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Thomas Eaton

The Weekend quiz

Mary Queen of Scots by an unknown artist at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Mary Queen of Scots, painted by an unknown artist. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

The questions

1 What did Trevor Chappell controversially deliver on 1 February 1981?
2 Which Russian artist founded the Suprematism movement?
3 Which writers were childhood neighbours in Monroeville, Alabama?
4 Who was a “brave bad man”, according to the Earl of Clarendon?
5 More than half of all bird species belong to which order?
6 Who’s the vicar of St Saviour in the Marshes, Hackney?
7 What brand name stood for “durability, reliability and excellence”?
8 Won by the Duke Blue Devils, what is March Madness?
What links:
9 Sarajevo; Port of Spain; Kingstown; Basseterre; Saint John’s?
10 The birth of Richard III and the death of Mary, Queen of Scots?
11 Ross Perot; John B Anderson; George Wallace; Strom Thurmond?
12 Seagram; Martell; John Smith’s; Crabbie’s?
13 1; 1.4142; 1.7320; 2; 2.2360?
14 Hare; lobster; oyster; crab; pork?
15 Ilium; Quercus; wood; Uriah the Hittite’s wife?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The answers

1 Underarm ball against New Zealand.
2 Kazimir Malevich.
3 Harper Lee and Truman Capote.
4 Oliver Cromwell.
5 Passeriformes (Passerines).
6 Reverend Adam Smallbone (TV series Rev).
7 Durex.
8 US college basketball championship.
9 Capitals of “and” countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Trinidad and Tobago; St Vincent and the Grenadines; St Kitts and Nevis; Antigua and Barbuda.
10 At Fotheringhay Castle.
11 Independent/third party candidates for US presidency.
12 Grand National sponsors.
13 Square roots (approx) of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
14 Prohibited in Jewish dietary laws.
15 Far From The Madding Crowd characters: (Sergeant) Troy; (Gabriel) Oak; Boldwood; Bathsheba (Everdene).

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