Weekend Quiz Queries and Solutions
Our Quiz Items
1 Which enduring legacy remains from the 1889 Exposition Universelle?
2 In what way is the female band Huntr/x described in the name of a Netflix movie?
3 What is the sole political group to receive 14m votes in a UK general election?
4 Adventurer Dwayne Fields took over from Bear Grylls in what role?
5 What pair of metals make up most of the Earth’s center?
6 Compared with its dimensions, which bird has the largest bill?
7 Which WSL club is based in Bromley?
8 £90,000 is the threshold for paying what tax?
What links:
9 Margaret Atwood three-book series; Abba’s 4th UK hit; 2020 Christopher Nolan movie?
10 Major Stevens; bottle; 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; security; affection; respect; self-fulfillment?
15 Sudeley Castle (6); The Tower (2 and 5); Westminster Abbey (4); Windsor Castle (3); Peterborough Cathedral (1)?
Our Solutions
1 Eiffel Tower.
2 K-pop Demon Hunters.
3 Conservatives in 1992.
4 head of British scouting.
5 Ferrous and nickel elements.
6 Hummingbird (long-billed).
7 London City Lionesses.
8 Value Added Tax (turnover).
9 Symmetrical names: MaddAddam; SOS; Nolan film.
10 Gambling terminology: evens and 2/1 to 8/1.
11 Southern Ocean mammals.
12 Hailing from the southern city.
13 Architectural features of Dresden.
14 Psychologist Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
15 Burial places of Henry VIII’s six wives.
