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Who posed like Rodin’s The Thinker on Saturday night TV? The Saturday quiz
By Thomas Eaton,
3 hours ago
The questions
Auguste Rodin's The Thinker in the grounds of the Musée Rodin in Paris. Photograph: davidf/Getty Images
1 Who posed like Rodin’s The Thinker on Saturday night TV? 2 Where are there two 20th-century cathedrals at either end of Hope Street? 3 Which Golden Age detective writer was one of the first women to graduate from Oxford? 4 Which Native American starred at the 1912 Olympics? 5 Which archipelago is known as BIOT? 6 What tool is made from potassium, nickel and iron? 7 On average, what is the world’s tallest nation? 8 Which classic war film was shot at Hohenwerfen Castle in Austria? What links: 9 Archibald Armstrong; Roland the Farter; Jane Foole; Will Somers? 10 Harriet Harman and Peter Bottomley; Diane Abbott and Edward Leigh? 11 Basilica Cateriniana; Palazzo Pubblico; Piazza del Campo; Torre del Mangia? 12 Crown and Tudor rose; St Wite’s Cross; St Petroc’s Cross; St Piran’s Cross? 13 Maghreb’s largest city; 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue; Russian government HQ? 14 Dukkha; Samudaya; Nirodha; Magga? 15 Angel and Cleopatra; ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore and The Searchers; Bullitt and 12 Years a Slave; Stoner and Jaws?
The answers
1 Bruce Forsyth (Generation Game). 2 Liverpool. 3 Dorothy L Sayers. 4 Jim Thorpe. 5 British Indian Ocean Territory. 6 Knife (element symbols K-Ni-Fe). 7 The Netherlands. 8 Where Eagles Dare. 9 Court jesters and fools: James I; Henry II; Mary I; Henry VIII. 10 Recent Mothers and Fathers of the House of Commons. 11 Buildings and public spaces in Siena. 12 Flag details of counties along south coast: Hampshire; Dorset; Devon; Cornwall. 13 White house: Casablanca (literal meaning); White House address; White House in Moscow. 14 Four noble truths of Buddhism. 15 Works by namesakes: Elizabeth Taylor, novel and film; John Ford, play and film; Steve McQueen, both film; John Williams, novel and film score.
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