The Times Daily Quiz: Tuesday May 20, 2025
1 What is the three-digit code number of James Bond?
2 Bear Grylls was aged 23 when he climbed which Himalayan mountain in May 1998?
3 Cardinals of the Catholic Church have a tradition of wearing which primary colour?
4 Bibliothek is the German word for which building?
5 Founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, what is the world's most valuable toy brand?
6 Since 1839, Maidenhead Railway Bridge has carried trains across which river?
7 Anthony van Dyck served which Stuart king as 'principal Paynter in order to their Majesties'?
8 Joan Baez saw a 'scruffy little pale-faced dirty human being' when she first met which musician in 1961?
9 Which New York City university was founded by royal charter in 1754 as
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