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From bauxite and galena to the sport of buhurt, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Whose Salvator Mundi went from £45 to $450m in 59 years? 2 In mountaineering, what achievement is abbreviated as FA? 3 Mary Surratt was hanged in 1865 for her part in what? 4 Which online library has more than 70,000 free ebooks? 5 Which African monarch visited Jamaica in 1966? 6 Combatants in the sport of buhurt dress as what? 7 What record of life aspirations was popularised by a Jack Nicholson film? 8 Who revealed the Qur’an to Muhammad?What links:9 Pacific climate pattern; Terry Venables; mythical city of gold; Israeli airline? 10 Bauxite; cinnabar; galena; hematite; malachite? 11 Han van Meegeren; Tom Keating; Eric Hebborn; Pei-Shen Qian? 12 Creases (7); Intervals (11); Timed out (40); Unfair play (41)? 13 Charlotte Amalie; Hagåtña; Pago Pago; Saipan; San Juan? 14 Personne n’y avait pensé!; À prendre ou à laisser; Qui veut gagner des millions? 15 Finchley; Maidenhead; South West Norfolk? Continue reading...