What links Alice in Wonderland with Mr Lazy? The Saturday quiz

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From Sinraptor to Margaret Thatcher, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Rebecca Andrews was the first recorded victim of what in 1665?
2 What drink is Jinro, the world’s best-selling spirit brand?
3 What payment to authors is capped at £6,600?
4 What is the highest peak in Northern Ireland?
5 Which cetacean is known as the white whale or sea canary?
6 What is the aim of the Alberta 51 Project?
7 Which spread is made from spent brewer’s yeast?
8 Which element is named after an astronomer?
What links:
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Borneo; Hispaniola; Ireland; New Guinea; Saint Martin; Timor?
10 Emily Maitlis; Wallis Simpson; Eleanor Roosevelt; Margaret Thatcher?
11 Currach; gig; pirogue; shallop; smack; trow; wherry?
12 Philip F Anschutz; 16th Earl of Derby; Vince Lombardi; Larry O’Brien?
13 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Mr Lazy; The Box of Delights?
14 Chungkingosaurus; Gobisaurus; Sinraptor; Yuanmousaurus?
15 Glasgow; Bethnal Green; Bradford; Rochdale?

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