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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

The Titan arum flower has what gruesome nickname? The Saturday quiz

Titan Arum, also known as the corpse flower from Sumatra, Indonesia
Know all about Titan arum? Photograph: Khairil Azhar Junos/Alamy

The questions

1 Which conflict was sparked by a row over rifle cartridges?
2 Where was the Chirp font introduced in August?
3 Reggaeton music originated on which island?
4 Florence Lawrence was claimed to be the first what?
5 The Titan arum flower has what gruesome nickname?
6 Which country dropped “Trans” from its name in 1949?
7 Which novelist was Europe’s top student debater?
8 What knowledge is contained in the Blue Book?
What links:
9
To be cognizant; Japanese theatre; handless villain?
10 Qibla; mihrab; minbar; minaret?
11 Bilgewater; Ixtal; Noxus; Piltover; the Void?
12 Judith Sheindlin; Julius O’Riordan; Robert Rinder?
13 Bayonne; Black Forest; Speck; York?
14 In Another Land (bassist); Happy and You Got the Silver (guitarist)?
15 Denali; Kosciuszko; Kilimanjaro; Elbrus; Vinson?

High angle view of woman’s hand picking up book from table
What’s in the blue book? Photograph: Grace Cary/Getty Images

The answers

1 Indian uprising (1857).
2 Twitter.
3 Puerto Rico.
4 Film star.
5 Corpse flower (for its putrid aroma).
6 Jordan.
7 Sally Rooney.
8 London taxi drivers’ Knowledge.
9 Homophones: know; Noh theatre; Dr No.
10 Features of a mosque.
11 Regions in League of Legends video game.
12 Media judges: Judge Judy; Judge Jules; Judge Rinder.
13 Ham varieties.
14 Rolling Stones songs with vocals not by Mick Jagger: Bill Wyman; Keith Richards.
15 Highest peaks on continents: North America; Australia; Africa; Europe; Antarctica.

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