What links dental calculus to a dance skirt? The Saturday Quiz | life and style
Questions
1 What question did Linda Nochlin ask in a 1971 art history essay?
2 Who was the last monarch to govern France?
3 Where did Al Swearengen direct the famous Gem Theatre?
4 Who is Britain’s most decorated Paralympian?
5 What has nested at Loch Garten since the 1950s?
6 What is a “lucky country run mostly by second-rate people”?
seven What song was originally about a plane to Houston?
8 In the body, what can be HDL or LDL?
What links:
9 Anima sana in corpore sano; antelope; goddess of victory; Adolf Dasler?
ten waitress from Manchester; Yorkshire Police Officer; American TV chef?
11 dental calculus; Hawaiian dress; ballet skirt; North African cereal?
12 Shahada; salat; zakat; saw ; hajj?
13 Dunfermline; Bangor; Wrexham; Colchester; Milton Keynes; Doncaster?
14 Mary Byrd; Queen Maud; Victoria; Wilkes?
15 Spontaneous combustion; explosion on stage; gardening accident?
The answers
1 Why were there no great female artists?
2 Napoleon III.
3 Dead wood.
4 Sarah Storey (17 gold medals).
5 Ospreys.
6 Australia (according to Donald Horne).
seven Midnight train to Georgia.
8 Cholesterol.
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9 Sneaker Brand Origins Name: Asics; Reebok; Nike; Adidas.
ten Sarah Lancashire Roles: Coronation Street; Good Valley; Julia.
11 Repetitive words: tartar; muumuu; tutu; cous cous.
12 Five Pillars of Islam: Statement of Faith; pray; alms; young; pilgrimage.
13 New UK cities in 2022.
14 Antarctic Lands.
15 Fates of Spinal Tap drummers.