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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

What last went down British coalmines in 1986? The Saturday quiz

Pit head winding gear at Hickleton Colliery, South Yorkshire, England, in 1985
Hickleton Colliery, South Yorkshire, in 1985. Photograph: Brian Harris/Alamy

The questions

1 Who won the debut season of Ukraine’s Dancing With the Stars?
2 Which 1963 book is credited with inspiring second-wave feminism?
3 A species of which animal is biologically immortal?
4 Noah replaced Oliver as what last year?
5 What last went down British coalmines in 1986?
6 Which sports would a dual-code international play?
7 Which festival takes place at the Wiesn?
8 Who are the Big Five of Big Tech?
What links:
9
Emperor Charles V; John of Gaunt; Hugo van der Goes; Bradley Wiggins?
10 Barbican; Brunswick Centre; Robin Hood Gardens; Trellick Tower?
11 The Years; By the Sea; Averno; Kaspar; Flights?
12 Architecture; Batman; Creator; Duplo; Ninjago?
13 Ruth (60 in 1927); Maris (61 in 1961); Judge (62 in 2022)?
14 The Gleaner; Granma; the Nation; the Labour Spokesman?
15 Sarkisian; Ciccone; Stoermer Coleman; Knowles?

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