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From brazen bull and the Duke of Exeter’s daughter to the whirligig, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
1 Which first cousins were executed, respectively, in 1536 and 1542?
2 What fruit has the highest fat content?
3 The desk lamp Luxo Jr is a mascot of which film company?
4 What was first published in October 1851 as The Whale?
5 Which Yorkshire cricketer’s name was graffitied on the Berlin Wall?
6 Under construction in Chile, what is the ELT?
7 What is the offspring of a jack and a jenny?
8 Which West Bank city was first settled about 11,000 years ago?
What links:
9 Brown envelope; Spanish trading galleon; 1975 world title fight?
10 Alpha Jet (France); Hawk T1A (UK); F-16 Fighting Falcon (US)?
11 Brazen bull; Duke of Exeter’s daughter; Judas cradle; whirligig?
12 Une pomme; deux poires; trois prunes; quatre fraises; cinq oranges?
13 Jon Bon Jovi; Lauryn Hill; Whitney Houston; Paul Simon; Frank Sinatra; Bruce Springsteen?
14 Battuto; holy trinity; mirepoix; sofrito; Suppengrün?
15 Mozart’s Don Giovanni; Ovid’s Pygmalion; Pushkin’s Bronze Horseman?