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The Times Daily Quiz: Friday May 17, 2024

Fifteen questions to get you thinking. The answers are below
Q15: Who is this US musician and comedian?
Q15: Who is this US musician and comedian?
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Challenge yourself with today’s puzzles.


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1 Which airline is the UK flag carrier?

2 The remains of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes are located on the banks of which river?

3 In which country was the Shamrock car built in the late 1950s?

4 In June 1952, which duke was promoted to the rank of commander in the Royal Navy?

5 Which president’s German shepherd Commander had at least 24 biting incidents between October 2022 and July 2023?

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6 The Economist’s weekly column on European politics is named after which Holy Roman Emperor?

7 The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales is located on which London street?

8 Published in 1816, which Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem is subtitled A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment?

9 Which Australian had a top ten hit single with Jump to the Beat (1991)?

10 Which English film director owns Ashcombe House in Wiltshire?

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11 Umzansi is a traditional war dance of which African people?

12 Which 1958 book was Raymond Chandler’s last full-length novel featuring Philip Marlowe?

13 Ecuador’s third-highest mountain, which volcano features the only point on the Equator with permanent snow cover?

14 Which McLaren driver won his first Formula One race at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix?

15 Who is this US musician and comedian?

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Answers

1 British Airways

2 The Nile

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3 Ireland

4 Duke of Edinburgh or Prince Philip, although he wasn’t created a British prince until 1957

5 Joe Biden, the biting victims were Secret Service agents

6 Charlemagne

7 Old Bailey

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8 Kubla Khan

9 Dannii Minogue

10 Guy Ritchie

11 Zulu

12 Playback

13 Cayambe

14 Lando Norris

15 “Weird Al” Yankovic