The Saturday Quiz: Weekly brain teaser

Chris Maume
Saturday 21 November 2015 01:10 GMT
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Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale (pictured), Thomas Arnold and General Gordon were the subjects of which 1918 book?
Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale (pictured), Thomas Arnold and General Gordon were the subjects of which 1918 book? (Getty Images)

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1. Which singer was recently named by Forbes as the top-earning woman in pop between June 2014 and June 2015, with earnings of $135m?

2. The murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas in 1959 inspired which 'non-fiction novel'?

3. What name is given to the collections of reports claiming to quote verbatim the prophet Muhammad?

4. The aircraft carrier USS St Lo was sunk off the Philippines in October 1944 – the first victim of what kind of attack?

5. Which 1939 play did TS Eliot base loosely on the 'Oresteia'?

6. In 1954, the athlete Christopher Chataway was the first winner of which television award?

7. Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Arnold and General Gordon were the subjects of which 1918 book?

8. Which chain of shops was founded in 1969 by Richard Block and David Quayle?

9. Which London street, which featured in an eponymously titled 2003 Booker-shortlisted novel, was named after a product that used to be manufactured in the vicinity?

10. Which political party, which currently has four MPs, was formed in 1902 by Arthur Griffiths?

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