What links Blade Runner (35) and Gladiator (24)? The Saturday quiz
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From brain rot and brat to “thumping a fellow in Wales”, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz. 1 Who predicted he’d be remembered for “thumping a fellow in Wales”?. 2 What is the world’s most widely grown non-food crop?. 3 Park and Street are the disciplines of which Olympic sport?.
4 Pardoned in November, what are Peach and Blossom?. 5 In India, what names are given to 100,000 and 10 million?. 6 Which UK gull is named for its shrill cry?. 7 Which artist brought his pet anteater on to a US talkshow in 1971?. 8 In a limited company or partnership, what is limited?.
What links:. 9 Intermezzo; The Defense; The Lüneburg Variation; The Queen’s Gambit?. 10 Brain rot; brat; enshittification; manifest?. 11 Irving Berlin; Jimmy Carter; Bob Hope; Queen Mother; Leni Riefenstahl?. 12 EX; EW; CR; EN; VU; NT; LC; DD; NE?. 13 Babyface; Golf Bag; Legs; Machine Gun; Pretty Boy?.
14 East Timor; Pendle Hill; River Avon; Sahara and Gobi deserts?. 15 Top Gun and Beetlejuice (36); Blade Runner (35); Gladiator (24)?. 1 John Prescott. 2 Cotton. 3 Skateboarding. 4 White House Thanksgiving turkeys. 5 Lakh and crore. 6 Kittiwake. 7 Salvador Dalí.
8 Liability. 9 Chess-themed novels: Sally Rooney; Vladimir Nabokov; Paolo Maurensig; Walter Tevis. 10 Words of the year for 2024: Oxford; Collins; Macquarie; Cambridge. 11 Reached 100 years old. 12 IUCN red list animal categories: Extinct; Extinct in the Wild; Critically Endangered; Endangered; Vulnerable; Near Threatened; Least Concern; Data Deficient; Not Evaluated.