Hawkwind's Machine, The Beginnings of Batman and Peter Cook's Jingles: Take the Thursday Quiz

In a display of bad timing, the quiz master is away on other urgent business today. Nonetheless, the timing has been prepared, the philosophy remains the same, and you're still faced with a test of 15 vaguely topical and general knowledge questions with random levels of guessing, plus a few jokes for good measure. There is no price. It's just for fun. But let everyone know how you did in the comments.

The Thursday Quiz, #82

If you do believe there has been a glaring error in any of the questions or answers, please feel free to email martin.belam@theguardian.com, but remember that the host's word is final and he really isn't available today so he won't see your email.