The Guardian
From Kling Klang and the Queen of Mauretania to Elf, Peterbald and Sphynx, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz 1 What was discovered on a dish containing Staphylococcus aureus ? 2 At which Jewish festival is it traditional to serve triangular food? 3 Whose daughter became Queen of Mauretania in 25BC? 4 Kling Klang in Düsseldorf was which band’s studio? 5 Which Briton was the first person to deadlift 500kg? 6 What are studied by a dendrochronologist? 7 Which warrior class was abolished in the 1870s? 8 On the Calculation of Volume is a seven-novel series by which Dane? What links: 9 Gladstone only; eg Salisbury, Baldwin; eg Churchill, Wilson; eg Thatcher, Truss? 10 Alexander III; Austerlitz; Alma; Bir-Hakeim; Jena; Léopold Sédar Senghor? 11 Bambino; Donskoy; Elf; Peterbald; Sphynx? 12 Althea & Donna; Ken Boothe; Desmond Dekker; Boris Gardiner; Sean Paul? 13 Pacific Warriors; Invictus; Murderball; The Brighton Miracle; This Sporting Life? 14 Manchester and Sheffield, via Ladybower reservoir? 15 Earl of Essex; 16th US president; Australian bushranger; wartime German industrialist? Continue reading...
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