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Once upon a time the Thursday quiz got into a spat online with someone complaining that featuring the official dog of the quiz was irksome and twee. Look away now, sir – because it’s one of everybody’s favourite weeks of the year: Willow week! Our adorable but very naughty miniature dachshund has 15 vaguely topical and general knowledge questions in store, each accompanied by a cute picture of herself. There are no prizes, but you can let us know how you got on in the comments. Allons-y!

The Thursday news quiz, No 221 – Willow week!

  1. 1.This is Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz, who is asking all the questions this week. She wants to know who won Ireland’s presidential election …

    Willow in a blanket

  2. 2.The former Labour leader and independent MP Jeremy Corbyn is to appear in a local pantomime. Willow wants to know who he will be playing …

    Willow with her head resting on a blanket

  3. 3.Willow knows that a German firm whose furniture lift was used in the recent Louvre heist launched a cheeky ad campaign based on it. Which firm?

    Willow looking at herself in a mirror

  4. 4.Willow and the Thursday quiz were devastated to lose Dave Ball of pioneering electronic duo Soft Cell last week. What was the name of the fictional club that was the setting for the band’s classic Say Hello, Wave Goodbye?

    Willow on a bus

  5. 5.Willow deserves her own statue, and here she is posing for it. But who will be immortalised in bronze in London’s Leicester Square shortly?

    Willow under a duvet

  6. 6.Willow was shocked to discover the International Skating Union is investigating after two Chinese ice dancers were shown with what during a grand prix figure skating event?

    Close-up of Willow looking at the camera

  7. 7.Willow is hiding because she misheard about a new law in California that will allow year-round hunting and killing from next year, and thought it was about very naughty miniature dachshunds. What will people be allowed to hunt?

    Willow hiding behind a sofa cushion

  8. 8.Willow is staring into the mid-distance here because she just heard that students at eight schools in Queensland had been taught the wrong topic for their final year 12 history exam due to bungling teachers. What should they have been studying?

    Willow looking into the mid-distance

  9. 9.The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, has sent Willow into a sulk by writing a poem about what instead of about her?

    Willow curled up in a fluffy blanket or cushion

  10. 10.Here is Willow with her favourite Pokémon, Quaxly and Charmander. The three of them want to know who is sharing a posthumous byline with Roger Hargreaves on two new Mr Men and Little Miss books?

    Willow with Quaxly and Charmander Pokémon plushies

  11. 11.Willow knows that the Washington DC resident Sam O’Hara has filed a lawsuit alleging that his constitutional rights were violated when he was detained after doing what … ?

    Willow looking up at the camera

  12. 12.Here is Willow with her science fiction comics. She was sad to hear that June Lockhart, who starred in Lassie, had died. Lockhart also starred in Lost in Space. As whom?

    Willow with her 2000AD comics

  13. 13.Willow is quite suspicious of fruit, but at least – unlike a 13-year-old boy in New Zealand who had to have surgery as a result – she hasn’t swallowed what?

    Willow sniffing a strawberry

  14. 14.Here is Willow recording her podcast. She loves technology. Remind her what reason Amazon gave for the massive AWS outage that crippled bits of the internet recently?

    Willow next to a microphone on a desk

  15. 15.And finally … here is a bonus picture of Willow when she was a puppy. She is sad that Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are leaving Strictly. When did Strictly Come Dancing first hit our screens?

    Willow as a tiny puppy on someone's lap

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 remember Dave Ball by watching Bedsitter instead?

Bedsitter by Soft Cell



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