Last weekend the quiz master was taking in the sights, sounds and overwhelming history of Istanbul. Did that deter the writing of 15 questions on the week’s headlines, random pop culture and general knowledge? Absolutely not. However, you may detect a certain “Cats of Istanbul” flavour to today’s effort, which is in no way a transparent attempt to show off the quiz master’s holiday photos. Allons-y!

The Thursday news quiz, No 266 – Cats of Istanbul special

  1. 1.This Istanbul cat lives near the Dolmabahçe Palace and wants to know where Brigitte Bardot’s personal items were sold this week at an auction to raise money for her animal welfare foundation …

    One of the many cats of Istanbul

  2. 2.This feline is interested in finding out which former occupant of No 10 Downing Street modelled clothes in designer Edeline Lee’s London fashion week show. Help the cat out …

    One of the many cats of Istanbul

  3. 3.This Istanbul cat is hopefully looking for some scraps from the table, and also hoping you can remember which airline has announced a new 18-hour non-stop direct flight route between New York and Sydney …

    One of the many cats of Istanbul

  4. 4.This Istanbul cat was hiding up in a pedestrian subway. It wants to know who has just set a new record for weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with the song Choosin’ Texas …

    One of the many cats of Istanbul

  5. 5.This Istanbul cat is puzzled as to why it can’t reach the food behind the glass, and even more puzzled to find out that 800,000 what have been stolen across far north Queensland …

    One of the many cats of Istanbul

  6. 6.This Istanbul cat is staring like that because it cannot believe an English football club tried to market a merchandise collection called “United 93” without noticing the implied reference to 9/11. Who?

    One of the many cats of Istanbul

  7. 7.Here is proof that the quiz master actually was in Istanbul. Facebook, meanwhile, was banning ads for the play A Room of One’s Own in Spain because it related to feminism. Whose words are the play based on?

    Martin Belam in Istanbul

  8. 8.Talking of plays, this very sleepy Istanbul cat wants to know about an Australian play written by 95-year-old Liz Hicklin that recounts how she lost her lover to which literary love rival?

    One of the many cats of Istanbul

  9. 9.There aren’t a whole lot of dogs in Istanbul, but this fine specimen was spotted. Tell this dog which TV network was criticised by Donald Trump at the UN general assembly for asking a question …

    One of the dogs of Istanbul

  10. 10.The former England boss Fabio Capello appears to have fallen on hard times and to be shilling shoes in Istanbul. But what misfortune befell the footballer Andros Townsend this week?

    A shop named Fabio Capello in Istanbul

  11. 11.This Istanbul cat was doing its best impression of Ron from Sparks. It is also looking shocked because Ofcom has announced it is investigating which pr0n site for potentially not conducting checks on underage users properly?

    One of the many cats of Istanbul

  12. 12.This corvid of Istanbul is a hooded crow, and it wants to know which tasty snack of a spider has been spotted in Cheshire for the first time …

    One of the hooded crows of Istanbul

  13. 13.These ceramic fish in Istanbul look like they have seen things. Terrible things. Possibly an advert by a shoe company that has been criticised for invoked racist imagery associated with the Ku Klux Klan and lynching. Which brand?

    Some disturbed-looking ceramic fish

  14. 14.This Istanbul cat is glaring because it has discovered that world records for solving a Rubik’s Cube are gendered, which frankly the Thursday quiz finds baffling. A six-year-old girl has just set a new record for women – who famously have entirely different hands to men – by solving a 3×3 puzzle on several occasions in an average time of under 4.5 seconds. Where?

    One of the many cats of Istanbul

  15. 15.And finally … when filming Argo, which actor was so dissatisfied with the lighting inside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia that they paid for the lightbulbs to be replaced with a softer, yellower hue?

    A view inside the Hagia Sofia in Istanbul

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 watch The Lovecats by The Cure instead?

The Lovecats by The Cure

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