What links Tracy Brabin, Eva Perón and Ronald Reagan? The Saturday quiz
The questions
1 Which musical begins with a trilingual greeting song?
2 Which large flightless birds live chiefly on New Guinea?
3 China has won 88% of the gold medals in what Olympic sport?
4 Which two estuaries separate England and Wales?
5 Which puzzle had its UK debut in the Times on 12 November 2004?
6 Nightcrawlers’ Push the Feeling On was adapted for which advert jingle?
7 Which metal has the highest melting point?
8 Where was the Institutional Revolutionary party in power from 1929 to 2000?
What links:
9 Devon Island, Canada; Alexander Island, Antarctica; Severny Island, Russia?
10 Gloucestershire; Northamptonshire; Somerset (in cricket)?
11 Tracy Brabin; Eva Perón; Ronald Reagan; Volodymyr Zelenskyy?
12 Bazaar; seersucker; shah; shawl; turban?
13 Half of a Yellow Sun; My Sister, the Serial Killer; The Famished Road; Things Fall Apart?
14 Batman and Superman; one-way flow of electric charge; US capital?
15 Philip; nobody; William; George; Albert; Philip?
The answers
1 Cabaret.
2 Cassowary.
3 Table tennis.
4 Dee and Severn.
5 Sudoku.
6 We Buy Any Car.
7 Tungsten.
8 Mexico.
9 Largest uninhabited islands.
10 Never won the County Championship (since official 1890 launch).
11 Went from acting into politics.
12 Words of Persian origin (according to the OED).
13 Nigerian novels.
14 DC: DC Comics; DC electric current; Washington DC.
15 Consorts to queens regnant: Mary I; Elizabeth I; Mary II; Anne; Victoria; Elizabeth II.
