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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

What links one apple, two pears, three plums? The Weekend quiz

Pears on a white background
Photograph: Getty Images/First Light

The questions

1 “Cover her face; mine eyes dazzle; she died young.” Who did?
2 Kramer’s Reality Tour visits sites connected with which sitcom?
3 Which European state retains capital punishment?
4 What begins 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34...?
5 Which psychotherapy method was proposed by Arthur Janov?
6 What 2015 release topped a BFI poll as the best ever LGBT film?
7 Forte, terzo and foible are parts of what implement?
8 Which empire was divided in AD843 by the Treaty of Verdun?
What links:
9 Steaks; vodka; water; airline; fragrance; magazine; university?
10 Mhairi Black, currently; David Lammy; Charles Kennedy; Stephen Dorrell?
11 One apple; two pears; three plums; four strawberries; five oranges?
12 Margaret Beaufort; Philippa of Hainault; science writer, born Mary Fairfax?
13 Hazeltine; Medinah; Valhalla; Oakland Hills?
14 Tour; Activity; Landranger; Explorer?
15 Pademelon; quokka; bilby; cuscus; quoll; sugar glider?

Sirloin steak, uncooked, close-up
High steaks. Photograph: Getty Images

The answers

1 The Duchess of Malfi.
2 Seinfeld (NYC).
3 Belarus.
4 The Fibonacci sequence.
5 Primal therapy.
6 Carol.
7 Sword blade.
8 Carolingian.
9 Products that have been sold or endorsed by Donald Trump.
10 Been Baby of the House (youngest MPs).
11 Very Hungry Caterpillar’s diet (Monday-Friday).
12 Gave name to Oxford colleges: Lady Margaret Hall; the Queen’s College; Somerville.
13 US Ryder Cup venues (since 2004).
14 Types of Ordnance Survey map.
15 Australasian marsupials.

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