The latest Saturday quiz challenges readers with a diverse range of questions, from pop culture and history to science and geography. Highlights include the link between singer Joni Mitchell, artist Frida Kahlo, and musician Ian Dury, all of whom survived polio. Other questions explore the settings of Puccini operas and the origins of Belgian inventions.
One question asks which film inspired the slogan 'Han shot first', referencing the controversial re-editing of 'Star Wars' (answer: Star Wars). Another delves into the boundaries of the North, East, and West Ridings, which met at York. The smallest species of UK crow is the jackdaw, and the notorious Disney film based on Joel Chandler Harris's stories is 'Song of the South'.
The quiz also tests historical knowledge, such as the precursor to the UN established by the Treaty of Versailles (League of Nations) and the monarch Rama IX, who ruled Thailand from 1946 to 2016. Singer and pianist Eunice Waymon is better known as Nina Simone. The military force BAOR stands for British Army of the Rhine.
Other questions cover chemical bonds (covalent, ionic, metallic) and UK flood warning levels. A section on 'what links' includes connections like chocolate bars (Bounty, Mars, Lion, Milky Way) and historical figures with the byname 'wolf', such as Isabella of France, known as the She-Wolf of France.
