This week's Saturday quiz tests your knowledge on a range of topics, from chilli peppers to planetary winds. Questions include identifying the unit used to measure chilli heat, the planet with the fastest winds, and a footballer known for his 'shivering' celebration.
The Scoville scale, measured in Scoville Heat Units (SHU), is the standard for assessing the pungency of chilli peppers. Neptune, the eighth planet from the Sun, experiences winds exceeding 1,200 mph, making it the windiest planet in the solar system. Chelsea and England footballer Cole Palmer trademarked his 'shivering' goal celebration.
Other quiz items cover literature, mythology, and geography. The 1970s TV series 'I, Claudius' was based on the writings of Suetonius and Tacitus. Poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes married on Bloomsday in 1956. Bees and wasps have five eyes, and the highest peak in the Pennines is Cross Fell.
The quiz also includes links between items such as cities with no road connections (Iquitos, Juneau, Norilsk), historical names for clubs (blackjack, knobkerrie, persuader, shillelagh), and recent New York mayors (Mamdani, Adams, de Blasio, Bloomberg).
