The questions 1 Who spent about 40% of their life as British prime minister?2 Which literary character was born Marion Tweedy in Gibraltar?3 What did …
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Tasteless ads, a dirty drink, and messy Olympic designs – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style
The Thursday quiz hopes that Valentine’s Day was everything you dreamed it would be, and that today’s quiz will not give you nightmares. You face …
What links Andre Agassi and Prince Harry? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 Who lived in Brussels at 23 quai du Commerce?2 Where has the euro replaced the kuna?3 Which vitamin is named from the …
Nell’s king, dragon flags, and a cute film groundhog’s name – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style
It is Thursday once more, and so there are 15 vaguely topical or general knowledge questions for you to tackle. You will find them liberally …
Which Nina Simone song was a tribute to the writer Lorraine Hansberry? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 Which animals returned to Devon’s River Otter in 2013?2 The Chandrasekhar limit relates to the mass of what?3 Which Nina Simone song …
Link’s game, an aide’s shame and a poor lost Norfolk seal – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style
Scientifically proven to be the fourth Thursday in the month, it marks yet another chance for you to tackle 15 questions on vaguely topical news …
Who is the only player with 100 Premier League goals for two clubs? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 Which Eurostar destination is named from the French for “island”?2 What is covered by a cloth called the kiswa?3 Which musician wrote …
What links Billy Idol and Douglas Coupland? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 Whose Man in a Red Turban (1433) might be the first self-portrait?2 Which land mammal has the longest tongue?3 Who founded the …
What links seafood soup and real tennis? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 How to Cheat at Cooking was whose first book?2 Which wetland lies between the Liffey and the Shannon rivers?3 What did Charles …
Czech leaders, the mystery of snail teeth, and a cathedral murder – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style
The gap between Christmas and the new year, when nobody really knows what day it is. Fortunately the Thursday quiz can remember when it is …
The Norse god Baldr was killed by a spear made of what? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 What was recorded at Sarm West Studios on 25 November 1984?2 Ercole Mattioli and Eustache Dauger are proposed identities for which prisoner?3 …
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It’s December 2021. We’ve been through 18 months of grief, fear and disruption. Just as life is beginning to return to normal for many, warnings …
What links Whoopi Goldberg and Alanis Morissette? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 Which polymath scammed the French lottery in 1730?2 Dutch monarchs are buried in what city’s Nieuwe Kerk?3 What produces a pyroclastic flow?4 …
Which fellow dystopian taught George Orwell at Eton? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 Which US president won the Nobel peace prize and the Medal of Honor?2 What peaked at $68,789 in November 2021?3 Which fellow …
Which tycoon once owned Land’s End and John o’Groats? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 Which woman had nine works in the first impressionist exhibition?2 Which bird’s heart beats up to 1,260 times a minute?3 Who is …
What links a small chicken and visible radiation? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 Which king of England spent less than 10% of his reign here?2 Cygnus X-1, in 1971, was the first of what to …
Which writer’s daughter was Princess Diana’s stepmother? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 Six Nobel prizes have involved research into which insects? 2 Where did Changeover Day take place on 14 February, 1966?3 What was …
What last went down British coalmines in 1986? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 Who won the debut season of Ukraine’s Dancing With the Stars?2 Which 1963 book is credited with inspiring second-wave feminism?3 A species …
What links the Monkees to Minder? The Saturday quiz | Life and style
The questions 1 In 1841 which instrument debuted at an exhibition in Brussels?2 Bella and Bertie stand on top of which building?3 What story was …
Diamond treaties, soup throw flavours and banned AI art – take the Thursday quiz | Life and style
Welcome once again to the Thursday quiz, which is normally written by Tuesday lunchtime and thus is somewhat reluctant to include much topical content at …