What links Hound Tor, Wharram Percy and Gainsthorpe? The Saturday quiz
1 Which continent has the highest ratio of coastline to total area?2 Han Kang is the first Nobel literature laureate to write in what language?3 Which marine mammals hold hands while sleeping?4 Who would receive a visit from Agent Million?5 'And Robin shall restore amends' is the last line of which play?6 What is the world's bestselling cognac brand?7 Which art critic was the son of occultist composer Peter Warlock?8 The second largest example of what was found in Botswana in 2024?What links:
9 100s (colourings); 200s (preservatives); 300s (antioxidants); 400s (emulsifiers)?10 Margaret, Maid of Norway; Joanna I; Richard II; George III; Louis XVI?11 Brazilian wandering; giant huntsman; Goliath birdeater; Hercules baboon?12 20 March; 21 June; 22 September; 21 December?13 Lope de Aguirre; Dieter Dengler; Katia and Maurice Krafft; Fini Straubinger; Timothy Treadwell?14 Gainsthorpe, Lincolnshire; Godwick, Norfolk; Hound Tor, Devon; Wharram Percy, North Yorkshire?15 Rayner; Dowden; Raab; Coffey; Clegg; Prescott?
1 Europe.2 Korean.3 Sea otters.4 Premium bonds jackpot winners.5 A Midsummer Night's Dream.6 Hennessy.7 Brian Sewell.8 Diamond (2,492-carat).9 Categories of E numbers.10 Monarchs who inherited throne from their grandfathers: Scotland; Naples; England; Britain; France.11 Large spider species.12 In 2025 (northern hemisphere): spring equinox; summer solstice; autumn equinox; winter solstice.13 Subjects of Werner Herzog films: Aguirre, the Wrath of God; Little Dieter Needs to Fly; The Fire Within; Land of Silence and Darkness; Grizzly Man.14 Deserted medieval villages.15 Deputy prime ministers since 1997.
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