whose unnatural death is perhaps recalled by airline passengers changing trains when heading for the Tafelhalle? following a disagreement, from where did the Levite sail with Mark for his home country, while his erstwhile companion travelled through Syria and Cilicia with Silvanus? Who prayed before battle: “O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not forget me”? The guillotine, as used in the 1982 film Danton (see question 2:8). Photograph: Everett Collection/Alamy 3 The name of which capital:

Where was construction of a railway bridge halted for three weeks owing to the activities of two man-eating lions? did Magnus’s dinner companion suffer postprandial confusion and enter the bedroom of his prospective bride? which vessel’s Antarctic adventure would be recalled 141 years later in an infinitely more rarefied atmosphere? The UK experienced record-breaking heatwaves in the summer - what was the highest temperature recorded? 39.3 degrees, 40.3 degrees or 41.3 degrees? why did Charmian decline the queen’s demand that they play billiards, suggesting that she play with the eunuch instead?

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He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognised who it was? which unwelcome guest insisted on “babysitting” for Ruth and Margaret during their mother’s Scandinavian cruise? How many weeks did Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's high-profile defamation trial last before a verdict was given? Mark Bonnar as Aeneas and Anastasia Hille as Dido at the National Theatre (10.1). Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian 10where, thinking of dinner, did Christy-Pallière anticipate Hébert’s fish soup followed by langouste in court-bouillon? Below are all the answers, so make sure you've completed all the questions before looking below. How did you do? The Royals answers whose parent did the son of Ecgtheow decapitate, having swum to the bottom of the monster-infested lake? The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Norwich (Edith Cavell, 14 paintings by Brian Whelan) Jeremy Paxman announced he would be stepping down as host of TV quiz University Challenge after more than 28 years. Who is taking over his role from 2023?

who started a six-year sentence for sedition, but would be released after two years owing to appendicitis? claimed that he had been taller, but was worn away by the anxieties and struggles of the Reform bill? Emperor Napoleon III’s (his son Louis Napoleon was killed fighting for the British in the Zulu war, 1879)Masquerade … Leah Whitaker, Matthew Horne and Ellie Beaven in Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas at Menier Chocolate Factory, London, in 2012. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The Guardian 11 Sergei Rachmaninoff as pianist for a concerto performance in Lucerne (see question 14:8). Photograph: The Art Archive/Alamy 15 which native antipodean was named after a colleague by an émigré botany graduate from Kiel University? Tyson Fury has twice fought and retained his Heavyweight title this year, despite retiring in between. Who did he beat in in December to take his fight record to 33-0-1?