Which muppets were named after New York hotels? The Saturday quiz

From Carnegie Medals to cookiecutters, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 What is thought to have originated in marmots from Kyrgyzstan?
2 Which logo features an incomplete jigsaw globe?
3 Who is the only writer to win both the Booker Prize and Carnegie Medal?
4 The High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument is on which battlefield?
5 Where did the Reggae Sunsplash festival debut in 1978?
6 Which muppets were named after New York hotels?
7 Hamlet says “Alas, poor…” about Yorick and what else?
8 Crayford and Romford are London’s last venues for which sport
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Cookiecutter; goblin; megamouth; thresher; wobbegong?
10 California, 1848; Victoria, 1851; Witwatersrand, 1886; Yukon, 1896?
11 Comma; corkscrew; rod; spherical; spiral?
12 Aminul Islam, Bangladesh; Kevin O’Brien, Ireland; Rahmat Shah, Afghanistan?
13 Hermes, 1; Aphrodite 2; Ares 4; Zeus, 5; Cronus 6; Poseidon 8?
14 Maximilien Robespierre; Dian Moran; jealousy; absinthe?
15 Kinder Surprise; haggis; fresh ackee?

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