Which classic film’s title came from the Pease Pudding rhyme? The Saturday quiz

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From Palma and Manacor to Poäng and Malm, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Which classic film’s title came from the Pease Pudding rhyme?
2 Who described himself as the “stately homo of heavy metal”?
3 Playa Girón was the site of which military fiasco?
4 Which US state produces a quarter of the country’s cheese?
5 What football first did Rebecca Welch achieve in December?
6 The Buddhist text Bardo Thödol is popularly known as what?
7 In 100 million years, what might Amasia be?
8 What style of comedy is named after a percussion instrument?
What links:
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15 metopes; 17 pedimental figures; 75m of frieze?
10 1724; 1927; 1999; 2090?
11 Argonauts; Blue Jays; Maple Leafs; Raptors?
12 Billy; Klippan; Lövbacken; Malm; Poäng?
13 Francis of Assisi; Joseph of Cupertino; Simon Magus; Teresa of Avila?
14 Palma; Calvià; Eivissa; Manacor?
15 Ray Bradbury; Eleanor Catton; Agatha Christie; William Faulkner; Gabrielle Zevin?

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