FT Weekend Quiz: Greek mythology, ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’ and the tallest mountain in Japan
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All the answers here are linked in some way. Once you’ve spotted the connection, any you didn’t know the first time around should become easier.
Who was the 31st president of the United States?
In Greek mythology, which hunter was placed among the stars after his death?
What was the royal title of the main owner of the racehorse Shergar at the time of its kidnapping by the IRA?
Who painted the triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights (c. 1490-1500), now in the Prado in Madrid?
Which stately home is on the northern boundary of Hampstead Heath?
Westminster Bridge appears on the label of which bestselling British condiment?
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, what four-letter expletive was “popularized by the British television programme Red Dwarf”?
What’s the tallest mountain in Japan?
What physical characteristic is produced by the angle of the thyroid cartilage around the larynx?
Which scientist helped design both Germany’s V-2 rockets and America’s Saturn V rocket, as used in the Apollo space programme?
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James Walton is co-host of “The Booker Prize Podcast”
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