What links Kendrick Lamar, June Brown and E, H and I? The Saturday quiz | Quiz and trivia games

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The questions

1 Which 90s duo only released three singles, all chart toppers?
2 Betsy Ross is traditionally credited with designing and making what?
3 Based in Cambridge, which geographical research organisation is the BAS?
4 Which wetland sedge is important in the history of writing?
5 What did Nasa borrow from the 1929 Fritz Lang film Woman in the Moon?
6 What 1,000-year-old Sherwood Forest resident died in 2026?
7 Which country’s national museum burned down in 2018?
8 Which magazine was named after the sound of a “guitar being struck with force”?
What links:
9 E, H, I and S; June Brown; Kendrick Lamar, formerly?
10 White (bow); red (sword); black (pair of scales); pale (nothing)?
11 Robert Mitchum, 1962; Robert De Niro, 1991; Javier Bardem, 2026?
12 Hetty Feather; Tom Jones; Oedipus; Oliver Twist; Superman?
13 Cadbury Castle; Danebury; Maiden Castle; Vespasian’s Camp?
14 Abhakshya; haram; tabu; treif?
15 Maracanaço; Miracle of Bern; Battle of Santiago; Disgrace of Gijón?

The answers

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1 Robson & Jerome.
2 First (or an early) US flag.
3 British Antarctic Survey.
4 Cyperus papyrus.
5 Launch countdown to zero.
6 Major oak tree.
7 Brazil.
8 Kerrang!
9 Dots: only use dots in morse code; played Dot Cotton in EastEnders; former stage name K-Dot.
10 Four horsemen of the apocalypse (what they’re carrying).
11 Played villain Max Cady in Cape Fear.
12 Fictional foundlings.
13 Iron age hill forts.
14 Terms for prohibited/forbidden things: Hinduism; Islam; Polynesian culture; Judaism.
15 (In)famous matches in World Cup history: Brazil v Uruguay, 1950; West Germany v Hungary, 1954; Chile v Italy, 1962; West Germany v Austria, 1982.