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From Italian desserts to Pet Shop Boys, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 What was the first UK TV programme to give away a £1m prize?2 What is the world’s most populous island?3 Jayaben Desai led which 1970s industrial dispute?4 What sporting equipment is sourced from Ailsa Craig in Scotland?5 Which newspaper was “written by office boys for office boys”?6 Which entertainment venue burned down in 1613?7 What dessert’s name is the Italian for “drowned”?8 Which college awards Fifty-Pound fellowships?What links:9 Dyfed-Powys; North Wales; South Wales; Gwent; heddlu?10 Men’s one hour run (Farah) and men’s triple jump (Edwards)?11 Stadtholder William I; John Wayne’s Sean Thornton; Kevin Smith; IDS?12 Blades; Diogenes; Drones; Egotists?13 Jude the Obscure; Bosnian war; Factory Records; Tristram Shandy; Philip Green?14 Torah; Nevi’im; Ketuvim?15 Pet Shop Boys; Art of Noise; Saint Etienne; Gay Dad? Continue reading...