Quiz Questions and Answers
The Saturday quiz presents a series of questions covering diverse topics. One standout question: 'What was the first concert tour to gross $2bn in ticket sales?' The answer is Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, a milestone in music history.
Notable Questions
Other questions include: Who requested in his will that an art gallery be established in Linz? (Adolf Hitler). Which mustelid was named 'most fearless animal' by Guinness World Records? (Honey badger). The Kirkwood gaps are regions within main-belt asteroids. The Ishihara test diagnoses red/green colour vision deficiencies. Molybdenum is named from the Greek for lead. Helvetia appears on Switzerland's stamps. Cricket's minor counties were rebranded as 'national' in 2020.
Themed Links
The quiz also features links: Agatha Christie, Sophia Engastromenou, and Earl Spencer are all married to archaeologists. The Red Detachment of Women, The White-Haired Girl, and Ode to the Yimeng Mountains are Chinese revolutionary ballets. Cosmati Pavement, Henry VII Chapel, Pyx Chamber, and Shrine of Edward the Confessor are parts of Westminster Abbey. Alexandria and Avignon, Balkans and Levant, Cairo, and New York are novel sequences named after places. Lost (Confederate myth), Good Old (English republicanism), and Great (13th-century Scottish succession) are historical 'Causes'. Coldplay, Devo, James, Talking Heads, and U2 are bands who worked with producer Brian Eno. Alces alces (Canada), Haliaeetus leucocephalus (US), and Panthera onca (Mexico) are scientific names of 2026 World Cup mascots.
