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The Times Daily Quiz: Wednesday January 4, 2023

Fifteen questions to get you thinking. The answers are below
Q15: Who is this director of Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles?
Q15: Who is this director of Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles?
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Challenge yourself with today’s puzzles.


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1 Who succeeded Henry VII as king of England?

2 Michelangelo painted the fresco The Creation of Adam on the ceiling of which chapel?

3 Freddy’s Revenge, Dream Warriors and The Dream Master are films in which horror series?

4 Which Tory did Roy Jenkins say was “gloriously unfit for office” by his re-election in 1951?

5 During which conflict were 56 British servicemen killed in the Bluff Cove air attacks?

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6 Pitti Uomo is a men’s fashion event held biannually at the Fortezza da Basso in which Italian city?

7 Which English horror author’s first two novels were The Rats (1974) and The Fog (1975)?

8 Which former SAS sergeant wrote about the Bravo Two Zero mission in The One That Got Away (1995)?

9 Which system of hot yoga is named after a guru who was born in Calcutta in 1944?

10 The earliest Mosasaurus fossils were found in the 18th century near which Dutch city?

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11 Author of the novel The First Bad Man, which US artist created the “live movie” Love Diamond (1998)?

12 Collapsing in 2018, which Wolverhampton-based firm built GCHQ’s “doughnut” building in Cheltenham?

13 Featuring the single Holiday, Tilt is a 2022 album by which Australian electro-pop band?

14 Which Greek athlete won the men’s long jump title at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?

15 Which director of Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles is pictured?

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Answers
1 Henry VIII

2 Sistine Chapel

3 A Nightmare on Elm Street

4 Winston Churchill

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5 Falklands conflict

6 Florence

7 James Herbert

8 Chris Ryan, born Colin Armstrong

9 Bikram yoga — named after Bikram Choudhury

10 Maastricht. It derives its name from the river Meuse, “Mosa” in Latin

11 Miranda July

12 Carillion

13 Confidence Man

14 Miltiadis Tentoglou

15 Chantal Akerman