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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

Short-term hibernation in animals is known as what? The Saturday quiz

Hummingbird sitting in a nest among reeds
In a flap over the hibernation clue? Photograph: David George/Alamy

The questions

1 In what locations are unsightly objects painted in “go away green” paint?
2 Who was Miss Shepherd, in an Alan Bennett drama?
3 In animal behaviour, short-term hibernation is known as what?
4 Used in Scotland, the Maiden was an early form of what device?
5 Which world-famous woman was an editor at the publishers Doubleday?
6 AMS is a risk in what adventurous activity?
7 Which country is ruled by the House of Hashim?
8 The Striding Man is the logo of what spirits brand?
What links:
9
Foel Cwmcerwyn; Pen y Fan; Yr Wyddfa?
10 Pearl; Chest; End; Tides; Tales?
11 Rod Laver; Philippe Chatrier; Centre; Arthur Ashe?
12 BGN; CZK; DKK; HUF; PLN; RON; SEK?
13 2 November 1936; 22 September 1955; 2 November 1982; 30 March 1997?
14 Diagonal sleeve; front fastening sweater; woollen hood; Tennyson?
15 George Lawson and Wayne Sleep; Henry Geldzahler and Christopher Scott; Celia Birtwell and Ossie Clark?

The answers

1 Disney theme parks.
2 The Lady in the Van.
3 Torpor.
4 Guillotine.
5 Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
6 Mountaineering (acute mountain sickness).
7 Jordan.
8 Johnnie Walker whisky.
9 Highest points in Welsh national parks: Pembrokeshire Coast; Bannau Brycheiniog (formerly Brecon Beacons); Eryri/Snowdon.
10 Pirates of the Caribbean films (last words of titles).
11 Main courts at tennis grand slams: Australian; French; Wimbledon; US.
12 Non-euro currencies in the EU (currency codes): Bulgarian lev; Czech koruna; Danish krone; Hungarian forint; Polish złoty; Romanian leu; Swedish krona.
13 Launch of BBC TV; ITV; Channel 4; Channel 5.
14 Crimean war/Charge of the Light Brigade: (Cmdr Lord) Raglan; Cardigan (led charge); (at 1854 Battle of) Balaclava; immortalised in verse.
15 Subjects of double portraits by David Hockney.

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