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Bruce Lee in a still from Enter the Dragon, with bare torso and scratch marks on his shoulder, hands outstretched in front of him
Breathing fire over the Enter the Dragon clue? Photograph: Moviestore/Shutterstock
Breathing fire over the Enter the Dragon clue? Photograph: Moviestore/Shutterstock

What links Enter the Dragon and Brainstorm? The Saturday quiz

From US presidents to burrowing mammals, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The questions

1 Which painter’s gardener used to dust his water lilies?
2 Where do Prince, JoJo and Larry live?
3 Which queen was known, in full, as a “father-loving goddess”?
4 Which burrowing mammal has iridescent fur?
5 What common stimulant has the formula C8H10N4O2?
6 Which racket sport was invented in Acapulco in 1969?
7 Which street is a metonym for the US advertising industry?
8 Adrian Newey is a celebrated designer of what?
What links:
9
Brainstorm; Enter the Dragon; Rebel Without a Cause; The Dark Knight; The Misfits?
10 Coastal; interior; polar; rain shadow; subtropical?
11 Queen Mary of Denmark; Richard Flanagan; Errol Flynn; Ricky Ponting?
12 360; Intro; Loud Places; Senses Working Overtime; Revenge?
13 Joe Biden; Lyndon B Johnson; Harry S Truman; John Tyler?
14 EE; MLE; SSBE; RP?
15 Mona Lisa (katana); Bargello David (bō); Sistine Chapel (nunchucks); School of Athens (sai)?

Wondering over the water lily clue? Photograph: ICHAUVEL/Getty Images

The answers

1 Monet.
2 10 Downing Street (cats).
3 Cleopatra (Thea Philopator).
4 Golden mole.
5 Caffeine.
6 Padel.
7 Madison Avenue (NYC).
8 Formula One cars.
9 Posthumously released films: Natalie Wood; Bruce Lee; James Dean; Heath Ledger; Clark Gable.
10 Types of desert.
11 Born in Tasmania.
12 Songs by X-rated artists: Charli xcx; the xx; Jamie xx; XTC; XXXTentacion.
13 US presidents who abandoned re-election efforts.
14 English accents: estuary English; multicultural London English; standard southern British English; received pronunciation.
15 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, artwork by namesake (favoured weapon): Leonardo; Donatello; Michelangelo; Raphael.

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