gate. After a sustained campaign lasting at least two weeks, subeditors finally relented and allowed the quiz to call our feathered friends “birbs” – only for half the comment section to revolt against the indignity of
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- The Guardian
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- 27 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
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- Martin Belam
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- Life and style
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? Every now and then the Thursday quiz gets involved in a flap, as it did last week with “birb”-gate. After a sustained campaign lasting at least two weeks, subeditors finally relented and allowed the quiz to call our feathered friends “birbs” – only for half the comment section to revolt against the indignity of
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Thursday news quiz: a PM’s nose, a pop star’s clothes, and a kitten with too many toes
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? Every now and then the Thursday quiz gets involved in a flap, as it did last week with “birb”-gate. After a sustained campaign lasting at least two weeks, subeditors finally relented and allowed the quiz to call our feathered friends “birbs” – only for half the comment section to revolt against the indignity of
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