What links Buckeyes, Crimson Tide and Wolverines? The Saturday quiz
From Alison, Harry Bailey and Madame Eglantine to the slipper limpet and trumpet tube worm, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
The questions
1 Which islands lie at the geographic centre of the western hemisphere?
2 Esme Pepper is which writer’s 135th book?
3 What phenomenon did Einstein dismiss as “spooky action at a distance”?
4 Which hormone is chiefly produced by the pineal gland?
5 A Beatles museum is planned on which London street?
6 Which fashion brand made uniforms for the Wehrmacht and Nazi party?
7 The Manchester solicitor Nick Freeman styles himself as what?
8 Dogana is the largest settlement in which European microstate?
What links:
9 Carpet sea squirt; Pacific oyster; slipper limpet; trumpet tube worm?
10 Convoy; Duel; Maximum Overdrive; Smokey and the Bandit; The Wages of Fear?
11 Balti; Bermuda; Coral; Golden; Rhubarb?
12 Alison; Harry Bailey; Madame Eglantine; Hubert; Oswald; Robin?
13 Buckeyes; Crimson Tide; Fighting Irish; Longhorns; Wolverines?
14 River Tay, Scotland; Tay River, Ontario; Swan River, Western Australia?
15 Carnival; MSC; Norwegian; Princess; Royal Caribbean?
The answers
1 Galápagos Islands (where the equator meets the 90th meridian west).
2 Jacqueline Wilson.
3 Quantum entanglement.
4 Melatonin.
5 Savile Row.
6 Hugo Boss.
7 Mr Loophole.
8 San Marino.
9 Invasive marine species in UK waters.
10 Films prominently featuring lorries.
11 Various “triangles” related to food and/or geography.
12 Named pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales (modernised spellings): Wife of Bath; Host; Prioress; Friar; Reeve; Miller.
13 Nicknames of leading US college sports teams: Ohio State; Alabama; Notre Dame; Texas; Michigan.
14 All flow through Perth.
15 World’s largest cruise lines.
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