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Life and styleNovember 7, 2026

What links Leonard Cohen, Amelia Earhart and Graham Nash? The Saturday quiz

Thomas EatonOriginal coverage

From carpals, metacarpals and phalanges to the Valsalva manoeuvre, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The questions 1 What is unique about the time in Cape Verde? 2 What is typically sold from a Whitby Morrison Mondial Lusso? 3 When flying, the Valsalva manoeuvre would be used to do what? 4 Which record producer’s headstone reads “creator of the Manchester sound”?

5 Which game began in the Green Hill Zone? 6 Badr, fought in 624AD, is the only battle mentioned by name in which book? 7 The fake snow in The Wizard of Oz was made from which hazardous material? 8 Which teams made up Scottish football’s New Firm? What links: 9 Leonard Cohen; Amelia Earhart; David Geffen; Graham Nash; Cary Raditz?

10 Jamestown colony; British Museum; Irish hospitals until 1987; Millennium Dome? 11 Eight carpals; five metacarpals; 14 phalanges? 12 Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie; Marie Kondo; Sophie Hinchliffe? 13 And Then There Were None; Anne of Green Gables; Lord of the Flies; The Admirable Crichton; The Tempest?

14 Colin McRae, 1995; Richard Burns, 2001; Elfyn Evans, 2026? 15 Blood; Beethoven’s; Man; Protocol; Element; Sense? The answers 1 Only sovereign state to have time at GMT -1. 2 Ice-cream (leading ice-cream van model). 3 Equalise ear pressure. 4 Martin Hannett (d.1991).

5 Sonic the Hedgehog. 6 Qur’an. 7 Asbestos. 8 Aberdeen and Dundee United (1980s). 9 Inspired songs by Joni Mitchell: Rainy Night House; Amelia; Free Man in Paris; Willy; Carey. 10 Lottery-funded projects. 11 Bones in a hand. 12 Cleaning and tidying influencers.

13 Literary works set on islands. 14 British winners of the World Rally Championship. 15 Film titles with ordinal numbers: First B; B’s 2nd; The Third M; The Fourth P; The Fifth E; The Sixth S.