The Saturday quiz challenges readers with 15 questions spanning music, history, geography, and pop culture, including a link between Kendrick Lamar, June Brown, and Morse code dots.
Quiz Questions
The quiz opens with a question about a 90s duo that released only three singles, all of which topped the charts. Other questions cover Betsy Ross and her creation, the British Antarctic Survey, a wetland sedge important to writing history, and a NASA borrowing from a 1929 film.
Further questions ask about a 1,000-year-old Sherwood Forest resident that died in 2026, a national museum that burned down in 2018, and a magazine named after the sound of a guitar being struck.
What Links These Items?
The quiz includes five 'what links' sections. The first connects E, H, I, S; June Brown; and Kendrick Lamar—all relate to dots in Morse code, the character Dot Cotton, and K-Dot. The second links white (bow), red (sword), black (pair of scales), and pale (nothing)—the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The third ties Robert Mitchum (1962), Robert De Niro (1991), and Javier Bardem (2026) as actors who played villain Max Cady in Cape Fear.
The fourth connects Hetty Feather, Tom Jones, Oedipus, Oliver Twist, and Superman—all fictional foundlings. The fifth links Cadbury Castle, Danebury, Maiden Castle, and Vespasian’s Camp—Iron Age hill forts.
Answers to the Quiz
The answers reveal that the 90s duo is Robson & Jerome. Betsy Ross is credited with designing the first US flag. The BAS stands for British Antarctic Survey. The wetland sedge is Cyperus papyrus. NASA borrowed the launch countdown to zero from the film Woman in the Moon. The 1,000-year-old tree is the Major Oak. The national museum that burned down belongs to Brazil. The magazine is Kerrang!
The 'what links' answers: dots in Morse code, the Four Horsemen, the character Max Cady in Cape Fear, fictional foundlings, and Iron Age hill forts. The final link covers infamous World Cup matches: Maracanaço (1950), Miracle of Bern (1954), Battle of Santiago (1962), and Disgrace of Gijón (1982).
