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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

The Queen Mother’s 80th birthday inspired which much-loathed song? The Weekend quiz

Head shot of the Queen Mother
The Queen Mother on her 101st birthday. Photograph: Richard Lewis/AP

The questions

1 The Queen Mother’s 80th birthday inspired which much-loathed song?
2 Which two deer species are native to Britain?
3 Who was found by Thomas Cardew in Victoria station?
4 What household object is a Yagi-Uda array?
5 Which Grand National horse is a byword for last-minute failure?
6 What does a natsci study?
7 Who famously knelt at the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial?
8 The Archipiélago de Colón is better known as what?
What links:
9 Pàrlamaid na h-Alba; Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru; Tinvaal?
10 Elaine Benes; Christine Campbell; Selina Meyer?
11 Granby Four Streets; It For Others; Wantee; The Woolworths Choir Of 1979?
12 Blodplättar; boudin noir; blutwurst; czernina soup?
13 Nebraska; Mississippi; Wisconsin?
14 Leslie Crowther; Bob Warman; Bruce Forsyth; Joe Pasquale?
15 1989; A Modest Proposal; Last Orders?

A deer with antlers in Richmond Park
Any ideer? Photograph: Finbarr Webster/Rex/Shutterstock

The answers

1 There’s No One Quite Like Grandma.
2 Red and roe.
3 Jack Worthing (The Importance Of Being Earnest).
4 TV antenna.
5 Devon Loch.
6 Natural sciences.
7 Willy Brandt.
8 Galápagos islands.
9 Parliaments: Scottish Parliament in Scottish Gaelic; Welsh Assembly in Welsh; Isle of Man Tynwald in Manx.
10 Julia Louis-Dreyfus characters: Seinfeld; New Adventures Of Old Christine; Veep.
11 Nominated works of recent Turner prize winners: Assemble; Duncan Campbell; Laure Prouvost; Elizabeth Price.
12 Dishes cooked with blood.
13 US state capitals named after presidents: Lincoln; Jackson; Madison.
14 Presented The Price Is Right in the UK.
15 Works by Swifts: Taylor S album; Jonathan S satire; Graham S novel.

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