The Weekend Quiz

http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/apr/18/the-weekend-quiz

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1 In 1876, Thomas Watson became the first recipient of what?2 Who wrote what are known as the “black spider memos”?3 What has been described as “an illusion glimpsed in the aftermath of victory”?4 Which river flows through Bordeaux and Toulouse?5 Who is the only winner of four Oscars for best director?6 Which game is played on a board with 361 squares?7 Which Austrian chancellor was assassinated in 1934?8 Who spent what was later called a “lost weekend” with May Pang?

What links:9 Jaipur; repeatedly stolen diamond; Angostura bitters; Brighton gangster?10 Coverdale; Matthew’s; Great; Geneva; Douai?11 Chris; Vin; Chico; O’Reilly; Lee; Britt; Harry?12 Anthony Powell; Tracy Chevalier; Donna Tartt?13 1,435 mm (UK); 1,520 mm (in Russia and Finland); 1,668 mm (in Spain and Portugal)?14 North Malé; South Malé; Huvadhu; Ari; Thiladhunmati?15 The following film stars: Vivien Leigh; Elizabeth Taylor; Amanda Barrie; Monica Bellucci?

The answers1 Telephone call (from Alexander Graham Bell). 2 Prince Charles. 3 Team spirit (according to Steve Archibald). 4 Garonne. 5 John Ford. 6 Go. 7 Engelbert Dollfuss. 8 John Lennon. 9 Pink: pink city; Pink Panther in films; pink in pink gin; Pinkie in Brighton Rock. 10 Early printed Bibles. 11 The Magnificent Seven. 12 Literary works inspired by paintings: Poussin’s Dance to the Music of Time; Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring; Fabritius’s Goldfinch. 13 Standard railway gauges. 14 Atolls in the Maldives. 15 Played Cleopatra on screen.