This week's Saturday quiz challenges readers with 15 questions spanning geography, history, sports, and culture. Among the highlights: the most populous city on the Mediterranean coast is Alexandria, Egypt; the last coronation of a ruler in 1963 was that of Pope Paul VI; and the school subject abbreviated as 'maths' in Britain is 'math' in the US.
Olympic couple Laura and Jason Kenny have 12 golds between them. The long-term residents of Fawlty Towers include characters named Gatsby, Gowen, and Tibbs. Beavers are known as 'nature's engineers', and 2 Live Crew's album 'As Nasty As They Wanna Be' was the first declared legally obscene in the US. ENSO stands for El Niño Southern Oscillation.
The connections section reveals that Avatar (Hollywood), Dangal (Bollywood), and Behind the Scenes (Nollywood) are the highest-grossing films in their respective industries. Xi Jinping, Primo Levi, Angela Merkel, and Margaret Thatcher all hold chemistry or related degrees. Saltburn (directed by Emerald Fennell), The Full Wax (starring Ruby Wax), The Good Earth (written by Pearl Buck), and taekwondoin turned boxer Jade Jones share gemstone first names.
Sports betting terms include acca, in-play, moneyline, prop, and spread. Artworks by Alexander Calder link Flamingo, Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, Mercury Fountain, and Trois Disques. Amen Corner at Augusta National Golf Club comprises holes 11 (White Dogwood), 12 (Golden Bell), and 13 (Azalea). Finally, the Guadalupe storm petrel, Socorro dove, and Stephens Island wren are bird species made extinct or nearly extinct by cats.
