What links Pam Ayres and the Chuckle Brothers? The Saturday quiz
The questions
1 Who was refused entry to George IV’s coronation in 1821?
2 Which 2011 single is the UK’s bestselling song never to reach No 1?
3 Poison dart is a highly toxic group of what creatures?
4 Which American covered the last coronation as Inquiring Camera Girl?
5 What did the carrack Victoria complete in 1522?
6 Which breakfast food was developed by Dr Bircher-Benner?
7 What is the smallest US city with an NFL team?
8 Who addressed 25 poems to Lesbia?
What links:
9 Bartitsu; capoeira; krav maga; pankration; savate?
10 First and second fermentation; lees ageing; riddling; disgorging; dosage?
11 Janitor; febrile; marriage; apricot; mayor; junior?
12 Pam Ayres; Su Pollard; Les Dawson; Chuckle Brothers; Paul Daniels?
13 Golden; grey; ringed; little ringed?
14 Cy Coleman (1983); Maurice Ravel (1984); Irving Berlin (1994)?
15 Edinburgh; the Christian Bible; St Andrews Links; Cheltenham racecourse?
The answers
1 Caroline of Brunswick (his estranged wife).
2 Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera.
3 Frogs.
4 Jacqueline Bouvier (later Kennedy, for the Washington Times-Herald).
5 First circumnavigation of the world.
6 Muesli.
7 Green Bay, Wisconsin (Green Bay Packers).
8 Catullus.
9 Martial arts (not from east Asia): Victorian England; Brazil; Israel; ancient Greece; France.
10 Parts of the champagne-making process.
11 Words starting with month abbreviations (Jan-Jun).
12 Found fame on Opportunity Knocks.
13 Plovers.
14 Wrote music for Torvill and Dean’s medal-winning ice dances: Barnum; Boléro; Let’s Face the Music and Dance.
15 Old and new parts: Old and New Towns; Old and New Testaments; Old and New golf courses; Old and New courses.
