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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Thomas Eaton

Which galaxy is on a collision course with the Milky Way? The Saturday quiz

A man perched on a rock looking at the stars of the Milky Way, shining above the Grand Canyon of Thailand (Sam Phan Bok)
Spaced out by the Milky Way clue? Photograph: Suchart Kuathan/Getty Images

The questions

1 Who opened a Fossil Depot in Lyme Regis in 1826?
2 Which galaxy is on a collision course with the Milky Way?
3 Which creatures make up a fifth of all mammal species?
4 Which sci-fi writer was the first person in Europe to buy a Mac computer?
5 What machine gun was named after a Czech city and London suburb?
6 At 410 miles, what is the UK’s longest road?
7 Which band did Quincy Jones call “the worst musicians in the world”?
8 Notker the Stammerer was an early biographer of which emperor?
What links:
9
Derwent, Derbyshire in 1944; Capel Celyn, Gwynedd in 1965?
10 Observatory Circle resident; reclusive New Hampshire author; Tim Martin’s pubs; Wardle and Makin’s shops?
11 Mijaín López (5); Vincent Hancock, Katie Ledecky, Carl Lewis and Michael Phelps (4)?
12 Cassandra in Troy; Martha Mitchell in Washington DC?
13 Annoy; computer glitch; minor illness; small insect; spying device?
14 Behind the Candelabra; Green Book, Impromptu; Ray; Rocketman; Shine?
15 French butterfly; German chess knight; H2O; Pulp singer; Restoration monarch?

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