Why are there two women’s world marathon records? The Weekend quiz


1 In whose house are all the clocks stopped at 8.40am?
2 Why are there two women’s world marathon records?
3 Which retreat covered 6,000 miles in 368 days?
4 What would a German FKK enthusiast wear?
5 Which range is the subject of Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain?
6 Which pair were ambushed in Louisiana on 23 May 1934?
7 The phrase “the moment of truth” originated in what activity?
8 In the body, what is categorised as HDL or LDL?
What links:
9 Guatemala (rifles); Bolivia & Haiti (cannons); Mozambique (AK-47)?
10 Dr Thomas Stockmann; Halvard Solness; Ellida Wangel?
11 Denon, Sully & Richelieu; Pyramid?
12 Great; North Pacific; Mollymawk; Sooty?
13 Sally Rooney novel; Robert Redford film; Sly & The Family Stone song?
14 Briggs (100); Bedser (200); Trueman (300); Anderson (400 & 500)?
15 East; Sunrise; Union; Salute; Peace/World?

Robert Redford
Robert Redford

What links Robert Redford film, Sally Rooney novel, Sly & The Family Stone song?Photograph: Getty

Answers

1 Miss Havisham (Great Expectations).
2 For mixed and women-only races.
3 The Long March (Chinese Communists).
4 As little as possible (naturism).
5 Cairngorms.
6 Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker.
7 Bull-fighting.
8 Cholesterol (high/low-density lipoprotein).
9 Firearms on national flags.

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14 English cricket Test bowling milestones (number of wickets).
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