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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

What links Jesus and Ronnie Biggs? The Saturday quiz

Fresco entitled The Kiss of Judas, from the Scrovegni chapel in Padua, Italy. In the image, soldiers with lances surround Jesus while Judas, in a gold cloak, gives him a kiss
The Kiss of Judas – fresco at the Scrovegni chapel in Padua, Italy. Photograph: Mondadori Portfolio/Getty Images

The questions

1 Whose frescoes decorate Padua’s Scrovegni chapel?
2 Which singer was known as Mama Africa?
3 What is the “Greek system” at US colleges?
4 Which two land masses are separated by the Torres Strait?
5 Which billionaire founded the chemical company Ineos?
6 What was the last host nation to win the Fifa World Cup?
7 On what might S925 be stamped?
8 What autumnal contest takes place in Southwick, Northants?
What links:
9
Anguirus; King Ghidorah; Mothra; Rodan?
10 King Ranch, Queensland; Dungay, New South Wales; Gwrych Castle, Wales?
11 Bees; game; goals; lighthouses; magnets; zoos?
12 Jesus; Ronnie Biggs; Bernie Sanders; Harrison Ford?
13 Melrose (7); Paul Barrière (13); Webb-Ellis (15)?
14 Dutch lawyer; German hunt master; Japanese green; French triple dry?
15 The Power; No Logo; The Beauty Myth; Uprooted?

The answers

Bees on a honey comb inside a beehive
Bees clue got you beat? Photograph: florintt/Getty Images

1 Giotto.
2 Miriam Makeba.
3 Fraternities and sororities.
4 Australia and New Guinea.
5 Jim Ratcliffe.
6 France, 1998.
7 Silver (sterling).
8 World Conker Championships.
9 Antagonists/allies of Godzilla.
10 Filming locations for I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!
11 All have keepers.
12 Worked as carpenters.
13 Rugby trophies: sevens; league; union.
14 Liqueur name meanings: Advocaat; Jägermeister; Midori; Triple Sec.
15 Books by Naomis: Alderman; Klein; Wolf; Novik.

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