Saturday Quiz: Who Posed Like Rodin’s The Thinker on TV?

1. Who posed like Rodin’s The Thinker on Saturday night TV?

Answer: Bruce Forsyth (Generation Game).

2. Where are there two 20th-century cathedrals at either end of Hope Street?

Answer: Liverpool.

3. Which Golden Age detective writer was one of the first women to graduate from Oxford?

Answer: Dorothy L Sayers.

4. Which Native American starred at the 1912 Olympics?

Answer: Jim Thorpe.

5. Which archipelago is known as BIOT?

Answer: British Indian Ocean Territory.

6. What tool is made from potassium, nickel and iron?

Answer: Knife (element symbols K-Ni-Fe).

7. On average, what is the world’s tallest nation?

Answer: The Netherlands.

8. Which classic war film was shot at Hohenwerfen Castle in Austria?

Answer: Where Eagles Dare.

What links:

9. Archibald Armstrong; Roland the Farter; Jane Foole; Will Somers?

Answer: Court jesters and fools: James I; Henry II; Mary I; Henry VIII.

10. Harriet Harman and Peter Bottomley; Diane Abbott and Edward Leigh?

Answer: Recent Mothers and Fathers of the House of Commons.

11. Basilica Cateriniana; Palazzo Pubblico; Piazza del Campo; Torre del Mangia?

Answer: Buildings and public spaces in Siena.

12. Crown and Tudor rose; St Wite’s Cross; St Petroc’s Cross; St Piran’s Cross?

Answer: Flag details of counties along south coast: Hampshire; Dorset; Devon; Cornwall.

13. Maghreb’s largest city; 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue; Russian government HQ?

Answer: White house: Casablanca (literal meaning); White House address; White House in Moscow.

14. Dukkha; Samudaya; Nirodha; Magga?

Answer: Four noble truths of Buddhism.

15. Angel and Cleopatra; ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore and The Searchers; Bullitt and 12 Years a Slave; Stoner and Jaws?

Answer: Works by namesakes: Elizabeth Taylor, novel and film; John Ford, play and film; Steve McQueen, both film; John Williams, novel and film score.