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QUIZ

Thomas Eaton

1 Rebecca Andrews was the first recorded victim of what in 1665?

2 What drink is Jinro, the world’s bestselling spirit brand?

3 What payment to authors is capped at £6,600?

4 What is the highest peak in Northern Ireland?

5 Which cetacean is known as the white whale or sea canary?

6 What is the aim of the Alberta 51 Project?

7 Which spread is made from spent brewer’s yeast?

8 Which element is named after an astronomer?

What links:

9 Borneo; Hispaniola; Ireland; New Guinea; Saint Martin; Timor?

10 Emily Maitlis; Wallis Simpson; Eleanor Roosevelt; Margaret Thatcher?

11 Currach; gig; pirogue; shallop; smack; trow; wherry?

12 Philip F Anschutz; 16th Earl of Derby; Vince Lombardi; Larry O’Brien?

13 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Mr Lazy; The Box of Delights?

Chungkingosaurus; Gobisaurus; Sinraptor; Yuanmousaurus?

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