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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

Which shoes are named after a ship’s load line? The Saturday quiz

Fishing trawler on display, Cabo Vidio, Asturias, Spain
What’s my line? Photograph: Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images

The questions

1 Whose coffin arrived for his state funeral by Underground?
2 O Fortuna starts and ends which choral work?
3 Creswell Crags contain Britain’s only example of what?
4 Which company’s motto was “get big fast”?
5 Eating which meat is avoided by superstitious cricketers?
6 In 2000, Uttarakhand became which country’s 27th state?
7 Which shoes are named after a ship’s load line?
8 School bus is a shade of which colour?
What links:
9 Kristen Stewart; Emma Corrin; Naomi Watts?
10 Edinburgh (N); Nashville (S); Lexington (W)?
11 0; 1; 16; 81; 256; 625; 1296?
12 Christine Sinclair and Cristiano Ronaldo?
13 Tsar Pushka; Pumhart von Steyr; Faule Mette; Mons Meg?
14 Anansi; Aragog; Charlotte; Shelob?
15 Abu Dhabi (2017); Lens (2012); Paris (1793)?

A cricketer leaning on his bat
Cracked the cricket clue? Photograph: Image Source/Getty Images

The answers

1 William Gladstone (1898).
2 Carmina Burana (Carl Orff).
3 Ice Age cave art (Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire).
4 Amazon.
5 Duck.
6 India.
7 Plimsolls.
8
Yellow.

This article comes from Saturday, the new print magazine from the Guardian which combines the best features, culture, lifestyle and travel writing in one beautiful package. Available now in the UK and ROI.

9 Played Diana, Princess of Wales on screen: Spencer; The Crown; Diana.
10 Places nicknamed the Athens of the ...: North; South; West.
11 Fourth powers of 0-6.
12 Football record international goalscorers.
13 Celebrated cannons and bombards.
14 Fictional spiders: west African folklore; Harry Potter; Charlotte’s Web; The Lord of the Rings.
15 Louvre museum openings.

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