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Thursday news quiz: A Clacton zero, a departed hero and a whopper Virgin Mary

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Thursday news quiz: A Clacton zero, a departed hero and a whopper Virgin Mary

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday.

How will you fare? Tim Martin may have spent the better part of a decade trying to convince people that leaving the EU was the only way to secure cheap pub grub, but credit where credit is due: JD Wetherspoon is banning people from blasting out TikToks, videos and music on speakerphone in its pubs.

The pub chain has not, however, banned you from asking Thursday quiz questions out loud and then showing off that you know your feral hogs from your escaped macaques.

So get to it.

Allons-y! The Thursday news quiz, No 261 Continue reading...

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