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The Times Daily Quiz: Monday August 11, 2025
1 'Open sesame' is a magical command in the tale of Ali Baba and the … what?
2 Which Greek letter is D in the Nato phonetic alphabet?
3 On March 19, 2003, US president George W Bush announced the start of which war?
4 First published in 1887, what is the first Sherlock Holmes novel?
5 Who did Charles Rolls first meet at the Midland Hotel in Manchester on May 4, 1904?
6 The Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms features the song The Lady is a … what?
7 Which city's naval base is home to almost two-thirds of the Royal Navy's surface ships?
8 Which children's author was vicar of the Norfolk village of Emneth from 1953 to 1965?
9 Active from 1946 until 1992, Defa was the state-owned film studio of which country?
10 Which Whig served as prime minister from 1846 to 1852 and again from 1865 to 1866?
11 Focus Is Power is a 2025 single by which Yorkshire musician, born Rebecca Lucy Taylor?
12 In which city did the collapse of the Dale Dyke Dam cause at least 240 deaths in 1864?
13 Which US philosopher wrote Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979) and Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989)?
14 Ex-tennis player Todd Woodbridge hosts the Australian version of which ITV quiz show?
15 Which star of the sitcom Waiting for God is pictured?
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Answers
1 Forty thieves
2 Delta
3 Iraq war
4 A Study in Scarlet
5 Henry Royce
6 Tramp
7 Portsmouth
8 The Rev Wilbert Awdry, the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine
9 East Germany
10 Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
11 Self Esteem
12 Sheffield
13 Richard Rorty
14 Tipping Point
15 Stephanie Cole
