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QUIZ

Thomas Eaton

1 Won by Bradford that year, what did local jeweller Fattorini make in 1911?

2 What was once defined as the length of three grains of barley?

3 Who was the subject of the 1978 documentary To Mrs Brown, a Daughter?

4 What is the world’s largest unfinished Catholic church?

5 How did Jacob Chansley achieve notoriety on 6 January 2021?

6 The Bitter Lakes are part of which waterway?

7 Which mammals have the thickest fur?

8 Julia Margaret Cameron was a pioneer of which artform?

What links:

9 Aureus; ducat; florin; guinea; noble; unicorn?

10 DH Lawrence; USS George HW Bush; Stalker; Where Eagles Dare?

11 Shadow; persona; anima/animus; self?

12 Albert Dieudonné; Marlon Brando; Rod Steiger; Joaquin Phoenix?

1, 2, 6 and 10; 0, 4, 5 and 9; 3, 7, 8,

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