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Thomas Eaton

Ari Up and Palmolive were members of what punk band? The Weekend quiz

Punk singer Ari Up
Punk poser: Ari Up. Photograph: Rex Features

The questions

1 At her trial in 1793, who was the Widow Capet?
2 Which orchestra was founded by Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim?
3 What hobby’s name literally means “love of tax exemption”?
4 What is the world’s largest ethnic group?
5 How was the ship of Theseus paradox used in Only Fools And Horses?
6 Coffin Peak and Funeral Peak are found in what US national park?
7 What type of body is a Kreutz sungrazer?
8 Ari Up and Palmolive were members of what punk band?
What links:
9 Ollie; Indy grab; Bertlemann slide; 360 Pop shove-it?
10 Oz; Jacob Black; Remus Lupin; George Sands; Scott Howard?
11 Rose; Sugar; Orange; Cotton; Fiesta; Peach?
12 London; Paris; Wigan; Catalonia?
13 Laffer; Philips; Kuznets; Lorenz; Rahn?
14 William I, Prince of Orange; President Coolidge; Jay’s screen partner?
15 Maman; Cell (Eyes and Mirrors); Janus Fleuri; The Destruction of the Father?

Close-up of a rose
Reckon you’ve got the rose answer? Photograph: Getty Images

The answers

1 Marie Antoinette.
2 West–Eastern Divan Orchestra.
3 Philately.
4 Han Chinese.
5 Trigger’s broom.
6 Death Valley.
7 Comet.
8 The Slits.
9 Skateboarding tricks.
10 Werewolves: Buffy; Twilight; Harry Potter; Being Human; Teen Wolf.
11 Major bowls in US college football.
12 Place names in George Orwell books.
13 Curves in economics.
14 Known as Silent: William the S; S Cal; S Bob.
15 Works by Louise Bourgeois.

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