Who claimed ‘the most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald’s’? The Saturday quiz

From Blue Sharks and White Wolves to the Zhurong vehicle, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The questions

1 Where did the Zhurong vehicle take a selfie in 2021?
2 Which artist claimed “the most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald’s”?
3 Which record company’s HQ had a sign reading Hitsville USA?
4 What carpet shark has an Australian Aboriginal name?
5 What, in 1970, was the last horse to win English racing’s triple crown?
6 Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft are stages of membership of what?
7 What term for a reused document comes from Greek for “scraped again”?
8 In Japan, ama are women who seek what?
What links:
9 Booker prize, 1974, 1992 and 2019; best actress Oscar and Eurovision, 1969; best actor Oscar, 1932?
10 Plato; Francis Bacon; Aquaman; Patrick Duffy?
11 Alentejo; Dão; Douro; Porto; Madeira; Vinho Verde?
12 Walter Plinge; Alan Smithee; George Spelvin?
13 Alternate nostril; box; diaphragmatic; 4-7-8?
14 Chinese leader, 11; big clothes, 40; engine size, 200; audio format, 400; US capital, 600?
15 Blue Sharks; Blue Wave; Chivalrous Ones; White Wolves?

The answers

1 Surface of Mars.
2 Andy Warhol.
3 Motown.
4 Wobbegong.
5 Nijinsky.
6 Freemasonry.
7 Palimpsest.
8 Pearls (and seafood).
9 Shared awards.
10 Atlantis: invented A; wrote novel New A; comics king of A; starred in Man From A.
11 Portuguese wine regions.
12 Traditional aliases: British actors; Hollywood directors; American stage actors.
13 Breathing exercises.
14 Roman numeral values: XI (Jinping); XL; CC; CD; (Washington) DC.
15 Nicknames of first-time qualifiers at the 2026 Fifa World Cup: Cape Verde; Curaçao; Jordan; Uzbekistan.