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The Times Daily Quiz: Wednesday March 16, 2022

Fifteen questions to get you thinking. The answers are below
Q15: Who is this British historian?
Q15: Who is this British historian?

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Challenge yourself with today’s puzzles.


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1 Now defunct, Lunn Poly was once the UK’s largest chain of which businesses?

2 Which Australian airline first flew the “Kangaroo Route” in 1947?

3 The palate is also known as the roof of which part of the body?

4 “Black gold” is a nickname of which beluga roe delicacy?

5 E10 petrol contains up to 10 per cent renewable what?

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6 The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan (1905) is a book by which children’s author?

7 What period at the start of the Second World War was also known as the “Sitzkrieg”?

8 Which deck is the flat surface on the raised structure at the rear of a ship?

9 The subtitle of Steve Silberman’s book NeuroTribes mentions which “developmental condition”?

10 Which 17-year-old Texan singer has had a 2022 No 1 with the single ABCDEFU?

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11 In 1657, which English admiral destroyed a Spanish treasure fleet at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife?

12 William Grant is the subject of which 1782 full-length portrait by Gilbert Stuart?

13 Which notorious American casino owner founded the World Series of Poker in 1970?

14 More than 50 international sports organisations are based in Lausanne and which surrounding Swiss canton?

15 Which British historian is pictured?

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Answers
1 Travel agents or agencies

2 Qantas

3 Mouth

4 Caviar

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5 Ethanol

6 Beatrix Potter

7 The Phoney War

8 Poop deck

9 Autism

10 Gayle

11 Robert Blake

12 The Skater

13 Benny Binion

14 Vaud

15 Suzannah Lipscomb