What links Duluth, MN, with Chicago, IL? The Saturday quiz

  • 7/9/2022
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The questions 1 What is the world’s oldest island? 2 Which poet was called the John the Baptist of fascism? 3 Which building was damaged in 1687 when an ammunition dump exploded? 4 What is targeted in the US by the RICO Act? 5 A word that appears only once in a body of work is called what? 6 Who said “I have to be seen to be believed”? 7 What is unusual, in economic terms, about a Giffen good? 8 Which daughter and father have been world No 1 and No 2 in golf and tennis, respectively? What links: 9 Duluth, MN; Chicago, IL; Bay City, MI; Buffalo, NY; Toronto? 10 Jennifer Hudson; Whoopi Goldberg; Audrey Hepburn; Rita Moreno? 11 Augustiner; Hacker-Pschorr; Hofbräu; Löwenbräu; Paulaner; Spaten? 12 Exposition; development; recapitulation? 13 Jean-François Champollion; Amelia Edwards; Flinders Petrie; Howard Carter? 14 Vostok 1; Freedom 7; Shenzhou 5? 15 Some Like it Hot; CODA; The Birdcage; Three Men and a Baby? The answers 1 Madagascar. 2 Gabriele D’Annunzio. 3 The Parthenon. 4 Organised crime (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations). 5 Hapax (legomenon). 6 The Queen. 7 Demand rises as price rises. 8 Nelly and Petr Korda. 9 Cities on the Great Lakes: Superior; Michigan; Huron; Erie; Ontario. 10 EGOTs (won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards). 11 Munich’s big six breweries. 12 Sonata form in music. 13 Pioneering Egyptologists. 14 First human spaceflights: USSR; US; China. 15 Hollywood movies inspired by French films: Fanfare d’Amour; La Famille Bélier; La Cage aux Folles; Trois hommes et un Couffin.

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