What links PT Barnum’s elephant with a book of Job beast? The Saturday quiz

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The questions

1 What unique structure carries the Bridgewater canal over the Manchester ship canal?
2 Melanistic leopards are more commonly known as what?
3 Which European national flag features seven castles?
4 The Arconia is the apartment block in the title of what TV series?
5 Station Island in Donegal is claimed to be an entrance to where?
6 Which woman hit a nine-dart finish in a PDC event in February?
7 The experimental boats Ra and Ra II were chiefly made from what?
8 Who did Henry VIII describe as a “rose without a thorn”?
What links:
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King’s Cross station; McDonald’s, Kings Norton; Parliament Hill; Stonehenge; Uffington?
10 Choice; HD; Knowledge; Select; 2W?
11 Book of Job beast; Tom Hanks age swap film; John Lithgow as Roald Dahl; PT Barnum elephant?
12 Glock firearms; Red Bull energy drink; Swarovski crystals?
13 Merle Oberon; Juliette Binoche; Kaya Scodelario; Margot Robbie?
14 Madder; weld; woad?
15 Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra; Punjab; Guangdong and Shandong?

Rain clouds gather over Stonehenge in Wiltshire
Going round in circles with the Stonehenge clue? Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

The answers

1 Barton Swing Aqueduct.
2 Black panthers.
3 Portugal.
4 Only Murders in the Building.
5 Purgatory.
6 Beau Greaves.
7 Papyrus (reeds).
8 Catherine Howard.
9 Locations claimed to be the burial site of Boudicca.
10 Defunct BBC domestic channels.
11 Large synonyms: Behemoth; Big; Giant (play); Jumbo.
12 Austrian brands.
13 Played Catherine Earnshaw in films of Wuthering Heights.
14 Traditional dye plants for primary colours: red; yellow; blue.
15 World’s most populous national subdivisions: India; Pakistan; China.

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