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Times
25-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
The Times Saturday Quiz: July 19, 2025
1 Which country completes the palindrome: 'A man, a plan, a canal'? 2 The merger of the Asquith family grocery business with Associated Dairies created which supermarket chain? 3 The mechanical shark in which Spielberg film was nicknamed 'Bruce'? 4 One for Sorrow is a nursery rhyme about which birds in the genus Pica? 5 More than 24 million people watched the 1996 Time on Our Hands episode of which BBC sitcom? 6 The May 18, 1980 eruption of which volcano was the most destructive in US history? 7 William J Mann wrote the 2006 biography Kate: The Woman Who Was … which four-time Oscar winner? 8 Who wrote the autobiographical novel Cider with Rosie (1959)? 9 Which aromatic herb is an essential ingredient in pesto? 10 What was the most spotted bird in the 2025 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch survey? 11 Gyllyngvase or Gylly is which Cornish town's largest and most popular beach? 12 Which Liberal Democrat MP got engaged to Gabriela Irimia of the Cheeky Girls in April 2008? 13 Jane Horrocks dramatised her romantic relationship with which musician in Love Pants (2022) on Radio 4? 14 The Economist has called the new Wonsan-Kalma beach resort which country's 'Benidorm'? 15 Which US president is called 'history's greatest monster' in a 1993 episode of The Simpsons? 16 In 1942, who became the first royal family member in more than 450 years to die on active military service? 17 In which coastal city was Misuzulu kaZwelithini crowned the new Zulu king in 2022? 18 Burnley FC attacking midfielder Hannibal Mejbri plays for which African country? 19 In 2012, which Jamaican became the first cricketer to hit a six off the first ball of a Test? 20 The Elephant Gate entrance to which Danish brewery's former site is pictured? Scroll down for answers Answers 1 Panama 2 Asda 3 Jaws 4 Magpies 5 Only Fools and Horses 6 Mount St Helens 7 Katharine Hepburn 8 Laurie Lee 9 Basil 10 House sparrow or Passer domesticus 11 Falmouth 12 Lembit Öpik, they split up in July 2008 13 Ian Dury 14 North Korea 15 Jimmy Carter 16 Prince George, Duke of Kent. He died in an air crash in Scotland 17 Durban 18 Tunisia 19 Chris Gayle, against Bangladesh 20 Carlsberg
Washington Post
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Think you know 'Jaws'? Test your knowledge with this trivia ahead of the movie's 50th anniversary
Friday marks the 50th anniversary of 'Jaws.' It remains one of the most beloved and rewatched movies of all time. But how good is your knowledge of the some of lore surrounding Steven Spielberg's 1975 masterpiece? Read on and see how much you know about 'Jaws.' Spielberg named his mechanical shark 'Bruce,' after his attorney, Bruce Ramer.
