The Saturday Quiz: Weekly brain teaser

Simon O'Hagan
Friday 11 March 2016 21:49 EST
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The word 'rickshaw' derives from which language?
The word 'rickshaw' derives from which language? (Getty Images)

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1. 'A Day In The Life', 'The Ballad of John and Yoko', 'Tomorrow Never Knows', 'Yer Blues'. What's the connection?

2. The word 'rickshaw' derives from which language?

3. Which is the world's northernmost tropical sea?

4. What is the lowest number for which there is no UK motorway?

5. Which two post-war British prime ministers were born in the same year?

6. 1618 to 1648; 1756 to 1763; 5 June to 10 June, 1967. What?

7. Elizabeth Gaskell's fictional Cranford corresponds to which Cheshire town?

8. The European Working Time Directive provides for a right to work no more than how many hours per week?

9. New York, Toronto, Baku, and Istanbul are among the locations that have buildings named after whom?

10. Which team has been involved in the most football World Cup penalty shoot-outs?

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