The Weekend quiz

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Who was Julian Clary's canine companion?
Spoiler alert: answers below (don't cheat)

Questions

1 Which wireless technology is named after a Viking king of Denmark?
2 Who was Julian Clary's canine companion?
3 The grave of Florence Lawrence (d 1938) describes her as the first what?
4 Who wrote the 1798 Essay on the Principle of Population?
5 Who contested the Winter War of 1939-40?
6 Which TV series featured the sinister Cigarette Smoking Man?
7 Skomer, Skokholm and Grassholm islands lie off which national park?
8 Dr Steelhammer is the nickname of which sportsman?
What links:
9 Bristol; Warwick; Falkirk; Christchurch in England and NZ?
10 Capetian; Valois; Bourbon?
11 Palatinate; The Beaver; The Saint; Felix; Cherwell; Varsity; Nouse?
12 Ray Bolger; Bert Lahr; Jack Haley; Terry?
13 Desserts; dog; reward; mined; live; tug; mood; trams?
14 Maldon; Hawaiian black lava; Himalayan pink; Kala namak?
15 Britten's comic May King; lowest male singing voice; Schubert's Piano Quintet in A major?

Answers

1 Bluetooth (Harold Bluetooth).
2 Fanny the Wonderdog.
3 Movie star.
4 Thomas Malthus.
5 USSR and Finland.
6 The X-Files.
7 Pembrokeshire Coast.
8 Wladimir Klitchko.
9 Stand on (different) Avon rivers.
10 Ruling royal houses of France.
11 UK university newspapers: Durham; LSE; St Andrews; Imperial; Oxford; Cambridge; York.
12 Dorothy's companions in Wizard Of Oz film: Scarecrow; Cowardly Lion; Tin Man; Toto.
13 Spell other words backwards: stressed; god; drawer; denim; evil; gut; doom; smart.
14 Types of table salt.
15 Fish in music: (Albert) Herring; bass; Trout quintet.

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Stuart Dredge, Charles Arthur 23 Jul, 2011

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