Bitesize Quiz WC 10th April

SOMEBODY: And now we get to the Martin L Gore section of the concert while Dave has a rest. Which somebody got voted in as the new leader of the SNP and first minister of Scotland?

• Kate Forbes

• Humza Yousaf

• Ash Regan

• Stephen Flynn

Answer explanation

Widely seen as Nicola Sturgeon’s preference as her successor, Yousaf defeated his closest rival, Kate Forbes, by the cursed ratio of 52% to 48% after second preference votes cast by supporters of the third candidate, Ash Regan, who came last in the first round, were counted. The turnout was 70%.

THE THINGS YOU SAID: Another song sung by Martin, about betrayal. But who this week said "The entire nation is rapt with deep worry. Our security, economy, society – all are under threat. Wake up now!"

• Israel's president, Isaac Herzog

• France's president, Emmanuel Macron

• India's prime minister, Narendra Modi

• The left-wing economic establishment, taunting Liz Truss

Answer explanation

Herzog was referring to prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial plan to overhaul the judiciary in Israel, which has sparked mass protests.

NOTHING: "Sitting target, sitting praying, God is saying, nothing" goes yet another cheerful Depeche Mode ditty, originally only on the CD edition of 101, and Dave is back on stage singing now. But talking of nothing, what is the value of absolute zero in Fahrenheit?

• -101F

• -273.15F

• -314.15F

• -459.67F

Answer explanation

Absolute zero measures zero on the scale invented by William Thomson, who became Lord Kelvin as the first British scientist to be given a place in the House of Lords. The Fahrenheit scale was invented a few decades earlier, which, with some adjustments, essentially puts 180 degrees between the freezing point of water (32F) and the boiling point of water (212F). Absolute zero is a lot colder than that.

PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE: "People are people, so why should it be, that what you wear when swimming is treated differently?" That was the question in which German city, which will now allow women to go topless in swimming pools, after a discrimination case?

• Hamburg

• Munich

• Berlin

• Leipzig

Answer explanation

The decision to change clothing rules around swimming in the German capital was made after two women filed complaints about being thrown out or barred from the city’s pools for refusing to cover up, and demanded the same rights as their male counterparts when bathing topless at the city’s public pools. And no, we have no idea why those people are playing chess underwater in the photo.

PLEASURE, LITTLE TREASURE: A curious choice for the 101 setlist, since it was only ever a B-side. Talking of curious choices, an Australian company is extolling the virtue of "cultivated meat" with the production of a giant meatball grown using a DNA sequence from which animal?

• A rhinoceros

• An orangutan

• A mammoth

• Willow, the official dog of the Guardian Thursday quiz

Answer explanation

Vow worked with Prof Ernst Wolvetang at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering at the University of Queensland to create the mammoth muscle protein. His team took the DNA sequence for mammoth myoglobin and filled in the few gaps using elephant DNA. This sequence was placed in myoblast stem cells from a sheep, which replicated to grow to the 20bn cells subsequently used by the company to grow the mammoth meat. Mmmm, pleasure little treasure, sounds absolutely delicious.

A QUESTION OF TIME: A popular Depeche Mode single lifted from the band's Black Celebration album. Now, everyone knows that changing the clocks is an abomination, but which country has been thrown into chronological chaos after the government's last-minute decision to delay clocks going forward until the end of April?

• Lebanon

• Cyprus

• Jordan

• Egypt

Answer explanation

The Mediterranean country normally sets its clocks forward an hour on the last Sunday in March, which aligns with most European countries. However, last Thursday Lebanon’s government announced a decision by the caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, to push the start of daylight savings to 21 April, causing confusion, with some institutions refusing to accept the delay. Everybody knows that time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

NEVER LET ME DOWN AGAIN: The Depeche Mode song Never Let Me Down Again was recently used in which prestige TV drama based on a video game?

• The Witcher: Blood Origin

• The Last of Us

• Tetris

• Tetris

Answer explanation

Episode one ended with the Depeche Mode version, while episode six ended with a piano-based version by Jessica Mazin, which was either "haunting and moving", or "a honking great bag of John Lewis advert-style [REDACTED BY LAWYERS]" depending on whether you asked TV reviewers or one of the quiz master's mates on Facebook.

A QUESTION OF LUST: Time for another song sung by Martin. What year was the notorious Lady Chatterley's Lover obscenity trial in the UK?

• 1954

• 1956

• 1958

• 1960

Answer explanation

The poet Philip Larkin wrote that sexual intercourse began in 1963, partly because of the outcome of the Lady Chatterley's Lover trial three years earlier, and partly because the Beatles released their first LP that year. He sadly didn't get to give an opinion on Depeche Mode's A Question of Lust, as it was released a few months after he died. The trial concluded in November 1960 and Penguin published its popular edition of the D H Lawrence book several days later.

JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH: An absolute bop from the Vince Clarke era of Depeche Mode. A remote kissing machine called MUA has been invented – you kiss the device and sensors allow it to mimic your actions to the recipient's device. Absolute madness. Anyway, it has been invented where?

• Australia

• Japan

• UAE

• China

Answer explanation

The MUA resembles a mobile stand with colourless pursed lips protruding from the front. To use it, lovers must download an app on to their smartphones and pair their kissing machines. When they kiss the device, it kisses back. Inventor Zhao Jianbo is based in China, although previous attempts at a kissing machine have come from Tokyo in 2011 and Malaysia in 2016.

EVERYTHING COUNTS (IN LARGE AMOUNTS): The definitive Depeche Mode critique of capitalism and greed. Harry Kane, meanwhile, became England men's greatest ever goalscorer with his penalty against Italy last week. Everything counts, even the ones against San Marino. Who did he replace at the top of the scoring charts?

• Gary Lineker

• Wayne Rooney

• Bobby Charlton

• David Batty

Answer explanation

Rooney scored 53 goals for England between 2003 and 2018, Charlton scored 49 between 1958 and 1970, and Lineker scored 48 between 1984 and 1992. David Batty played 42 times for England between 1991 and 1999, but never found the net, most notably when he missed in the penalty shootout against Argentina in the World Cup in 1998.