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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

What links Tasmin Archer, Gareth Gates and Zayn Malik? The Saturday quiz

Tasmin Archer singing at a microphone in 2001
Calling the tune on the Tasmin Archer clue? Photograph: Patrick Ford/Redferns

The questions

1 Which king’s sister, wife and lover were all called Edith?
2 Korky the Cat was the first cover star of what in 1937?
3 Which fabric is made from flax fibres?
4 What type of holiday is named from a Swahili word for journey?
5 Who orchestrated the FTX fraud?
6 Maria Mitchell, in 1847, was the first US astronomer to discover what?
7 Which west London stadium hosted one game of the 1966 World Cup?
8 What is the lowest composite number?
What links:
9
Tasmin Archer; Frederick Delius; Gareth Gates; Zayn Malik; Kimberley Walsh?
10 Buenos Aires; Canberra; Luanda; St John’s; Tirana; Vienna; Yerevan?
11 Beds; cream; espresso coffee; quotation marks; window glazing?
12 Borghese; David; François; Medici; Portland; Warwick?
13 Hawaii (1); Sicily (2); Thailand (3)?
14 The future Tsar Alexander II; Queen Anne; future Edward VII; Edward Smith-Stanley?
15 Beryl Bainbridge’s Master Georgie and JG Farrell’s Troubles?

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