The Independent

SATURDAY QUIZ

Chris Maume presents his weekly general knowledge quiz

-

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

2. “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticizin­g anyone, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” The first line of which American novel, published on this day in 1925?

3. Last weekend, what linked Queen Adelaide Bridge and Sandhill Bridge? 4. In Queensland, Australia, it is illegal to own a rabbit – unless you are what? 5. Chiswick, west London; Pont Abraham, Carmarthen­shire: what’s the link? 6. In descending order, the US, Russia and Saudi Arabia are the world’s three biggest oil producers. Which

country is fourth? It’s a neighbour of one of the top three.

7. Which Queen consort, who died in 1925, gives her name to the Royal Army Nursing Corps and the Royal Naval Nursing Service?

8. When a former lover bounced up to her and said excitedly that he hadn’t seen her in years, which actress, known for her one-liners, replied: “I thought I told you to wait in the car”? She died in 1968 of emphysema and pneumonia aged 66.

9. Who links Joy Division, New Order, Magazine, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Happy Mondays? He died 30 years ago today.

10. Which deceased Labour cabinet minister was the subject of the book Momentum: The Struggle for Peace, Politics and the People?

Tap here for answers

 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United Kingdom