From Christmas in July to a dense moon – test your knowledge with a bonus summer edition of Thomas Eaton’s fiendish weekly quiz
1 According to a 13th-century song, what “is icumen in”?
2 Which bear is classed as a marine mammal?
3 The Maestro Rhythm King was an early form of what device?
4 Whose trousers were censored by North Korean TV earlier this year?
5 Which city hosted the highest-altitude Summer Olympics?
6 What is the only moon in the solar system with a dense atmosphere?
7 Who had a brief fling with the Australian surfer Blaine Gordon?
8 Which giant of Russian literature had African ancestry?
9 Who got married on 3 June 1937 at Château de Candé?
10 What is TikTok’s parent company?
11 Which perennial Christmas hit was recorded in the July heat of New York?
12 Which national epic was compiled by the doctor Elias Lönnrot?
13 What waxwork display began as Madame Tussaud’s Separate Room?
14 Half of Scotland’s whisky distilleries are located in which region?
15 Whose ancestral home was Hell Hall?
16 Which confectionary is named after Hans Riegel
and his birthplace, Bonn?
What links:
17 Bob Willis; Robert Allen Zimmerman; Dylan Thomas; Dylan ail Don?
18 Cinnamon; cloves; fennel seeds; pepper; star anise?
19 Singaporean beer; sugared cornflakes; Standard Oil’s petrol?
20 English; Dutch; field; Huntingdon; wych?
21 Ebrahim Raisi; Lech Kaczyński; Cyprien Ntaryamira; Juvénal Habyarimana; Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq?
22 Derby County (formerly); Kilmarnock FC; Wrexham FC?
23 Angela Hewitt; Glenn Gould; Oscar Peterson; Charles Richard-Hamelin?
24 Archery; bungee jump; log flume; paddleboard; rollercoaster; Zumba?
25 Vivian or Nimue; Empress Matilda; Florence Nightingale?
26 Raleigh; Bismarck; Columbia; Pierre; Charleston?
27 Cloak, or responsibility; mourn; of the mind; Wolf Hall?
28 Challenger; Factorian; Litke; Milwaukee; Sunda?
29 Benedict of Nursia; Robert of Molesme; Bruno of Cologne; Francis of Assisi; Dominic of Caleruega?
30 Stray dogs and cats; Only Fools uncle; Chopper’s Blues; Duke of Westminster; Astra car?
