What links Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal- The Saturday quiz

From eyewall and rainbands to an ivory statue, test your knowledge with the Saturday quizThomas EatonSat 12 Oct 2

From eyewall and rainbands to an ivory statue, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz
Thomas EatonSat 12 Oct 2024 02.00 EDTShareThe questions1 Who was the only woman to report from the D-day frontline?2 Which prime minister dropped an apostrophe from his surname?3 Which computer was launched in a 1984 Super Bowl advert?4 Which bookshop opened in 1879 in Oxford?5 What is made up of the eye, eyewall and rainbands?6 The 2024 Olympic medals contain fragments of which landmark?7 Which blues singer rose from a coffin at the start of concerts?8 Who fell in love with an ivory statue that he had sculpted?What links: 9 .cs; .dd; .su; .yu?10 Petrarchan; Shakespearean; Spenserian?11 Bob Hope (19); Billy Crystal (9); Whoopi Goldberg (4); Chris Rock (2)?12 Black garden; narrow-headed; red; southern wood; yellow meadow?13 Burano; Lido; Mazzorbo; Murano; Torcello?14 Athens and Leeds; Sheffield Wednesday FC; Tripadvisor; Duolingo?15 Blenheim Palace; Gori; Lille; Hyde Park, NY?
British troops take positions on Sword beach during D-day, 6 June 1944.View image in fullscreenBritish troops take positions on Sword beach during D-day, 6 June 1944. Photograph: Imperial War Museum/AFP/Getty ImagesThe answers1 Martha Gellhorn.2 Benjamin Disraeli.3 Apple Macintosh.4 Blackwell’s.5 Hurricane/cyclone.6 Eiffel Tower.7 Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.8 Pygmalion.9 Internet domains of former countries: Czechoslovakia; East Germany; Soviet Union; Yugoslavia.10 Types of sonnet.11 Oscars ceremony hosts.12 Common ant species in the UK.13 Venetian islands.14 Owl logos/symbols.15 Birthplaces of second world war allied leaders: Churchill; Stalin; De Gaulle; Roosevelt.