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What links The Day of the Jackal film with a 1979 headline in the Sun? The Saturday quiz

What links The Day of the Jackal film with a 1979 headline in the Sun? The Saturday quiz

What links The Day of the Jackal film with a 1979 headline in the Sun? The Day of the Jackal film; Supertramp album; 1979 headline in the Sun?

From four-year-old Binkie Stuart to Peter the cat, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Peter the cat is the only animal with an obituary in which almanac? 2 Four-year-old Binkie Stuart was launched as Britain’s answer to which star? 3 Established in 1798, what is London’s oldest restaurant? 4 In what decade did French women vote for the first time? 5 Which comedian co-wrote Depression and How to Survive It? 6 Which wine is flavoured with resin from the Aleppo pine? 7 “It starts with a swipe” is a slogan advertising which app? 8 Who was measured at 2.72 metres tall in 1940? What links: 9 Alleghania; Columbia; Fredonia; Usonia? 10 Baldwin (3); Truss, Churchill and Asquith (2); May, Blair and Brown et al (1)? 11 Bland boy; narcoleptic; presbyterians; twisty flora; worst dater? 12 Cleaver; Inner and Outer Dowsing; Haisborough; Scroby; Dogger? 13 Aelfgyva; Conan; Guy; Odo; Stigand; Turold; Vital; Wadard? 14 The Day of the Jackal film; Supertramp album; 1979 headline in the Sun? 15 Beau ’n’ Arrow; Cool Hand; Ice Cold; Nuke; Snakebite?

1 Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack (he lived at Lord’s). 2 Shirley Temple. 3 Rules. 4 1940s. 5 Spike Milligan (with Anthony Clare). 6 Retsina. 7 Tinder. 8 Robert Wadlow (tallest person ever). 9 Historical alternative names proposed for the US. 10 Number of monarchs prime ministers served under. 11 Anagrams of music stars: Bob Dylan; Eric Clapton; Britney Spears; Taylor Swift; Rod Stewart. 12 Sandbanks and shoals in the central/southern North Sea. 13 Nonroyal people named in Bayeux tapestry. 14 Crisis? What Crisis?: line spoken by Olga Georges-Picot in 1973 film; 1975 album title; paraphrasing Jim Callaghan. 15 Darts nicknames: Beau Greaves; Luke Humphries; Darren Beveridge; Luke Littler; Peter Wright.

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