What was the filling of humble pie? The Saturday quiz

What was the filling of humble pie? The Saturday quiz

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The questions

1 Dafydd ap Gruffydd was the first nobleman to suffer what fate?
2 Which German monument is topped by a quadriga?
3 METI is an attempt to do what?
4 Which continent lies in all four hemispheres?
5 What was the filling of a humble pie?
6 Which people called themselves the Mexica?
7 Inge Lehmann discovered that what was solid?
8 Who repeatedly painted Mont Sainte-Victoire?
What links:
9 South American country; US federal district and two state capitals?
10 Jubilee; Harris; Gripp; Rocky; Erin; Poppy; Georgie?
11 Silence film; A Pale View of Hills novel; Madama Butterfly opera?
12 Anglerfish; lanternfish; vampire squid; click beetle; firefly?
13 Peyton Manning and Tom Brady?
14 Khaki (1900); coupon (1918); flapper (1929)?
15 Phra Phrom statue; tetrahedron; Mount Rushmore?

Click beetle on green leaf



Cracked the click beetle clue? Photograph: DianaLynne/Getty Images/iStockphoto

The answers

1 Hanged, drawn and quartered (1283).
2 Brandenburg Gate.
3 Contact aliens (Messaging to Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence).
4 Africa.
5 Deer (or other animal) innards.
6 Aztecs.
7 Earth’s inner core.
8 Paul Cézanne.
9 Places named after Columbus: Colombia; District of Columbia; Columbus, Ohio and Columbia, South Carolina.
10 Ravens at the Tower of London.
11 Set in Nagasaki.
12 Bioluminescent organisms.
13 Only (starting) quarterbacks to win the Super Bowl with two different teams.
14 Nicknames for UK general elections.
15 Four faces: Thai representation of Brahma; solid; four US presidents.

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