Fifteen questions to get you thinking. The answers are below
1 Which author’s title characters include Eugene Henderson, Moses E Herzog, Artur Sammler and Abe Ravelstein?
2 In 1974, who designed the original Blue Peter Garden at BBC Television Centre?
3 In 1960, which French choreographer formed the Ballet du XXe Siècle company in Brussels?
4 Livia Drusilla gave birth to which future Roman emperor in 42BC?
5 The serpent-entwined Rod of Asclepius is a symbol most associated with what?
6 Which pet Jack Russell terrier of Rick Stein died in 2007?
7 What fish is hot smoked to make an Arbroath Smokie?
8 Complete the proverb: “If wishes were horses, . . .”?
9 In 1978, the pilot Sigmund Jähn became the first German to do what?
10 Which German actor links the films Good Bye Lenin!, John Rabe, Rush and Captain America: Civil War?
11 The Dutch Golden Age still-life painter Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) specialised in painting what?
12 Which “father of thermodynamics” wrote the 1824 monograph Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire?
13 Created in 1802 by Napoleon, what is the premier order of the French republic?
14 In 1999, Michael Johnson’s time of 43.18 seconds broke which US athlete’s 11-year-old 400m world record?
15 Which pilgrimage site is pictured?
Answers
1 Saul Bellow — in Henderson the Rain King, Herzog, Mr Sammler’s Planet, Ravelstein
2 Percy Thrower
3 Maurice Béjart
4 Tiberius
5 Healthcare and medicine
6 Chalky
7 Haddock
8 Beggars would ride
9 Fly in space (as an East German cosmonaut in the USSR’s Interkosmos programme)
10 Daniel Brühl
11 Flowers
12 Sadi Carnot
13 Legion of Honour
14 Butch Reynolds
15 Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes — featuring the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes