Fifteen questions to get you thinking. The answers are below
1. Created in 1846, what is the USA’s oldest and largest news agency?
2. Named from its grainy texture, which snack term describes porcelain fired without a glaze?
3. Sometimes called St Agnes Well, which London interchange system is nicknamed “Silicon Roundabout”?
4. Founded in 1867, the newspaper La Stampa is based in which Italian city?
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5. Native to Central and South America, which small cat (Leopardus wiedii) is also known as the tree ocelot?
6. The Gran Sasso raid rescued which man on September 12, 1943?
7. The Bass Strait separates Tasmania from which Australian state?
8. How many yards are there in one mile?
9. Redology is the study of which Great Classical Novel of Chinese literature, written by Cao Xueqin?
10. Invented in 1873 by William Crookes, which device is also known as a light mill?
11. Acis and Galatea (1718) is a pastoral opera by which German-born composer?
12. Which nurse said: “I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone”?
13. Which “father of the Delta blues”, who died in 1934, is famed for his song Pony Blues?
14. In 1985, which side became the first in European football to have won all three major UEFA club competitions?
15. Name the pictured MP for West Bromwich East.
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Answers
1. The Associated Press (AP)
2. Biscuit
3. Old Street Roundabout — at the junction of Old Street and City Road on the boundary of the boroughs of Hackney and Islington
4. Turin
5. Margay
6. Benito Mussolini
7. Victoria
8. 1,760
9. Dream of the Red Chamber
10. Crookes radiometer
11. George Frideric Handel
12. Edith Cavell
13. Charley Patton
14. Juventus — they had won the 1977 UEFA Cup, 1984 European Cup Winners’ Cup and 1985 European Cup
15. Tom Watson