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What was proposed as a basic taste by a chemist in 1908? The Saturday quiz
1 What was proposed as a basic taste by chemist Kikunae Ikeda in 1908?2 At the centre of the Milky Way, what is Sagittarius A*?3 Which Booker prize-winning novel has no named characters?4 Miniminter, KSI and Zerkaa are members of which collective?5 The helots were people subjugated by which city-state?6 Which official censored British theatre until 1968?7 Which sculpture stands by the A1 in Gateshead?8 San Miguel beer and Tanduay, the world's bestselling rum, come from where?What links:9 Laputa; Nublar; Saint Marie; Skull; Sodor; Utopia?10 Castellaneta; Kavner; Cartwright; Smith?11 Frederick of Utrecht, 838; Thomas Becket, 1170; Óscar Romero, 1980?12 Chairman of ways and means; first deputy; second deputy?13 Dubris; Londinium; Verulamium; Venonis; Viroconium?14 Euphoria and Tattoo; What's Another Year and Hold Me Now?15 1858 medical textbook; Shonda Rhimes and Ellen Pompeo?
1 Umami.2 (Supermassive) black hole.3 Milkman (Anna Burns).4 The Sidemen (YouTube personalities).5 Sparta.6 Lord Chamberlain.7 Angel of the North.8 The Philippines.9 Fictional islands: Gulliver's Travels; Jurassic Park; Death in Paradise; King Kong; Thomas the Tank Engine; Thomas More book.10 Voices of The Simpsons: Homer; Marge; Bart; Lisa.11 Archbishops/bishops murdered in their cathedrals (and later canonised): the Netherlands; Canterbury; El Salvador.12 Deputy speakers of the Commons: Nusrat Ghani, Judith Cummins, and Caroline Nokes.13 Roman settlements linked by Watling Street: Dover; London; St Albans; High Cross; Wroxeter.14 Songs by double Eurovision winners: Loreen and Johnny Logan.15 Grey's Anatomy: Gray's Anatomy book; created TV series and played title character.
