What links Esperanza Spalding and Kim Deal? The Saturday quiz
1 The longest direct flight from London goes to which city?2 Until 1752, when did the new year officially begin in England?3 Which action film hero suffers from ophidiophobia?4 AE Stallings succeeded Alice Oswald in what role?5 Which country's president was shot by his intelligence chief in 1979?6 Which marsupial is native to North America?7 Vanwall, in 1958, was the first winner of what title?8 Who wrote Natural History, the longest surviving single Roman text?What links:
9 Lumbini; Bodh Gaya; Sarnath; Kushinagar?10 51 Pegasi b; Kepler-22b; Proxima Centauri b; Trappist-1 system?11 Miller; Marshall; O'Hanlon; Little; Gilet?12 Gun; orlop; poop; quarter; upper; well?13 Chateau de Châlus-Chabrol; Pontefract Castle; Bosworth Field?14 Birmingham (1); Liverpool (6); London (2); Manchester (4); Nottingham (2)?15 Kim Deal; Kim Gordon; Carol Kaye; Esperanza Spalding; Tina Weymouth?
1 Perth.2 25 March (Lady Day).3 Indiana Jones (fear of snakes).4 Oxford professor of poetry.5 South Korea.6 Virginia opossum (possum).7 Formula One Constructors' Championship.8 Pliny the Elder.9 Pilgrimage sites from the life of Buddha: birthplace; achieved enlightenment; first teaching; died.10 Exoplanets.11 Successive lead actors in Death in Paradise.12 Types of ships' deck.13 Death locations of Richard I, II and III.14 European Cup/UEFA Champions League (men's) wins by city: Aston Villa; Liverpool; Chelsea; United and City; Forest.15 Female bass players.
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