The Saturday quiz challenges readers with 15 questions spanning politics, history, sport, geography and popular culture, from a rapping US politician to the science of toothpaste.
Questions to test your knowledge
The quiz asks which high-profile US politician used to rap as Mr Cardamom, what Anguilla’s lucrative internet domain is, and which former country Ostalgie yearns for. It also covers the church recreated in Lego’s largest set, the siblings who lived at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, and how Saffie Osborne made horse racing history in September.
Further questions include the challenge starting near Fort William and ending on Yr Wyddfa, which TV historian was at school with Gazza, and what links figures such as Benjamin Franklin, Francis Moore, Joseph Whitaker and John Wisden.
Connections and answers
The quiz also explores links between Lily Snowden-Fine, Cecily Bloom, Harley Bird and Amelie Bea Smith, as well as Burgundy, Aviz, Habsburg and Braganza. It asks about dates of major Muslim festivals, the inhabitants encountered by Gulliver, and items like ketchup, blood, paint, quicksand, silly putty and toothpaste.
Answers reveal that Zohran Mamdani, NYC mayor, is the rapping politician; Anguilla’s domain is .ai; Ostalgie refers to East Germany; and Lego’s largest set recreates the Sagrada Família with 12,060 pieces. The Dove Cottage siblings were William and Dorothy Wordsworth, and Saffie Osborne became the first female jockey to win a British classic, the St Leger.
The challenge is the National Three Peaks, the TV historian is David Olusoga, and the almanac founders link Franklin, Moore, Whitaker and Wisden. The voices belong to Peppa Pig’s first four actors, while the dynasties ruled Portugal from the 12th century to 1910. The festival dates are Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, the Gulliver encounters include tiny people and talking horses, the substances are non-Newtonian fluids, and the films are set in Chicago.
