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Lettuces! But who is trying to unseat Liz Truss? Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian
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Heroes, superheroes, and someone who lost to a lettuce – take the Thursday quiz

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15 questions, plus a few jokes, every Thursday, regardless of whether there is an election or not. How will you fare?

Regular readers will know that during the summer months the Thursday quiz likes to have little themes now and then. With a huge era-defining general election in the UK keeping everyone at Guardian Towers busy, what better week to pull out a “here’s one we prepared earlier” quiz and choose to mostly ignore current affairs? Here are 15 questions about heroes and superheroes. And Liz Truss. There are no prizes. It is just for fun. But do let us know how you got on in the comments

The Thursday quiz, No 167

  1. 1.BATMAN: When did Adam West start playing the Caped Crusader on television?Adam West as Batman
  2. 2.BANANAMAN: Quirky slapstick hero Bananaman (not pictured) first appeared in which British comic?Bananas
  3. 3.U WHAT?: Bono (not pictured, but bongos are) and The Edge from U2 inexplicably wrote a musical about a superhero. What was it called?Bongos
  4. 4.CONDORMAN: Which British sitcom star implausibly played the titular superhero in 1981 Disney film Condorman?Disney sign
  5. 5.BUCK ROGERS: He famously got stuck in the 25th century, but who had a hit with a song called Buck Rogers in the UK which extolled the virtues of having a new car with a CD player in it?Space
  6. 6.THE FLASH: Which year did Adobe announce as the end-of-life moment for the Adobe Flash platform that had powered interactive content on the web for years? You can see this is getting quite tenuous nowAdobe logo
  7. 7.DOCTOR MYSTERIO: What was name of the superhero who appeared in the 2016 Doctor Who Christmas special The Return of Doctor Mysterio?Pink Tardis in London
  8. 8.IBIS THE INVINCIBLE: A magical superhero and an Egyptian prince. But what is an Ibis – aside from a chain of hotels?Egypt
  9. 9.THE GIRL WITH THE X-RAY EYES: X-rays are part of the electromagnetic spectrum. What is their wavelength range?Chest x-ray
  10. 10.TARZAN: Who created Tarzan, later played on screen by Johnny Weissmuller?Johnny Weissmuller
  11. 11.NED LUDD: A hero to some. His origin story is that he smashed two knitting frames about three decades before the Luddite movement was at its peak. When did he apparently smash the frames?Leeds Industrial Museum
  12. 12.WAT TYLER: A folk hero. One of the contributions to Wat Tyler's great uprising in England in 1381 was the poll tax. How much were the hobnobs trying to charge people for existing in the poll tax of 1380?Money
  13. 13.DAVID BOWIE: A hero, and someone who released an album called "Heroes" in 1977. Who was credited on the album's sleeve as having produced it?David Bowie
  14. 14.DOCTOR DOOM: Which year did the first-person shooter game Doom come out? Hint: it was not when the ZX Spectrum was knocking aboutSinclair ZX Spectrum
  15. 15.LIZ TRUSS: Hero of the Thursday quiz, the 49-day wonder PM is up for election today. Who is standing against her, representing the Monster Raving Loony party?Liz Truss

If you really do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers – and can show your working – feel free to email martin.belam@theguardian.com, but remember the quiz master’s word is final and if you are in the UK, today you have a chance to go out and be a hero yourself …

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