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From Plymouth Rock to Prinsengracht, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Which Norfolk woman wrote the earliest autobiography in English?2 Which world leader has the most Twitter followers?3 The Blackwood convention is used in what game?4 Who said: “We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock; the rock was landed on us”?5 50kg is the minimum weight to do what?6 Which 60s group was named for its members’ lack of height?7 Which sport is played by the Nottingham Hellfire Harlots?8 Whose death precipitated the Wars of the Diadochi?What links:9 Philip Glass; Robert De Niro; Vladimir Putin; Fred Housego?10 Ash; battleship; fossil; slate (46 to go)?11 Fundus; body; antrum; pylorus?12 Jim Laker; Anil Kumble; Ajaz Patel?13 Kate Winslet and Judi Dench; Kate Winslet and Gloria Stuart?14 Singel; Herengracht; Keizersgracht; Prinsengracht?15 Sarah Amherst; George Montagu; Thomas Bewick; Francesco Cetti? Continue reading...