Saturday Quiz Queries and Answers
The Quiz Items
1 Which enduring legacy was left by the 1889 Exposition Universelle?
2 In what way is the girl group Huntr/x portrayed in the title of a Netflix movie?
3 What is the only party to receive 14m ballots in a UK national vote?
4 Explorer Dwayne Fields replaced Bear Grylls in which position?
5 What pair of elements make up most of the Earth’s center?
6 Relative to its size, which bird has the longest beak?
7 Which WSL team is located in Bromley?
8 £90,000 is the limit for paying what tax?
What links:
9 Margaret Atwood trilogy; Abba’s 4th UK hit; 2020 Christopher Nolan film?
10 Major Stevens; glass; carpet; rouf; palm; exes; neves; TH?
11 Crabeater; Leopard; Ross; Southern Elephant; Weddell?
12 Craig David; Charlie Dimmock; Benny Hill; John Everett Millais; Rishi Sunak?
13 Brühl’s Terrace; Frauenkirche; Pillnitz Palace; Yenidze plant; Zwinger Palace?
14 Physiological; safety; affection; respect; self-actualisation?
15 Sudeley Castle (6); The Tower (2 and 5); Westminster Abbey (4); Windsor Castle (3); Peterborough Cathedral (1)?
The Answers
1 Eiffel Tower.
2 Korean pop monster slayers.
3 Conservatives in 1992.
4 UK chief scout.
5 Iron and nickel.
6 Tiny bird (long-billed).
7 London City Lionesses.
8 Value Added Tax (revenue).
9 Symmetrical names: Atwood’s trilogy; Abba hit; Nolan film.
10 Gambling terminology: evens and two-to-one to eight-to-one.
11 Antarctic seals.
12 Hailing from the southern city.
13 Architectural features of Dresden.
14 Psychologist Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
15 Final resting spots of Henry VIII’s six wives.
