What links Lauryn Hill and Jon Bon Jovi? The Saturday quiz
The questions
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?
The answers
1 Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard.
2 Avocado.
3 Pixar.
4 Moby Dick.
5 Geoff Boycott.
6 Extremely Large Telescope.
7 Foal (donkey).
8 Jericho.
9 Named after Manila.
10 Jets used by air force display teams: Patrouille de France; Red Arrows; Thunderbirds.
11 Historical torture or punishment devices.
12 Eaten in the French text of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
13 Singers from New Jersey.
14 Diced vegetable mixes in various cuisines: Italian; Cajun; French; Spanish; German.
15 Works in which statues come to life.
