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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

Which capital city was called Titograd until 1992? The Weekend quiz

Cary Grant, Roland Young and Constance Bennett in Topper, 1937.
Cary Grant, Roland Young and Constance Bennett in Topper, 1937. Photograph: Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock

The questions

1 Who are said to have made their last stand at Anglesey?
2 What is the only British bird to turn fully white in winter?
3 Emily Lamb was the sister and wife of which prime ministers?
4 Which capital city was called Titograd until 1992?
5 What word for antiquated means before the Flood?
6 Which English surrealist has a dedicated museum in Mexico?
7 1937 comedy Topper was the first film described as what?
8 What audio-visual connector has 21 pins?

What links:
9
Forward; Newdigate; Cholmondeley; Queen’s Gold Medal?
10 The Weekend; Juice World; Saint John?
11 Hunterston; Hartlepool; Heysham; Hinkley Point?
12 Burgundy; Périgord black; Piedmont white; terfez?
13 Poe; Rowdy; Steely McBeam; Pat Patriot?
14 Senet; tafl; ludus latrunculorum; nine men’s morris?
15 Foggy Bottom; Quai d’Orsay; Itamaraty; South Block?

Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry.
Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry. Photograph: Getty Images

The answers

1 Druids (vs the Romans).
2 Ptarmigan.
3 Lord Melbourne and Lord Palmerston.
4 Podgorica (Montenegro).
5 Antediluvian.
6 Leonora Carrington.
7 Screwball comedy.
8 SCART.
9 Poetry prizes.
10 Hip-hop acts spelt “correctly”: The Weeknd; Juice WRLD; SAINt JHN.
11 Nuclear power stations.
12 Varieties of truffle.
13 NFL team mascots: Baltimore Ravens; Dallas Cowboys; Pittsburgh Steelers; New England Patriots.
14 Ancient and medieval board games.
15 Metonyms (and locations) for foreign ministries: USA; France; Brazil; India.

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