You might have been watching one of several consequential elections this week, or the UK’s budget statement, but at Thursday Quiz towers we were all obsessing about one thing – why are geese so adorably cute yet obnoxious? 15 questions await you on topical news, general knowledge, pop culture, and maybe geese. We love geese. Let us know how you get on in the comments. Honk!

The Thursday news quiz, No 271

1. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (pictured) staged a dramatic election fightback against the far-right Flávio Bolsonaro to claim …

2. Where (not pictured, that is a demonstration in the US) did the hereditary monarchy intervene to strike down proposed legislation improving access to abortion?

3. Whose authoritarian rule came to an end after 12 years when the Student List (not pictured) won elections in Serbia at the weekend?

4. An Australian court (possibly even the one pictured) has ruled that banning what in prison is not against human rights?

5. Neighbours. Everybody needs good neighbours.…