From the Adoration of the Magi to The Shining, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
Thomas EatonSat 19 Oct 2024 02.00 EDTShareThe questions1 Which trio travelled further from Earth than any other humans?2 Which artwork was slashed by suffragette, later fascist, Mary Richardson?3 What celebrated headline described a Scottish Cup tie on 8 February 2000?4 In Japan, what natural attraction is sakura?5 Which US city reversed the flow of its river in 1900?6 Which bird stores up to 5,000 acorns each autumn?7 What surname was adopted in 1448 by Richard, Duke of York?8 Which TV comedy had the working title Dead Belgians Don’t Count?What links: 9 Bayeux tapestry; Giotto’s Adoration of the Magi; Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle?10 Spanish (9); Dutch (1); English (1); Portuguese (1)?11 Francis Scott Key; Sunshine Skyway; Tay; Tacoma Narrows?12 A New Day …; Enigma + Jazz & Piano; Piece of Me; The Red Piano?13 Dead Ringers; The Shining; The Parent Trap; Adaptation; The Prestige?14 Babu the red panda; Cinnamon the capybara; Lilith the lynx; Malu the binturong?15 Amonute; Matoaka; Rebecca Rolfe?
View image in fullscreenBemused over the Bayeux tapestry clue? Photograph: IanDagnall Computing/AlamyThe answers1 Apollo 13 crew (Jim Lovell; Fred Haise; Jack Swigert).2 Velázquez’s Rokeby Venus.3 “Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious” (Celtic 1-3 Inverness).4 Cherry blossoms.5 Chicago.6 Jay.7 Plantagenet.8 Drop the Dead Donkey.9 Works featuring representations of comets.10 Official European languages of sovereign states in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela; Suriname; Guyana; Brazil.11 Bridges that collapsed: Baltimore; Tampa Bay; Dundee; Puget Sound.12 Las Vegas concert residencies: Celine Dion; Lady Gaga; Britney Spears; Elton John.13 Films featuring identical twins.14 Animals that escaped from UK zoos.15 Other names of Pocahontas.
