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What shade of brown is the French word for mole?
What shade of brown is the French word for mole? Photograph: David Tipling/Getty Images
What shade of brown is the French word for mole? Photograph: David Tipling/Getty Images

What shade of brown is the French word for mole? The Weekend quiz

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From Rio to Romola Garai, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz

The questions

1 How did Polish pianist André Tchaikowsky enjoy a posthumous theatrical career?
2 Ben Macdui is the highest peak in what mountain range?
3 Which particles come in six flavours?
4 Which London market relocated to Nine Elms in 1974?
5 In the US, which general is synonymous with treason?
6 Which disputed state lies between Moldova and Ukraine?
7 What shade of brown is the French word for mole?
8 In what field are the Golden Joysticks awarded?
What links:
9 Mike Hawthorn in 1958 and Keke Rosberg in 1982?
10 Rio, Bali, Singapore and Utopia; Serfdom; Wigan Pier?
11 Spiral; barred spiral; elliptical; irregular?
12 Ardbeg; Bowmore; Bruichladdich; Lagavulin; Laphroaig?
13 Lil Wayne (5); Led Zeppelin (4); Peter Gabriel (4); Weezer (4)?
14 African sacred; glossy; straw-necked; scarlet; northern bald?
15 Romola Garai; Gwyneth Paltrow; Kate Beckinsale; Doran Godwin?

The answers

1 Skull in RSC Hamlet.
2 Cairngorms.
3 Quarks and leptons.
4 Covent Garden.
5 Benedict Arnold.
6 Transnistria.
7 Taupe.
8 Computer and video games.
9 Formula One champion drivers, winning only one race.
10 Road to…: Crosby, Hope and Lamour films; Hayek book; Orwell book.
11 Types of galaxy (Hubble classification).
12 Islay distilleries.
13 Multiple albums with same or similar titles: Tha Carter I-V; others eponymous.
14 Ibis species.
15 Played Jane Austen’s Emma on film and TV.

Lil Wayne performing in Austin, Texas. Photograph: Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty Images

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