Compete against friends and family in our weekly online quiz!

There are 13 questions in total – simply scroll down to the bottom of the page for the answers.

1. TRUE OR FALSE? All the planets in our solar system spin in the same direction.

2. WHO AM I? Taken at the start of Series 12 of the X Factor in 2015. How many of the show’s judges and presenters can you name in the photo above?

3. ODD ONE OUT: Which one of these sports is the odd one out – and why?

Billiards, Croquet, Cricket, Lacrosse, Polo, Tug-of-War.

4. REMEMBER WHEN? The following events all occurred in a year in living memory. Do you know the year?

▶ Eight people died and 48 were injured in a terror attack on London Bridge

▶ Prince Philip met Royal Marines on his final solo engagement before retiring from public duties

▶ Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election

▶ Only For Arthur became only the second horse trained in Scotland to win the Grand National

5. WHAT’S COOKING: Name this classic French dessert and the type of pastry used to make it.

6. QUESTION OF SPORT: What is the nickname of the darts player who won the PDC World Championship earlier this month?

7. POPTEASER: Which monster 1970s hit opens with these lines?

Buddy, you’re a boy, make a big noise

Playing in the street, gonna be a big man someday

You got mud on your face, you big disgrace

Kicking your can all over the place, singin’?

8. WORDWISE: Can you make a FIVE-letter word using any of these letters – ABCDEF – and without repeating any letter?

9. WHO… was the Soviet leader under whom “glasnost” was introduced?

10. WHAT… name is given to a skier’s quilted trousers held up by shoulder straps?

11. WHEN… were blue passports reintroduced following the UK’s departure from the EU?

12. IN… which centuries did these three English kings reign?

▶ Henry V

▶ Henry VIII

▶ George V

13. WHERE AM I? Iconic Route 66 celebrates its 250th anniversary this year. Running for 2,400 miles, it links which city on the banks of Lake Michigan with Santa Monica in California?

ANSWERS: False, Venus is the only planet that spins clockwise; 2 From left, Simon Cowell, Cheryl Tweedy/Cole, Rita Ora, Olly Murs, Nick Grimshaw and Caroline Flack; 3 They have all been Olympic sports at some stage apart from billiards; 4 2017: 5 Profiteroles – choux pastry; 6 Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler; 7 We Will Rock You by Queen; 8 Faced or Decaf; 9 Mikhail Gorbachev; 10 Salopettes; 11 2020; 12 Henry V – 15th century (King from 1413-1422), Henry VIII – 16th century (King from 1509-1547), George V – 20th century (King from 1910 to 1936); 13 Chicago.