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Thursday news quiz: Liz is absurd, Apu finds words and a bloke steals a bird
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PUBLISHEDOct 22, 2026, 5:00 AM
What the source reports
Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? The Thursday quiz is aware of standard international units of time, such as the Liz Truss (49 days) and the Scaramucci (11 days).
Now a new unit of measurement has entered the chat: the Zacharia (five days). But whatever arbitrary length of time the world invents to measure chaos, political downfalls or social media meltdowns, the Thursday news quiz remains resolutely fixed. It is always seven days apart, unwavering, inescapable and…
Main source: The Guardian World
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