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From Smokey Bear to the Sunshine Girls, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz
1 Where does the Pont Saint-Bénézet fail to span the Rhône?2 Denis Thatcher was the last commoner to get what?3 Smokey Bear is the mascot of which agency?4 Which female philosopher was killed by a Christian mob in 415 AD?5 Where do pie-eaters come from?6 In 1990, Simon & Schuster refused to publish which novel?7 Domestiques are the unsung toilers of which sport?8 Trump Heights is in what disputed territory?What links:9 Brigantes; Cantiaci; Belgae; Iceni; Silures?10 Frilled & cow; bramble; saw; angel; bullhead; carpet; mackerel?11 Beluga; Mriya; Dreamlifter; Hercules?12 Fever; sausage; quiver; baobab?13 Star Trek cannon fodder and volunteers in the Risorgimento?14 Diamonds; Silver Ferns; The Roses; Sunshine Girls?15 Arsenal; ghetto; regatta; lido; lagoon? Continue reading...