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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

What links Al Green and Daddy Yankee? The Saturday quiz

Black and white image of American singer Al Green performing on stage. The image shows his head and shoulders. He is holding a microphone, and his other hand is above his head
Al Green clue making you see red? Photograph: Mike Prior/Getty Images

The questions

1 Which islands lie at the centre of the western hemisphere?
2 Who delivered the Ain’t I a Woman? speech in 1851?
3 What’s the only non-metallic substance that expands when it freezes?
4 Judith Miller was an authority on the value of what?
5 Which machine reaps, threshes and winnows in a single action?
6 What reality TV show launched in 1992 on MTV?
7 What, in County Antrim, is the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery?
8 Who was the worst witch?
What links:
9
Holland (Ireland); England (Wales); Scotland (Trinidad); Brazil (Scotland)?
10 Human fingernail; porcupine quill; rhino horn; snake’s rattle?
11 South Shetland Islands; South Orkney Islands; Queen Elizabeth Land?
12 Al Green; MC Hammer; Ma$e; Cat Stevens; Daddy Yankee?
13 Gaucho; seven minutes in polo; Stamford Bridge team; New Zealand capital?
14 English civil war (1215-17); Crusade (1239-41); English civil war (1264-67)?
15 Frank Cottrell-Boyce; Alex Garland; Aron Ralston; Vikas Swarup; Irvine Welsh?

Grey porcupine sitting curled up on a piece of dead wood, in a forest
Getting the point of the porcupine quill clue? Photograph: William Mullins/Alamy

The answers

1 Galápagos Islands.
2 Sojourner Truth.
3 Water.
4 Antiques.
5 Combine harvester.
6 The Real World.
7 Bushmills.
8 Mildred Hubble (Jill Murphy books).
9 Footballers (nation represented): Matt H; Mike E; Jason S; Alan B.
10 Composed (primarily) of keratin.
11 Parts of British Antarctic Territory.
12 Retired from musical careers for religion.
13 Boots: cowboy; chukka; Chelsea; Wellington.
14 Barons’ wars: First Barons’ War; Barons’ Crusade; Second Barons’ War.
15 Wrote books filmed by Danny Boyle: Millions; The Beach; 127 Hours; Slumdog Millionaire; Trainspotting.

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