From a saint and a lion to ‘the original nepo baby’, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
1 Which US state was once an independent monarchy?
2 What cold spell lasted from circa 1300 to 1850?
3 Which bestselling book series is abbreviated as Acotar?
4 What word meaning haughty comes from the Latin for eyebrow?
5 Which pop compilation series was launched in November 1983?
6 What is the most visited museum in the UK?
7 Who described herself in a 2026 memoir as “the original nepo baby”?
8 Which saint is often depicted writing, with a lion at his feet?
What links:
9 Scotland (7, 10, 12, 14); Rwanda (15); England (the rest)?
10 Checkmate; Job; The Haunted Ballroom; The Rake’s Progress?
11 Mariner 10; Messenger; BepiColombo?
12 Evie and Ossie; Gladstone; Larry; Palmerston?
13 Phil Chisnall; Paul Ince; Thomas McNulty; Michael Owen?
14 Death From Above 1979; Royal Blood; the Black Keys; the Kills; the White Stripes?
15 Inertia (1); acceleration/force (2); action and reaction (3)?