The Times Daily Quiz: Friday July 18, 2025
2 I'm Just Wild About Harry was a 1948 campaign song of which US president?
3 The Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks is set in a fictional suburb of which Cheshire city?
4 The largest UK forest, Galloway Forest Park is in which Scottish council area?
5 Kensington Gardens features a memorial playground named after which princess of Wales?
6 Abolished in 1987, the final fee for which animal licence was 37 pence?
7 Elgar's ninth Enigma Variation is named after which 'mighty hunter' in the Bible?
8 In Welsh place names, which four-letter element indicates an estuary or river mouth?
9 Leopard, bearded, harbour, ringed and harp are species of which pinniped?
10 Which Victorian stage actor is played by Ralph Fiennes in David Hare's new play Grace Pervades?
11 In which Graham Greene novel do Brown, Smith and Jones travel to Haiti on the ship Medea?
12 The opening lines of which Bruce Springsteen song refer to the 1981 killing of gangster Philip Testa?
13 Produced by Jeremy Clarkson, what was named the best lager in England at the 2024 World Beer awards?
14 The Phil Taylor Trophy is awarded to the World Matchplay champion in which sport?
15 Guillotined in April 1794, which French revolutionary is pictured? Scroll down for answersAnswers1 Goldilocks
2 Harry Truman
3 Chester
4 Dumfries and Galloway
5 Princess Diana
6 Dog licence
7 Nimrod
8 Aber
9 Seal
10 Henry Irving
11 The Comedians
12 Atlantic City, as in 'Well, they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night'
13 Hawkstone Premium
14 Darts
15 Georges Danton
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