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Explorer Dwayne Fields replaced Bear Grylls in what role? The Saturday quiz

From a Margaret Atwood trilogy and Abba’s fourth UK hit to Benny Hill and Rishi Sunak, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Explorer Dwayne Fields replaced Bear Grylls in what role? The Saturday quiz

The questions

1 What is the still-standing legacy of the 1889 Exposition Universelle?
2 How are girl group Huntr/x described in the title of a Netflix film?
3 What is the only party to get 14m votes in a UK general election?
4 Adventurer Dwayne Fields replaced Bear Grylls in what role?
5 Which two metals make up most of the Earth’s core?
6 Relative to its size, which bird has the longest beak?
7 Which Women’s Super League team is based in Bromley?
8 £90,000 is the threshold for paying what tax?
What links:
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Margaret Atwood trilogy; Abba’s fourth UK hit; 2020 Christopher Nolan film?
10 Major Stevens; bottle; carpet; rouf; hand; exes; neves; TH?
11 Crabeater; Leopard; Ross; Southern Elephant; Weddell?
12 Craig David; Charlie Dimmock; Benny Hill; John Everett Millais; Rishi Sunak?
13 Brühl’s Terrace; Frauenkirche; Pillnitz Palace; Yenidze factory; Zwinger Palace?
14 Physiological; safety; love; esteem; self-actualisation?
15 Sudeley Castle (6); The Tower (2 and 5); Westminster Abbey (4); Windsor Castle (3); Peterborough Cathedral (1)?

The answers

1 Eiffel Tower.
2 K-pop Demon Hunters.
3 Conservatives in 1992.
4 UK chief scout.
5 Iron and nickel.
6 Hummingbird (sword-billed).
7 London City Lionesses.
8 VAT (turnover).
9 Palindromic titles: MaddAddam; SOS; Tenet.
10 Betting odds slang: evens and 2/1 to 8/1.
11 Antarctic seals.
12 Born in Southampton.
13 Architectural features of Dresden.
14 Psychologist Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
15 Burial places of Henry VIII’s six wives.

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