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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

What links the White Stripes and Abba? The Saturday quiz

The White Stripes on stage in 2007
The White Stripes on stage in 2007. Photograph: Henry S Dziekan III/WireImage

The questions

1 Which bird’s population went from billions to zero in 50 years?
2 Which siblings are depicted on the Capitoline Wolf sculpture?
3 What does the educational acronym inset stand for?
4 Which island was ruled by three queens called Ranavalona?
5 Who wrote the original self-help book, published in 1859?
6 What is the only widely spoken Celtic language in mainland Europe?
7 What term describes the alignment of three celestial bodies?
8 Which religion was formally banned in Japan in 1614?
What links:
9 George III’s dukedom; Victoria’s father and fourth daughter; Scotland; João Lavrador?
10 Abba; ‘NSync; TLC; the White Stripes?
11 Chrysomallos; Dawn Bellwether; Larry; Shaun?
12 Blackburn Rovers (1995 and 1999); Leicester City (2016 and 2023)?
13 Gregg; Pitman; Teeline; Tironian?
14 World cycling champion; LGBT movement; Cusco; Covid-19?
15 Renée Zellweger; Albert Finney; Harrison Ford; James Corden?

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