Another weekend has arrived, bringing with it the perfect opportunity to stretch your mental muscles with our challenging Saturday quiz. This week's edition tests your knowledge across diverse subjects from classical poetry to prehistoric fiction.
General Knowledge Challenge
The main quiz presents ten thought-provoking questions designed to separate the casual knower from the true trivia titan. John Keats composed the beautiful Ode to a Nightingale, while the characters Robin and Polly Toodle appear in Charles Dickens's novel Dombey and Son. For film fans, the question about Jurassic Park reveals that the original novel was penned by Michael Crichton.
History buffs are asked to name the first Tudor monarch, Henry VII, and television aficionados must identify Boston as the US city where the beloved sit-com Cheers was set. The quiz also ventures into botany with the common name for Atropa belladonna being deadly nightshade, and into fantasy literature with Terry Pratchett as the creator of the Discworld series.
Cryptic Conundrums and Last Week's Answers
For those who enjoy a different kind of puzzle, the cryptic section offers a floral-themed brain-teaser. Meanwhile, you can check your performance against last week's solutions. The answers from November 21st are now available, confirming that a Nyala is a type of antelope, the Automobile Association (AA) was founded in 1905 to combat speed traps, and a standard Spanish guitar has six strings.
Other confirmed answers include the meeting point of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers near St. Louis, Peter Shilton's position as goalkeeper for England, and the name of the dog in the Famous Five stories being Timmy. The longest bone in the human body is the femur, John Wayne won his only Oscar for True Grit, Dvorak composed The New World Symphony, and the Pyrenees mountain range lies between France and Spain.
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