What links a cobra lily with Attenborough’s pitcher? The Saturday quiz

  • 3/26/2022
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The questions 1 What did The Times put on its front page for the first time in 1966? 2 What spread is celebrated by a sculpture in Burton upon Trent? 3 In what city is the New Bridge actually the oldest? 4 What footballing duopoly was last broken in 1985? 5 How was Indian activist Phoolan Devi described in a film title? 6 Calf lymph was a vaccination against which disease? 7 William III defeated his predecessor, who was also his uncle and father-in-law, at which battle? 8 Used to record archaeological finds, what is the PAS? What links: 9 Haven Brow, Brass Point etc; daughters of Atlas and Pleione; the N15 London postcode? 10 Bay; chestnut; grey; pinto; sorrel? 11 O’Shea Jackson and Tracy Marrow; William Perry; Steve Austin? 12 Siena (Duccio); Ghent (Van Eyck); Isenheim (Grünewald)? 13 Butterwort; round-leaved sundew; cobra lily; Attenborough’s pitcher? 14 Bonaire; Sint Eustatius; Saba? 15 Austin Butler; Kurt Russell; Jonathan Rhys Meyers; Michael Shannon? The answers 1 News stories. 2 Marmite. 3 Paris (Pont Neuf). 4 Celtic and Rangers as Scottish champions (by Aberdeen). 5 Bandit Queen. 6 Smallpox. 7 The Boyne, 1690 (ie James II of England and Ireland, and VII of Scotland). 8 Portable Antiquities Scheme. 9 Seven Sisters: cliffs in Sussex; Pleiades in Greek myth; area of Tottenham. 10 Horse coat colours. 11 Chilly nicknames: rappers Ice Cube and Ice-T; American footballer the Refrigerator; wrestler Stone Cold. 12 Celebrated altarpieces: original location (artist). 13 Carnivorous plants. 14 Islands making up the Caribbean Netherlands. 15 Played Elvis on film/TV.

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