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What links The Day of the Jackal film with a 1979 headline in the Sun? The Saturday quiz

By November 14, 2026

From four-year-old Binkie Stuart to Peter the cat, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Peter the cat is the only animal with an obituary in which almanac?

2 Four-year-old Binkie Stuart was launched as Britain’s answer to which star?

3 Established in 1798, what is London’s oldest restaurant?

4 In what decade did French women vote for the first time?

5 Which comedian co-wrote Depression and How to Survive It?

6 Which wine is flavoured with resin from the Aleppo pine?

7 “It starts with a swipe” is a slogan advertising which app?

8 Who was measured at 2.72 metres tall in 1940?

What links:

9
Alleghania; Columbia; Fredonia; Usonia?

10 Baldwin (3); Truss, Churchill and Asquith (2); May, Blair and Brown et al (1)?

11 Bland boy; narcoleptic; presbyterians; twisty flora; worst dater?

12 Cleaver; Inner and Outer Dowsing; Haisborough; Scroby; Dogger?

13 Aelfgyva; Conan; Guy; Odo; Stigand; Turold; Vital; Wadard?

14 The Day of the Jackal film; Supertramp album; 1979 headline in the Sun?

15 Beau ’n’ Arrow; Cool Hand; Ice Cold; Nuke; Snakebite?

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https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/nov/14/saturday-quiz-day-of-the-jackal-1979-sun-headline

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