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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

What device might have a rack and snail mechanism? The Weekend quiz

Close-Up Of Snail On Leaf
Photograph: Getty Images/EyeEm

The questions

1 Which prisoner was buried in Paris in 1703 under the name Marchioly?
2 Which dog played himself in the 1966 film The Spy With A Cold Nose?
3 When does Google suggest, “Did you mean: nag a ram?”
4 In antiquity, what were Mons Calpe and Mons Abila?
5 What 1980s all-female entertainment was GLOW?
6 Which literary couple lived at Casa Guidi, Florence?
7 Which German football teams contest the Revierderby?
8 What device might have a rack and snail mechanism?
What links:
9 Daniel; Lucy; Benny; Guy; Jeannie; Nikita?
10 St Bernadette; Lenin; Mao; Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il; Jeremy Bentham?
11 Marmota monax; February 2; Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania?
12 Maria Manuela of Portugal; Mary I of England; Elizabeth of Valois; Anna of Austria?
13 Babkin; parachute; palmar grasp; Galant; Landau; plantar?
14 Kerry Hill; Cheviot; Romney; Herdwick; Rough Fell; Swaledale?
15 ALICE; ATLAS; CMS; TOTEM; LHCb; LHCf; MoEDAL?

Parasailing at Vagator Beach, North Goa, India.
Blue sky thinking on the parachute clue? Photograph: Getty Images

The answers

1 The Man in the Iron Mask.
2 Pickles.
3 Searching for anagram.
4 The Pillars of Hercules.
5 Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.
6 Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
7 Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04.
8 A striking clock.
9 Names in Elton John hits.
10 Bodies on public display.
11 Groundhog Day: groundhog; date; setting for film.
12 Married Philip II of Spain.
13 Primitive reflexes in infants.
14 Native British sheep breeds.
15 Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern.

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