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The Times Daily Quiz: Wednesday June 26, 2024

Fifteen questions to get you thinking. The answers are below
Q15: Who is this Russian ballerina (1910-98)?
Q15: Who is this Russian ballerina (1910-98)?
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Puzzles

Challenge yourself with today’s puzzles.


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Sudoku


1 Black pudding is made from fat, filler and congealed what?

2 In 1561, which city was made the official capital of Spain?

3 The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) helps stabilise which joint?

4 Backed by the Shadows, which English singer had No 1 singles with Travellin’ Light and Please Don’t Tease?

5 Unmarriageable (2019) by Pakistani-born author Soniah Kamal is a modern retelling of which Jane Austen novel?

6 Premiering in 2022, which TV drama adapts part of George RR Martin’s novel Fire and Blood?

7 James Graham has adapted which 1982 Alan Bleasdale TV drama for the stage?

8 Which Scottish actor starred as Joe Roberts in the 1965 Sidney Lumet film The Hill?

9 Gustav Holst’s one-act opera Savitri