FT Weekend Quiz: David Brower, Gerald Durrell and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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All the answers here are linked in some way. Once you’ve spotted the connection, any you didn’t know the first time around should become easier.
Which environmental organisation — now an international network — was founded by David Brower in San Francisco in 1969?
Which play by Ibsen — rejected by European theatres for its frank treatment of euthanasia, venereal disease and incest — was first performed in Chicago in 1882?
Which body, funded by the UK Treasury, was created in 2010 to provide independent economic forecasts and analysis?
Which type of star is the most numerous type in the universe?
Which political magazine was founded in 1913 by Sidney and Beatrice Webb, with the support of George Bernard Shaw?
Which Gerald Durrell book of 1956 tells of his childhood in Corfu?
According to Giles Tremlett, a journalist specialising in Spanish affairs, which former fishing village was the birthplace of package tourism?
In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, what’s the name of the weaver?
In the Jewish Passover ceremony, what is matzo?
In 2005 who was made Britain’s youngest ever Dame for her services to sailing?
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James Walton is co-host of “The Booker Prize Podcast”
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