There’s a Theme Running Through It

Today, a common thread weaves through five seemingly unrelated questions.

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One

What is the largest butterfly in the UK? It has a ten-letter name and lives in the Norfolk Broads. 

Two

In what 1975 novel does IRA member Liam Devlin take part in a wartime plot to kidnap Winston Churchill?

Three

In the 1955 film, To Catch a Thief (1955), who is seen sitting beside Cary Grant and a pair of caged birds on a bus? 

Four

What single answer satisfies all of the following: the title of Fleetwood Mac’s only number one hit on the UK Singles Chart; a significant being in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; and in golf, refers to a score of three strokes under par for a hole?

Five

Eudyptes chrysolophus: part of this bird’s name is also a type of pasta. What pasta? 

Good luck! The answers will be posted later.

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Author: Scott F

As a retired trivia writer, editor and quiz compiler, I wholeheartedly agree with Bertrand Russell’s quote: “There’s much pleasure to be gained in useless knowledge.” Trivia of all sorts has always fascinated me, and for many years, I’ve written and compiled trivia for various media, including traditional TV and radio quiz shows, newspapers and magazines, apps, and other digital platforms.

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