What links butterfly, air, French and Glasgow? The Saturday quiz
From Barbarian invasions and lead poisoning to Saturday Night Fever and the shipping forecast, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 What did Thomas Austin notoriously introduce to Australia in 1859?2 Which social media site’s founder is married to Serena Williams?3 What shipping forecast area is named after a UK city?4 What is the chemical formula for diamond?5 Which literary character loved “life; London; this moment of June”?6 Where did Eoka fight against British rule?7 What contains 42 vowels and 56 consonants?8 Which monarch commissioned and was depicted in the Wilton Diptych?What links: 9 Do the Right Thing; Goodfellas; Moonstruck; Radio Days; Saturday Night Fever?10 Lena; Mackenzie; Ob; Yenisey; Yukon?11 Encyclopedia Britannica (2010); New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001); Oxford English Dictionary (1989)?12 Air; butterfly; chef’s; French, Glasgow?13 Barbarian invasions; Christianity; homosexuality; lead poisoning; plague?14 Sarazen; Hogan; Player; Nicklaus; Woods; McIlroy?15 Land; canton; oblast; vármegye; województwo? Continue reading...
From Barbarian invasions and lead poisoning to Saturday Night Fever and the shipping forecast, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
1 What did Thomas Austin notoriously introduce to Australia in 1859?
2 Which social media site’s founder is married to Serena Williams?
3 What shipping forecast area is named after a UK city?
4 What is the chemical formula for diamond?
5 Which literary character loved “life; London; this moment of June”?
6 Where did Eoka fight against British rule?
7 What contains 42 vowels and 56 consonants?
8 Which monarch commissioned and was depicted in the Wilton Diptych?
What links:
9 Do the Right Thing; Goodfellas; Moonstruck; Radio Days; Saturday Night Fever?
10 Lena; Mackenzie; Ob; Yenisey; Yukon?
11 Encyclopedia Britannica (2010); New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001); Oxford English Dictionary (1989)?
12 Air; butterfly; chef’s; French, Glasgow?
13 Barbarian invasions; Christianity; homosexuality; lead poisoning; plague?
14 Sarazen; Hogan; Player; Nicklaus; Woods; McIlroy?
15 Land; canton; oblast; vármegye; województwo? Continue reading...
