From Clarissa Strozzi and Charles V to Tom Parker and Walt Disney, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz 1 What did LA plumber George Holliday videotape on 3 March 1991? 2 Named after a Greek god, what is Earth’s largest land biome? 3 Abigail, in November 2015, was the first what? 4 Which literary character says, “Come not, Lucifer! I’ll burn my books!”? 5 Which Play School presenter sits in the House of Lords? 6 What cricket fixture was played from 1806 until 1962? 7 Which rescue organisation is based in Poole, Dorset? 8 The Kanneh-Mason siblings are famous names in what field? What links: 9 Babington; Parry; Ridolfi; Throckmorton? 10 Bleu; saignant; à point; bien cuit? 11 Basilisk lizard; fishing spider; jacana; pond skater; Clark’s grebe? 12 Virginia (8); Ohio (7); New York (5); Arkansas, California, Hawaii (one each)? 13 Enhanced Fujita; Modified Mercalli; Saffir-Simpson; Torino? 14 Ben Bradlee; Walt Disney; Jim Lovell; Colonel Tom Parker; Chesley Sullenberger? 15 Clarissa Strozzi; Charles V with a dog; Philip II; Pope Paul III and his grandsons? Continue reading...