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The Times Saturday Quiz: March 19, 2022

Twenty questions to get you thinking. The answers are below
Q20: In which Asian country is the ancient rock fortress of Sigiriya?
Q20: In which Asian country is the ancient rock fortress of Sigiriya?
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1 Equinophobia is the fear of which animals?

2 What is the longest running soap on British television?

3 The 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery took place in a warehouse near which London airport?

4 Which group of blue elf-like creatures includes Hefty, Greedy, Sloppy, Farmer, Poet and Vanity?

5 Fresh from the Sea (1996) and Under a Mackerel Sky: A Memoir (2013) are books by which English chef?

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6 Which brother of US president John F Kennedy had the middle name Francis?

7 Which Memphis mansion features the Jungle Room, Vernon’s Office, Trophy Building and Meditation Garden?

8 Who became leader of the opposition Labour Party on St Valentine’s Day 1963?

9 The Koshu wine grape is a variety indigenous to which Asian country?

10 Blue Mountain Peak is the highest mountain in which Caribbean country?

11 The title of which of The Chronicles of Narnia refers to Andrew Ketterley and Digory Kirke?

12 Which traditional wooden wind instrument is a national symbol of Switzerland?

13 In which 1963 film does Tony (James Fox) hire Hugo Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) in the title role?

14 Opening in 1825, what was the first railway to use steam trains to transport passengers?

15 Which naval ship is the setting for Benjamin Britten’s opera Billy Budd?

16 Which Italian footwear brand was founded in 1928 by Narciso Delladio?

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17 Which 2000 rock opera by Kevin Gilbert is about the musician Johnny Virgil?

18 St Mary’s Stadium has been the home of which Premier League football club since 2001?

19 In rugby union, players who receive a yellow card must sit in the sin-bin for how long?

20 In which Asian country is the pictured ancient rock fortress of Sigiriya?


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Answers
1 Horses

2 Coronation Street

3 Heathrow

4 Smurfs

5 Rick Stein

6 Robert Kennedy

7 Graceland

8 Harold Wilson

9 Japan

10 Jamaica

11 The Magician’s Nephew

12 Alphorn

13 The Servant

14 Stockton and Darlington Railway

15 HMS Indomitable

16 La Sportiva

17 The Shaming of the True

18 Southampton FC

19 Ten minutes

20 Sri Lanka