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      What links Tasmin Archer, Gareth Gates and Zayn Malik? The Saturday quiz

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 17 May 2025

    From Tsar Alexander II and Queen Anne to Korky the Cat, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

    1 Which king’s sister, wife and lover were all called Edith?
    2 Korky the Cat was the first cover star of what in 1937?
    3 Which fabric is made from flax fibres?
    4 What type of holiday is named from a Swahili word for journey?
    5 Who orchestrated the FTX fraud?
    6 Maria Mitchell, in 1847, was the first US astronomer to discover what?
    7 Which west London stadium hosted one game of the 1966 World Cup?
    8 What is the lowest composite number?
    What links:
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    Tasmin Archer; Frederick Delius; Gareth Gates; Zayn Malik; Kimberley Walsh?
    10 Buenos Aires; Canberra; Luanda; St John’s; Tirana; Vienna; Yerevan?
    11 Beds; cream; espresso coffee; quotation marks; window glazing?
    12 Borghese; David; François; Medici; Portland; Warwick?
    13 Hawaii (1); Sicily (2); Thailand (3)?
    14 The future Tsar Alexander II; Queen Anne; future Edward VII; Edward Smith-Stanley?
    15 Beryl Bainbridge’s Master Georgie and JG Farrell’s Troubles?

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