Diversions

QUIZ

Thomas Eaton

1 Which pair first met at Thomas Davies’s bookshop on 16 May 1763?

2 What is the closest dwarf planet to Earth?

3 Proboscis monkeys are found only on which island?

4 Which element is named after an Austrian woman?

5 Who played his own great-grandfather in the film Zulu?

6 Victoria in Australia has withdrawn as the host of what?

7 Sildenafil was sold from 1998 under what brand name?

8 Where are three-digit numbers randomly generated by Cecil?

What links:

9 Tom Cribb, SW1; the Royal Dyche, Burnley; Brownlee Arms, Horsforth?

10 Vietnam (1); Syria (2); Burundi (3); New Zealand (4); China (5)?

11 Pioneered Swat training; won nine World Series; wrote The Crucible?

12 Berlin; Bremen; Hamburg?

13 Catharina-Amalia; Elisabeth; Haakon; Leonor; Victoria; William?

14 Enid Bagnold; Nicholas Evans; Michael Morpurgo; Anna Sewell?

Volcanic lava; makes honey; Japanese mushroom;