From agate and diamond to Tango and Cash, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
1 Which aviator may have been eaten by coconut crabs?
2 Britten’s War Requiem was premiered at what venue?
3 Who first introduced the legend of Atlantis?
4 What is the UK’s, and Europe’s, largest shopping centre?
5 Which novel was subtitled A Record of Secret Service?
6 Jeannette Charles was whose double?
7 The Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers were disastrously diverted from where?
8 Which carriage is named after the son of the god Helios?
What links:
9 Agate; cicero; diamond; minion; pica; point?
10 Marie Curie; Maria Goeppert Mayer; Donna Strickland; Andrea Ghez; Anne L’Huillier?
11 Hartland Point, Devon and St Govan’s Head, Pembrokeshire?
12 Richard I; Robert the Bruce; Eleanor of Castile; Chopin; Thomas Hardy?
13 Bhutan; Malta; Wales?
14 The Delta Force; Grand Hotel; Romeo + Juliet; Tango and Cash; Zulu Dawn?
15 Full Fathom Five; O Mistress Mine; Sigh No More; Who is Sylvia?