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Which company made the Spitfire fighter? The Weekend quiz

1 Of whom did Talleyrand say, “What a pity the man wasn’t lazy”?
2 Which company made the Spitfire fighter?
3 Which Oscar nominee became Greek culture minister?
4 What is water at 0.01°C and 611 Pa?
5 Dzongkha is the official language of what mountain kingdom?
6 Why might Ian Murray be feeling lonely?
7 Feared extinct, the baiji dolphin lives where?
8 What north/south dividing point is in Northamptonshire?
What links:
9 Eunus & Cleon (1st); Salvius & Athenion (2nd); Spartacus (3rd)?
10 The Monument and the Golden Boy of Pye Corner?
11 Darley Arabian; Godolphin Arabian; Byerley Turk?
12 Sandra Bullock (All About Steve) and Halle Berry (Catwoman)?
13 Ektara; erhu; balalaika; violin; pentachord; guitar?
14 Pope Innocent X; George Dyer; Lucian Freud; Henrietta Moraes?
15 London; Edinburgh; Brighton; Harrogate; Birmingham?

The Spitfire production line at the Vickers Supermarine Works in Southampton around 1940.
The Spitfire production line at the Vickers Supermarine Works in Southampton around 1940. Photograph: Getty Images

The answers

1 Napoleon Bonaparte.
2 Supermarine (Vickers-Armstrongs).
3 Melina Mercouri.
4 Solid, liquid or vapour (triple point).
5 Bhutan.
6 He is the only Labour MP in Scotland.
7 Yangtze river, China.
8 Watford Gap.
9 Leaders of the three Servile Wars (slave revolts) against Rome.
10 Great Fire of London: memorials marking the start and end.
11 Founding sires of modern Thoroughbred horses.
12 Oscar acting winners who picked up Golden Raspberry Award in person.
13 Musical instruments with ascending numbers of strings (1-6).
14 Subjects of paintings by Francis Bacon.
15 UK towns and cities that have hosted Eurovision.