From Barbie and Captain Marvel to bestiarius and murmillo, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 An administrative error caused which town to lose its city status in 1998?
2 Which cetacean has the largest mouth of any animal?
3 In France, where would you find trèfles, carreaux, coeurs and piques?
4 The Scottish Militia Bill, in 1708, was the last to suffer what fate?
5 Whose official residence is Bishopthorpe Palace?
6 Jon Harvey regularly contests elections under what name?
7 The Squarial was used to receive whose TV programmes?
8 Which eye condition is named from the Greek for blue-green?
What links:
9 Wilhelm Steinitz and Ding Liren?
10 Asterix; Charles Dickens; Lenin; Dolly Parton; Harry Potter?
11 Bestiarius; hoplomachus; murmillo; secutor; thraex?
12 Steven Bartlett; Nikolai Gogol; Grossmith brothers; Jeff Kinney?
13 Appalachian; Border; Cotswold; Molly; Rapper Sword; Stave?
14 Adamant; beef; cathartic; endogamy; whelk?
15 Barbie; Frozen II; Captain Marvel; Wonder Woman; Frozen?

From Bleeding Gums Murphy to Maude Flanders, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 What, in West Yorkshire, is the UK’s tallest freestanding structure?
2 Which technology was popularised by Cher’s hit Believe?
3 In a wine bottle, what is the ullage?
4 In Inuit religion, Nanook is the master of which animals?
5 Which English queen grew up in Wulfhall?
6 Route Irish was a notorious journey in which city?
7 Who are the only two divorced US presidents?
8 The Synod of Whitby in AD664 decided how to calculate what?
What links:
9 Alkali; alkaline earth; transition; actinides; lanthanides?
10 Buzz; Gala; Mecca; Merkur?
11 Larry Dalrymple; Maude Flanders; Frank Grimes; Bleeding Gums Murphy?
12 Thirteen-year brood XIX and seventeen-year XIII in 2024?
13 Tokyo; Sapporo; Fukuoka; Matsuyama?
14 Delon; Hopper; Damon; Malkovich; Scott?
15 Dunmore Park folly; St Paul’s Cathedral towers; Wimbledon men’s trophy?

From a burrowing clam to toilet cleaner, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 The OED’s first citation for “video game” mentions which Atari product?
2 Which river has Damietta and Rosetta branches?
3 Who were bribed in the 1950s payola scandal?
4 Which poet was nicknamed the White Myth of Amherst?
5 What athletics world record has stood at 7291 since 1988?
6 Which PM was described by Caitlin Moran as a “C-3PO made of ham”?
7 Which philosopher had a brother who was a celebrated one-handed pianist?
8 What brand name was used by M&S from 1928 until 2000?
What links:
9 Bummalo; out first ball; Pacific burrowing clam; toilet cleaner?
10 John Deydras; Lambert Simnel; Perkin Warbeck; Mary Baynton?
11 Calderdale, West Yorkshire and Nova Scotia, Canada?
12 The Night Manager; Conversations with Friends; Notes on a Conditional Form?
13 Leda; Nut; Rebecca; Rhea Silvia?
14 Beaded; flush; keyed; recessed; tuck; V-grooved; weathered?
15 Relating to a city (8); devout (12); not guilty (13); merciful (14)?