The Saturday Quiz
1. On 12 April 1961 who could be heard whistling the tune, "The Motherland Hears, The Motherland Knows"?
2. What's the link between Wayne Rooney and the Stereophonics album Just Enough Education to Perform?
3. What type of holy place derives its name from the Latin for "tent"?
4. Which imaginary kingdom in pre-First World War Europe was dreamt up by the novelist Anthony Hope?
5. In Parliament, the Treasurer, Comptroller and Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household are better known as what?
6. Which European city has just unveiled an 11ft-high bronze statue of Bill Clinton?
7. In early 1971 an American attorney called Oscar Zeta Acosta set off on a journey that would form the basis of one of the most celebrated books of the 20th century. Who was his travelling companion?
8. Who are the only two men to have received peerages for services to cricket?
9. In which decade were 999 calls introduced?
10. Red; Arbat; Theatre. What's the connection?
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