SATURDAY QUIZ

Chris Maume presents his weekly general knowledge quiz

1. Who are the above, and how are they linked?

2. Which sporting contest began on this day in 1972 in Reykjavík?

3. “Unacceptable”, “election” and “a letter”; “OK, cool” and “cocaine noodles”; “Hey Jerry”: how were all these phrases in the news this week?

4. What record was set by the BBC’s broadcast of Southampton v Manchester City last week?

5. The hair above Homer Simpson’s ear, and the ear itself, are designed to form what letters?

6. With what was a Mongolian herder diagnosed last week?

7. “Saw the News, watched the dreary saga of murder and mayhem. By 6.30 pain in the back was pulsating

as it’s never done before … so this, plus the stomach trouble combines to torture me – oh – what’s the bloody point?” Whose last diary entry, from April 1988?

8. In 1527, which religious leader published the pamphlet “Whether One May Flee From a Deadly Plague”?

9. Which actor, who won an Oscar for a 1956 film, was born 100 years ago today in Vladivostok?

10. As of 6 July, what had North Korea, Turkmenistan, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, Tonga, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Tuvalu and Nauru not done, unlike all other countries? Tap here for answers