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From Mussolini to Mecca, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which three current national capitals have hosted the Winter Olympics?2 Eliza Davis protested to Dickens that which character was a negative stereotype?3 What is the world’s heaviest snake?4 Hitler, Mussolini and FDR all died in which month?5 What type of mechanical device is a paternoster?6 In US medicine, DSM-5 is the list of what?7 The Grand Banks lie off which Atlantic island?8 Where were three Carlist wars fought in the 19th century?What links:9 Middle; archbishop or urban; 360 degrees; 50th anniversary; acceded 1837?10 Arcesius; Laertes; Odysseus; Telemachus?11 All-seeing eye; square and compasses; sheaf of corn; acacia tree?12 Argentina; Australian Aboriginal; Bangladesh; Japan; North Macedonia?13 Rod Steiger; Robert De Niro; Tom Hardy; Stephen Graham?14 Bual; malmsey; sercial; verdelho?15 Mecca (4th); Shanghai (3rd) Kuala Lumpur (2nd); Dubai (1st)? Continue reading...