Saturday Quiz Queries and Answers
The Questions
1 What still-standing legacy remains from the 1889 Exposition Universelle?
2 How is the girl group Huntr/x portrayed in the title of a Netflix film?
3 Which is the only party to receive 14m votes in a UK general election?
4 Explorer Dwayne Fields took over from Bear Grylls in what role?
5 What two elements comprise the majority of the Earth’s core?
6 Relative to its size, which avian has the longest beak?
7 What Women’s Super League team is located in Bromley?
8 ÂŁ90,000 is the limit for being liable for what levy?
What links:
9 Margaret Atwood three-book series; Abba’s fourth UK success; 2020 Christopher Nolan movie?
10 Major Stevens; bottle; carpet; rouf; palm; exes; neves; TH?
11 Crabeater; Leopard; Ross; Southern Elephant; Weddell?
12 Craig David; Charlie Dimmock; Benny Hill; John Everett Millais; Rishi Sunak?
13 Brühl’s Terrace; Frauenkirche; Pillnitz Palace; Yenidze factory; Zwinger Palace?
14 Physiological; security; love; esteem; self-fulfillment?
15 Sudeley Castle (6); The Tower (2 and 5); Westminster Abbey (4); Windsor Castle (3); Peterborough Cathedral (1)?
The Solutions
1 Eiffel Tower.
2 K-pop Demon Hunters.
3 Conservatives in 1992.
4 UK chief scout.
5 Iron and nickel.
6 Hummingbird (sword-billed).
7 Capital’s female football team.
8 VAT (revenue).
9 Palindromic titles: Atwood’s trilogy; Abba hit; Nolan film.
10 Betting odds slang: evens and 2/1 to 8/1.
11 Antarctic seals.
12 Hailing from the southern city.
13 Building landmarks of German city.
14 Behavioral scientist Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
15 Burial places of Henry VIII’s six wives.
