Which announcement was inspired by Elvis’s refusal to do encores? Quiz

1 Which monarch was Queen Victoria’s eldest grandchild?

2 Where are the crypts of Lieberkühn?

3 What announcement was inspired by Elvis’s refusal to do encores?

4 Which mammal is named after a mythological half-woman, half-snake?

5 Which micronation is based on HM Fort Roughs in the North Sea?

6 In the US, what is known as “the vine that ate the South”?

7 In terms of length v width, what is the world’s narrowest country?

8 What was kept at Westminster Abbey from 1296 to 1996?

What links:

9 Catharine; Sanditon; The Watsons?

10 Blue Crush; From Here to Eternity; Lilo & Stitch; The Descendants?

11 1900; 1924; 2024?

12 Exodus 20:2–17 and 34:11–26; Deuteronomy 5:6–21?

13 Daryl Dixon; Dead City; The Ones Who Live; World Beyond?

14 Bog in Scotland; goldmines in Japan; Roman road in Italy; sand dunes in Brazil?

15 Francis Drake; Clint Eastwood; Jerry Springer; Richard Whittington?

Answers:

1 Kaiser Wilhelm II.

2 Small intestine.

3 “Elvis has left the building.”

4 Echidna.

5 Sealand.

6 Kudzu.

7 Chile.

8 Stone of Scone/Destiny.

9 Unfinished works by Jane Austen.

10 Films set in Hawaii.

11 Paris Olympics.

12 Lists of the Ten Commandments in the Bible.

13 TV spin-offs from The Walking Dead.

14 Named Unesco world heritage sites in 2024: Flow Country; Sado Island gold mines; Via Appia; Lençóis Maranhenses national park.

15 Mayors: Plymouth; Carmel-by-the-Sea; Cincinnati; London.

Source: The Guardian