THE SUNDAY QUIZ

Have you been paying attention to this week’s news? Test yourself…

According to Dr Martin Worthington of St John’s College, Cambridge, the Babylonian god Ea was the first exponent of which now widespread behaviour?

(a) Spreading fake news (b) Gaslighting

(c) Ghosting

Wine has once again been produced from a rediscovered vineyard in the middle of the Italian city of

Milan. Which passionate wine-lover was the original owner?

(a) Benito Mussolini (b) Giuseppe Garibaldi (c) Leonardo da Vinci

Where is St Andrew’s Day celebrated as the National Day of Independence?

(a) Scotland

(b) Barbados

(c) Greece

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have discovered that regular indulgence in which pastime improves memory and IQ?

(a) Sex

(b) Bingo

(c) Sorry, can’t remember

What is Fobo?

(a) This year’s must-have festive interactive furry toy (b) A volcanic island emerging off the coast of the Philippines

(c) Fear of better options

BBC Radio 3 has sent author Horatio Clare to Greenland for an “Arctic Sound Walk”. Which of these is on his list of sounds to capture?

(a) Silence

(b) Whalesong

(c) The mournful call of the lovesick caribou

Which celebrated figure, according to the television historian Dan Snow, “was buried with a very generous supply of clean underwear”? (a) Napoleon Bonaparte (b) Tutankhamun

(c) Alexander the Great

Vending machines in Tiffany’s Covent Garden store dispense what?

(a) Diamonds

(b) Breakfast

(c) Perfume

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What is the nickname of the Nukus Museum of Art in Karakalpakstan?

(a) Louvre of the Steppe (b) Guggenheim of the Gobi

(c) Tate of the Tatars

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US presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg paid £16million for a house on Cheyne Walk in Chelsea. Who is the property’s most famous former resident? (a) George Harrison

(b) George Washington (c) George Eliot

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Navigator Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) first suggested the name of what?

(a) Singapore

(b) Australia

(c) Nova Scotia

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A colleague came into the office of Anthony Spink, chairman of the long-established dealers in collectable items, to tell him: “An old tramp wants to see you.” Who was the visitor?

(a) Sir Ralph Richardson (b) Sir Les Patterson

(c) Sir Anthony Blunt