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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

What links Robert Mapplethorpe and Prince Philip? The Saturday quiz

Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe at an exhibition at the ICA in London, November 1983
Robert Mapplethorpe at an exhibition in London, November 1983. Photograph: Richard Young/Rex/Shutterstock

The questions

1 Whose estate trademarked the title “queen of crime”?
2 What does the K in K2 stand for?
3 What type of team is led by a tower captain?
4 Which award is known as the animals’ Victoria Cross?
5 Which branch of the Guides is for girls aged 14-18?
6 What weapon is named after a French Basque city?
7 Which religion was established by the 10 gurus?
8 Whose fans use the #COYS hashtag?
What links:
9
Christopher Isherwood; Prince Philip; Robert Mapplethorpe; Charles Manson?
10 Perry the bull; Borobi the koala; Clyde the thistle; Shera the tiger?
11 Aristophanes; Thomas More; William Morris; James Hilton?
12 10 October in Canada and 24 November in the US?
13 Monkey; Maui; Anansi; Eris; Loki?
14 Grafham; Hawes; Rutland; Kielder?
15 Monarch; Laker; Sabena; Malev; Pan Am?

Retired RAF Police sniffer dog, Hertz, in Green Park, central London, with his People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) Dickin Medal for valour, the highest award any animal can receive whilst serving in military conflict
Retired RAF police sniffer dog Hertz with his gong. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA

The answers

1 Agatha Christie.
2 Karakoram.
3 Bell ringing.
4 PDSA Dickin Medal.
5 Rangers.
6 Bayonet (Bayonne).
7 Sikhism.
8 Fans of Tottenham Hotspur (Come on You Spurs).
9 Played on screen by Matt Smith.
10 Commonwealth Games mascots: Birmingham; Gold Coast; Glasgow; Delhi.
11 Created Fictional utopias: Cloud Cuckoo Land; Utopia; Nowhere; Shangri-La.
12 Thanksgiving dates.
13 Trickster deities: Chinese; Polynesian; West African; Greek; Norse.
14 Waters (England’s largest reservoirs).
15 Defunct airlines.

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