From Akkadian and Babylonian to ‘ancient, morbid and toxic’, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 The UK’s video recorders were reset in 1997 in advance of what? 2 Which tree is described by the Woodland Trust as “ancient, morbid, toxic”? 3 Which Midwest university has the biggest sports stadium in the US?4 Henry and Edward are the title characters of what 1886 novella? 5 Which Hollywood star couldn’t abide wire hangers?6 In 1413, whose body was moved from King’s Langley Priory to Westminster Abbey?7 Which races are held over the 37-mile Snaefell Mountain Course?8 Which soft drink was originally launched as Pickup’s Appetiser?What links: 9 Cecily stained glass; Meiping vase; Rodin’s Thinker; Temple Pyx fragment; Wagner garden carpet?10 The King and I; Boy on a Dolphin; My Fair Lady; West Side Story?11 Fátima; Guadalupe; Knock; La Salette; Walsingham?12 Sumerian; Akkadian; Babylonian; Assyrian?13 Bayern’s Müller and WBA’s Brown; middleweight Graham; Air Marshal Harris?14 I Am Maximus; Tiger Roll; Reynoldstown; Poethlyn?15 Archaea; Bacteria; Eukarya? Continue reading...

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/30/what-links-my-fair-lady-boy-on-a-dolphin-and-west-side-story-the-saturday-quiz