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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

What links doorbell, Bath bun and nice-looking? The Saturday quiz

Close-up image of an old-fashioned doorbell, with the word 'press' at its centre
Hard-pressed to answer the doorbell clue? Photograph: Gregory Adams/Getty Images

The questions

1 Which star-crossed lovers had a son called Astrolabe?
2 What was stolen from Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, on 20 March 1966?
3 Which Disney princess is named after a vegetable?
4 What is claimed to be buried in Docksway landfill in Newport, Wales?
5 Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé make up which group?
6 In the night sky, what is scintillation?
7 Which gem is made from a type of coal?
8 Which Booker prize winner comes from a samurai family?
What links:
9
Harald Hardrada; James IV; Mary, Queen of Scots; Napoleon III?
10 Cumberland; Glamorgan; Gloucester; Lincolnshire; Manchester?
11 Ball, clubs, hoop, ribbon and rope?
12 Death’s cloak; Hades’ helmet; Sauron’s ring?
13 All sad, TX; device porn, RI; dottier, MI; organ ache, AK; salvages, NV?
14 3 or 11 (1/18); 4 or 10 (1/12); 5 (1/9); 7 (1/6)?
15 Bath bun; doorbell; irrepressible; nice-looking; outsider; sympathizer (in the OED)?

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