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The Guardian - World News

The Guardian - World News

Title What links Joni Mitchell, Ian Dury and Frida Kahlo? The Saturday quiz Source The Guardian - World News
Description

From ancient China and Paris’s Latin Quarter to ‘Han shot first’, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 The slogan “Han shot first” protested against the re-editing of which film?
2 The boundaries of the North, East and West Ridings met at which city?
3 What is the smallest species of UK crow?
4 Which notorious Disney film was based on stories by Joel Chandler Harris?
5 Which precursor of the UN was established by the treaty of Versailles?
6 Rama IX ruled which country from 1946 to 2016?
7 Which singer and pianist was born Eunice Waymon?
8 What military force was the BAOR?
What links:
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Ancient China; California; Nagasaki; Latin Quarter of Paris; Rome?
10 Alert (possible); warning (expected); severe warning (risk to life and significant disruption)?
11 Covalent; ionic; metallic?
12 Bakelite; french fries; internal combustion engine; saxophone; standard map projection?
13 Ade Adepitan; Ian Dury; Frida Kahlo; Joni Mitchell; Itzhak Perlman; FDR?
14 Bligh’s ship; Olympus Mons location; Panthera leo; Via Lactea?
15 Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou; Chester Burnett; Jordan Belfort?

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Link https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/07/what-links-joni-mitchell-ian-dury-and-frida-kahlo-the-saturday-quiz Published At 2026-03-07 02:00:47 (3 weeks ago)
Created At 2026-03-07 02:10:23 Updated At 2026-03-07 02:10:23