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The Times Daily Quiz: Thursday August 14, 2025
1 JM Barrie's 1911 book Peter and Wendy was a novelisation of which play?
2 Premiering earlier this month, the BBC documentary series Parenthood is narrated by which 99-year-old natural historian?
3 The adjective 'chronometric' relates to the measurement of what?
4 Oliver Stone dedicated his 1986 film Platoon to 'the men who fought and died' in which war?
5 Which five-letter Irish word is used for gossip or a good time?
6 Which country's Krasheninnikov volcano has erupted for the first time in more than 500 years?
7 Founded in Naples, the AVPN has a decalogue (ten rules) for recognising which 'artisanal product'?
8 Between 1969 and 1974, Ian MacNaughton directed all but four of the 45 episodes of which BBC comedy?
9 In 1854, Irish naval officer Robert McClure was credited as the first man to navigate which sea route?
10 Rabbi Julia Neuberger said: 'Frankly, it's crap', about which 1994 Booker prize winner?
11 Formed in 1985, which British pop band's hits include Surrender, Twilight World and You on My Mind?
12 In 1390, Alexander Stewart, known as the Wolf of Badenoch, burned down which Scottish cathedral?
13 Which Edinburgh-born artist painted Marguerites (1912) and Rest Time in the Life Class (1923)?
14 The Oldest Member narrates nearly all of PG Wodehouse's stories about which sport?
15 Which pet rodent is pictured? Scroll down for answersAnswers1 Peter Pan
2 David Attenborough
3 Time
4 Vietnam War
5 Craic
6 Russia
7 Pizza, specifically 'true Neapolitan pizza'. The organisation is the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana
8 Monty Python's Flying Circus
9 Northwest Passage
10 How Late it Was, How Late by James Kelman
11 Swing Out Sister
12 Elgin Cathedral
13 Dorothy Johnstone
14 Golf
15 Gerbil
