What links the cuckoo, swift and osprey? The Saturday quiz

From Computer Weekly to Coppergate archaeological dig, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Computer Weekly exposed which scandal in 2009?
2 Which lake contains about one-fifth of the fresh water on Earth’s surface?
3 Which actor flew combat missions in the second world war and Vietnam?
4 Grupo Globo is a media giant from which country?
5 Which 20th-century prime minister won four general elections?
6 What phenomenon was launched by Bloomsbury on 26 June 1997?
7 The quagga is an extinct species of which mammal?
8 Which attraction is built on the site of the Coppergate archaeological dig?
What links:
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Beethoven (16); Brahms (3); Haydn (68); Elizabeth Maconchy (13)?
10 Cuckoo; house martin; nightingale; osprey; turtle dove; swallow; swift?
11 Ironside; Kurtz; Raeburn; Rayner; Sanders; Stoppard?
12 La Presse; Le Soir; El Watan; Le Quotidien?
13 Gripit; Reggae Reggae Sauce; Skinny Tan; Tangle Teezer; Trunki?
14 Griffin; Harold Hill; Howard Kirk; Harry Lime; Sean Thornton?
15 Houses of Parliament; Newgate prison; Skerne Bridge; Salamanca?

Continue reading… From Computer Weekly to Coppergate archaeological dig, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Computer Weekly exposed which scandal in 2009?2 Which lake contains about one-fifth of the fresh water on Earth’s surface?3 Which actor flew combat missions in the second world war and Vietnam?4 Grupo Globo is a media giant from which country?5 Which 20th-century prime minister won four general elections?6 What phenomenon was launched by Bloomsbury on 26 June 1997?7 The quagga is an extinct species of which mammal?8 Which attraction is built on the site of the Coppergate archaeological dig?What links:
9 Beethoven (16); Brahms (3); Haydn (68); Elizabeth Maconchy (13)?10 Cuckoo; house martin; nightingale; osprey; turtle dove; swallow; swift?11 Ironside; Kurtz; Raeburn; Rayner; Sanders; Stoppard?12 La Presse; Le Soir; El Watan; Le Quotidien?13 Gripit; Reggae Reggae Sauce; Skinny Tan; Tangle Teezer; Trunki?14 Griffin; Harold Hill; Howard Kirk; Harry Lime; Sean Thornton?15 Houses of Parliament; Newgate prison; Skerne Bridge; Salamanca? Continue reading… Quiz and trivia games, Life and style 

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