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QUIZ

Thomas Eaton

1 What question did Linda Nochlin pose in a 1971 art history essay?

2 Who was the last monarch to rule France?

3 Where did Al Swearengen run the notorious Gem Theater?

4 Who is Britain’s most successful Paralympian?

5 What have nested at Loch Garten since the 1950s?

6 What was a “lucky country run mainly by second-rate people”?

7 Which song was originally about a plane to Houston?

8 In the body, what can be HDL or LDL?

What links:

9 Anima sana in corpore sano; antelope; victory goddess; Adolf Dassler?

10 Manchester barmaid; Yorkshire police officer; American TV chef?

11 Dental calculus; Hawaiian dress; ballet skirt; north African grain?

12 Shahada; salat; zakat; sawm; hajj?

Dunfermline; Bangor; Wrexham; Colchester; Milton Keynes; Doncaster?

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