The Saturday Quiz: Weekly brain teaser

John Clarke
Saturday 28 November 2015 01:09 GMT
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In a 2012 BBC survey of the world's most profitable songs, "Happy Birthday To You" was the top moneyspinner. Which song came second?
In a 2012 BBC survey of the world's most profitable songs, "Happy Birthday To You" was the top moneyspinner. Which song came second? (Corbis)

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1. Fina is the international governing body of which sport?

2. Which city in the US is named after an 18th-century British prime minister?

3. Which figure from classical history rode a horse called Bucephalus?

4. Which acting academy was first established at His Majesty's Theatre in the Haymarket in 1904?

5. Macgillycuddy Reeks is a mountain range in which country?

6. By what popular name is the mineral pyrite also known?

7. In a 2012 BBC survey of the world's most profitable songs, "Happy Birthday To You" was the top moneyspinner. Which song came second?

8. All cameras on English motorways and trunk roads to are to be replaced by ones in what colour in an effort to reduce dangerous braking incidents?

9. What is the name of the Scottish-born former mining engineer and later war hero who featured in a series of novels by John Buchan?

10. Guano is a fertiliser obtained mainly from the excrement of which animal?

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