The Saturday Quiz: Weekly brain teaser

Simon O'Hagan
Saturday 27 February 2016 01:48 GMT
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Mary Astor, Rosa Parks, Ronnie Kray and Steven Gerrard (pictured) all published autobiographies with what title?
Mary Astor, Rosa Parks, Ronnie Kray and Steven Gerrard (pictured) all published autobiographies with what title? (Getty Images)

1. Which annual awards show was held on Wednesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday before, in 2016, moving to Monday?

2. The Caroline Era refers to a period in English history that occurred in which century?

3. What culinary term is taken from the 'jumping' of the food while it cooks in a pan?

4. Mary Astor, Rosa Parks, Ronnie Kray and Steven Gerrard all published autobiographies with what title?

5. Erik the Red's Land was the name given by Norway to an area it occupied in which country?

6. Who in 1876 was responsible for a $7m bequest that helped found both a hospital and a university?

7. Launched in 1966 and still going, which is the biggest-selling make and model of car in the world?

8. The Mannheim school is associated with what field of artistic endeavour?

9. Two major European rivers, each comprising five letters, with only one letter differing. Which rivers?

10. Early in his career, which Booker Prize winner wrote pseudonymous restaurant reviews for 'Tatler'?

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