Detectives, sea monsters and stupid dangerous stunts – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style

A brand new yr! 2022! An opportunity for a brand new starting! An opportunity to place all of it behind you! All the things is renewed! However not right here at the Thursday quiz, the place it's the usual gubbins as ever, or as one excited commentator put it final week: “Sheesh Martin, the Sparks shoehorn? Once more?” Forward of you lie 15 topical and normal information questions, sprinkled with a beneficiant serving to of Ron from Sparks, a hidden Physician Who reference, the great Kate Bush and all of your favourites. It's only for enjoyable and there are not any prizes, however tell us the way you get on in the feedback.The Thursday quiz, No 371.WHO AM I? I'm a massively profitable singer with many hits to my title over a protracted time frame, and in 2021 I bought extra calendars than another singerReveal2.LITERATURE: What was the title of the fictional detective created by PD James that first appeared in her 1962 novel Cowl Her Face?Reveal3.ELEMENTARY MY DEAR WATSON: Talking of fictional detectives, which of the 4 Arthur Conan Doyle novels that includes Sherlock Holmes was printed first?Reveal4.ON THIS DAY: What modified in the US on 6 January 1973, and would keep that manner till 27 April 1975?Reveal5.GCSE SCIENCE CORNER: Biology this week, and we're speaking about mitosis, the course of during which a eukaryotic cell nucleus splits. What part in mitosis includes the pulling of the chromosomes and their copies to totally different ends of the cell earlier than the break up?Reveal6.HAPPY BIRTHDAY: It's the good Nicola Coughlan's birthday on Sunday. Completely happy birthday, Nicola! However which Derry Lady is she?Reveal7.TRUE OF FALSE: The Russ Abbott tune Environment charted increased than the Pleasure Division tune Environment in the UK singles chart?Reveal8.REINFORCEMENTS: That is a 1974 tune by Sparks the place they may use a powerful rear guard. However that is not vital proper now. Hadrian's Wall is seemingly celebrating its 1,900th anniversary this yr, however in accordance with the English Heritage web site, how far does it stretch?Reveal9.FLAGS OF JOY: That is the flag of the Autonomous Area of Bougainville. The place is it?Reveal10.YEAH YEAH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE: That is a tune by The Fall. However the place is Thwaite Mills, an industrial museum of a completely restored working water-powered mill from the 1820s?Reveal11.BLOWING THINGS UP, BUT AT SEA: What was the Caspian Sea Monster?Reveal12.THE PLAY'S THE THING: Who wrote The Dumb Waiter, first carried out in 1959, and seen right here being carried out by Toby Jones and Jason Watkins in 2004??Reveal13.CHEERS MY DEARS: The Cité du Vin museum is the hilariously literal title of one in all France's most interesting museums. However the place is it positioned?Reveal14.MUSIC: Clearly when Adele launched her album final yr it swept all earlier than it. However which of those girls had the UK No 1 album straight previous Adele's 30 topping the chart?Reveal15.STUPID CHALLENGES: There was controversy after an Amazon Alexa machine advised to a ten yr previous little one to do which stupid stunt when requested for 'a problem'?Reveal In the event you do assume there was an egregious error in one in all the questions or solutions, please be at liberty to e mail martin.belam@theguardian.com however bear in mind, the quiz grasp’s phrase is all the time ultimate, and his new yr decision was to disregard all his work emails.