The Times Daily Quiz: Wednesday May 7, 2025
1 An Ulster fry is traditionally served for which meal?
2 A ferry service runs from Lymington in Hampshire to Yarmouth on which island?
3 Eduardo Paolozzi's 1995 sculpture Newton sits outside which national library?
4 The Anglo-Norman poet Wace first described which table in his 1155 work Roman de Brut?
5 The three official languages of Belgium are French, German and what?
6 Which villain was played by Oliver Reed in the 1968 film Oliver!?
7 Meniscectomy surgery removes damaged meniscus cartilage from which part of the body?
8 Twin brothers named Dromio are servants to twin brothers named Antipholus in which Shakespeare play?
9 A statue of which Reg Smythe character was erected in Hartlepool in 2007?
10 Which English singer reached No 2 with The Show Must Go On (1973) and Moonlighting (1975)?
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