FTWeekend is a must-read for me. It is delivered in hard copy to my door and if I’m away I can usually find a copy. The overseas editions have most of the same content as the UK edition. One regular item that you will miss if you are an overseas reader is A Round on the Links by James Walton.
It is an absolute super-favourite of mine. It is simply a quiz consisting of ten questions. However, what makes it fun is that the answers are all linked in some way making it possible to guess some answers you did not know, once you’ve got the link. The answers are printed in the paper and of course would be easy to solve using Google but the point is to work it out yourself. It’s an especially good quiz to do in a group – maybe before Sunday lunch. So here is this weekend’s Round on the Links.
- At which prison was Dr Crippen executed?
- What’s the common English name for farfalle pasta?
- In 1920, J Thomas Looney was the first person to suggest that Shakespeare’s plays were written by the holder of which aristocratic title?
- Before taking over at the Tate, Nicholas Serota was the director of which London art gallery?
- Who was the BBC’s royal correspondent at the time of the death of Princess Diana?
- What royal title was last held in Britain between 1811 and 1820?
- The main campus of the University of Warwick is on the outskirts of which city?
- Who was the victorious British commander at the Battle of Blenheim?
- Who presents Radio 2’s daily lunchtime phone-in show?
- What’s the highest rank in the Royal Navy?
I’m in the dark about the link although I think I know a few answers. Sometimes I spend days trying to get the link. When I give up this week I will share the link and the answers with you – if you haven’t solved it all yourself. Looking at the questions, I suppose the quiz is omitted from international editions because it is rather UK-centric.
Sorry, and I usually don’t get quizzes, but this one is easy… For once. Just saying. RDN
That’s why I like the format. You can guess the answers once you have found the link. But even in a team effort we didn’t get them all.
I enjoyed your contributions to Broadcasting House on Radio 4 this morning. I didn’t catch your film recommendation – Mama?
I can’t crow about my Links success. I am not sure we came by the Earl of Oxford entirely unaided. And I thought it was just London streets: I don’t know Monopoly.
Yes re film: but I think it is Ma Ma. With Penelope Cruz. I thought it was usefully different from an Almodovar (sp?) but also nicely a sort of cousin to something like his Talk to Her.
I am glad I was OK on BH on Sunday: I don’t know why (because I know it doesn’t matter in the great and very ephemeral scheme of things) but I allways want to show myself off to something like good effect in those things. As one does at a supper party of a lively sort, say. So thanks.