The Weekend quiz

http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/may/23/quiz-general-knowledge-guardian

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The questions

1 Bulgarian Serafim Todorov, in 1996, was the last person to do what? 2 The Wiphala flag represents which people? 3 Which painter said, “I don’t do drugs. I am drugs”? 4 What was Indian prime minister Morarji Desai’s infamous tipple? 5 Which studio has a George Lucas stage? 6 Who is the new sponsor of London’s bike-sharing scheme? 7 Urquhart Castle overlooks which body of water? 8 Who married two men surnamed McCorquodale? What links: 9 Hannah Montana; Slim Shady; Ziggy Stardust; Sasha Fierce; MacPhisto? 10 Bad; nature’s enemy; Lackland; Softsword? 11 Northern Ireland, 3; Wales, 4; Scotland, 6; England, 60? 12 Haydn’s 93rd-104th; Vaughan Williams’ 2nd? 13 Oklahoma; Mexico; Kuwait; Vatican; Guatemala? 14 Black-necked; Red-necked; Little; Great crested; Slavonian? 15 Odysseus’s reply to the Cyclops; Charles Pooter; Eleanor Rigby’s funeral?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The answers

1 Beat boxer Floyd Mayweather. 2 Indigenous Andeans. 3 Salvador Dali. 4 His own urine. 5 Elstree. 6 Santander. 7 Loch Ness. 8 Barbara Cartland. 9 Musical alter egos: Miley Cyrus; Eminem; David Bowie; Beyoncé; Bono. 10 Nicknames or descriptions applied to King John. 11 European MPs by country of the UK. 12 London symphonies. 13 “City” capitals. 14 Grebes. 15 Nobody: “My name is Nobody”; in The Diary Of A Nobody; nobody came.