6 d. ago What was proposed as a basic taste by a chemist in 1908? The Saturday quiz

From Euphoria and Tattoo to Miniminter, KSI and Zeraa, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 What was proposed as a basic taste by chemist Kikunae Ikeda in 1908?2 At the centre of the Milky Way, what is Sagittarius A*?3 Which Booker prize-winning novel has no named characters?4 Miniminter, KSI and Zerkaa are members of which collective?5 The helots were people subjugated by which city-state?6 Which official censored British theatre until 1968?7 Which sculpture stands by the A1 in Gateshead?8 San Miguel beer and Tanduay, the world’s bestselling rum, come from where?What links:9 Laputa; Nublar; Saint Marie; Skull; Sodor; Utopia?10 Castellaneta; Kavner; Cartwright; Smith?11 Frederick of Utrecht, 838; Thomas Becket, 1170; Óscar Romero, 1980?12 Chairman of ways and means; first deputy; second deputy?13 Dubris; Londinium; Verulamium; Venonis; Viroconium?14 Euphoria and Tattoo; What’s Another Year and Hold Me Now?15 1858 medical textbook; Shonda Rhimes and Ellen Pompeo? Continue read...

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1 week ago The 1% Club fans up in arms as 'simple' word question wipes out 16 celeb contestants

Saturday's instalment of the ITV quiz show, hosted by Lee Mack , was a Soccer Aid special and saw 100 stars attempt to win a whopping £100,000 for UNICEF .

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1 week ago What links jellyfish, golden tortoise beetle and sea angel? The Saturday quiz

From Doc, Mirabel and Geppetto to Gaynor, Garland and Gaga, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 What 1883 event is said to be the loudest sound in human history?2 Rikishi take part in which sport?3 What film links Gaynor, Garland and Gaga?4 Who made the “I am prepared to die” speech at the Rivonia trial?5 What term for quiz facts derives from a place where three roads meet?6 Comprising 121 countries, what is the NAM?7 What type of tropical bird is an aracari?8 Which singer’s stage name is based on her old MSN Messenger username?What links: 9 Village opposite Padstow; town between Stoke and Stafford; Colorado college town?10 1964; 1970; 1974; 1979; 1997; 2010; 2024?11 Robert Prevost (14); Gioacchino Pecci (13); Annibale della Genga (12)?12 MLK assassin; 39th president; voice of Vader?13 Thorburn; Doherty; Robertson; Brecel; Zhao?14 Barreleye fish; ghost shrimp; glass frog; golden tortoise beetle; jellyfish; sea angel?15 Mirabel, Encanto; Sadness, Inside Out; Doc, Snow White; ...

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2 w. ago Which galaxy is on a collision course with the Milky Way? The Saturday quiz

From Tim Martin’s pubs and Wardle and Makin’s shops to a computer glitch and minor illness, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Who opened a Fossil Depot in Lyme Regis in 1826?2 Which galaxy is on a collision course with the Milky Way?3 Which creatures make up a fifth of all mammal species?4 Which sci-fi writer was the first person in Europe to buy a Mac computer?5 What machine gun was named after a Czech city and London suburb?6 At 410 miles, what is the UK’s longest road?7 Which band did Quincy Jones call “the worst musicians in the world”?8 Notker the Stammerer was an early biographer of which emperor?What links: 9 Derwent, Derbyshire in 1944; Capel Celyn, Gwynedd in 1965?10 Observatory Circle resident; reclusive New Hampshire author; Tim Martin’s pubs; Wardle and Makin’s shops?11 Mijaín López (5); Vincent Hancock, Katie Ledecky, Carl Lewis and Michael Phelps (4)?12 Cassandra in Troy; Martha Mitchell in Washington DC?13 Annoy; computer glitch; minor illness; small insect;...

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3 w. ago The 1% Club fans baffled as 'easy' question wipes out a whopping 23 players

Saturday's instalment of the ITV quiz show saw 100 contestants attempt to win a huge cash prize.

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3 w. ago What links fool’s gold, fluffernutter, pilgrim and Reuben? The Saturday quiz

From Helloween, Kreator and Rammstein to caldarium and tepidarium, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Elizabeth II opened Olympics in London and what other city?2 Emerald is a variety of which mineral?3 Where did spend Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend an unplanned nine months?4 Which muse was painted more than 60 times by George Romney?5 LDL and HDL are the type main types of what bodily substance?6 Which river’s annual flood came to an end in 1970?7 Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is an epic study of what former country?8 What does a foley artist provide in film and TV?What links: 9 Accept; Helloween; Kreator; Rammstein; Scorpions?10 Links Atlantic and Pacific; mapped Venus; Milky Way satellite galaxies; South American penguin?11 Hanoi and Haiphong, Vietnam; Shreveport, Louisiana; Winnipeg, Canada?12 Apodyterium; frigidarium; tepidarium; caldarium?13 Spencer Compton; Pitt the Younger; Arthur Balfour; Edward Heath?14 Uruguay (1916); South Korea (1956); Egypt ...

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