From Execution, Greenland and West India to Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky’s ‘Frankfurt’, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 At his funeral in 1219, who was called the “greatest knight in the world”?2 As the crow flies, what is London’s closest international capital city?3 Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky’s “Frankfurt” was a celebrated design of what?4 Which Bowery club was the focus of New York punk?5 Which route is abbreviated as LEJOG?6 In 1944, the USS Saint Lo was the first major warship to be sunk by what?7 Which 75-year-old sporting curse was broken in July?8 What is known as the “barking deer”?What links: 9 Jim Clark; Graham Hill; Dan Wheldon (2); Dario Franchitti (3)?10 Baby Reindeer; Fleabag; Six; Stomp; Taskmaster?11 Dr B Ching; Lady Liberty; MD; Old Sparky; Piloti; Q-Brick?12 Execution; Greenland; St Katharine; Royal Victoria; West India?13 Miki Fare; Musse Pigg; Myszka Miki; Topolino?14 Cry Baby in 2003 and Embers in 2021?15 Hill House; Cheam preparatory; Gordonstoun; Geelong Grammar?
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