This week's Saturday quiz challenges participants to find connections between films, historical figures, and linguistic curiosities. Among the 15 questions, one asks for the link between the movies Edge of Tomorrow, Groundhog Day, Run Lola Run, and Source Code. The answer: they all feature time loops.
Other questions test knowledge on diverse topics, from the singer Raye to the religious movement Theosophy founded by Madame Blavatsky. The quiz also includes a question about the car giant British Leyland, established in 1968, and the subject of Hiram Bingham's book Lost City of the Incas, which is Machu Picchu.
Linguistic and mathematical puzzles appear as well: petrichor is the smell of rain on dry soil, a hectogon has 100 sides, and the blackcap warbler is nicknamed the northern nightingale. The quiz also explores the etymologies of geometry, calculus, and algebra from Greek, Latin, and Arabic respectively.
For sports fans, one question notes that San Marino's national football team has only three wins, all against Liechtenstein. Another highlights tennis players who reached world number one without winning a Grand Slam: Dinara Safina, Jelena Janković, Karolína Plíšková, and Marcelo Ríos.
Historical and political connections include the first names hidden in surnames of Kris Kristofferson, Magnus Magnusson, and Mo Mowlam, as well as conventions like the Salisbury doctrine and Sewel convention in UK parliament. The quiz also covers medieval family correspondence collections such as the Paston Letters and the phrase 'heads or tails' in various languages.
