The Saturday Quiz: Weekly brain teaser

Simon O'Hagan
Saturday 13 February 2016 01:03 GMT
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Fans mourn the death of John Lennon in 1980
Fans mourn the death of John Lennon in 1980 (Getty Images)

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1. Where would you find White Tie, Blazer, Arsenic and Railings (among others)?

2. Ulvaeus, Andersson, Faltskog and Lyngstad. Collectively better known as who?

3. 'Never glad confident morning again!' is a line from an 1845 Robert Browning poem that comprises an attack on a fellow poet for, as Browning sees it, losing his idealism. Which poet?

4. The name of which electronics giant translates as 'three stars'?

5. Anthony Hopkins and Alan Dobie in 1972. Who in 2016?

6. Lafayette Square to the north, The Ellipse to the south. What?

7. Which was the only major port of the Austro-Hungarian empire?

8. Only a few hours before his death, who was the last person to professionally photograph John Lennon?

9. According to ONS estimates from 2014, which is the most densely populated London borough?

10. What is the official name of the institution widely referred to as the Sorbonne?

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