From a conspiracy theory to Chrissie Hynde, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz 1 Which libertine was Count von Waldstein’s librarian? 2 Where is Britain’s only statue of a medieval Jewish woman? 3 Highlife music originated in which country? 4 Which conspiracy theory centred on the Comet Ping Pong restaurant? 5 A prototype of what was first publicly demonstrated in Selfridges in 1925? 6 Which waterway divides Schleswig-Holstein? 7 What animal class is named from the Greek for “double life”? 8 Which race is run between Anchorage and Nome, Alaska? What links: 9 Alma; Ether; Jarom; Moroni; Nephi; Omni? 10 Charley Says; The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water; Splink; Tufty; Clunk Click? 11 Chrissie Hynde; The Waitresses; The Black Keys; Devo? 12 Normal; reverse; strike-slip; oblique? 13 Companion of Artemis; mother of Minos; cupbearer of Zeus; daughter of Inachus? 14 Condor; hands; monkey; spider; whale (in southern Peru)? 15 Shakespeare; Sherwood King; Booth Tarkington; Franz Kafka? Continue reading...
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