From the Bulletproof Boy Scouts to the Declaration of Breda, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 What was “tugged to her last berth to be broken up”?
2 What is the vocal organ in birds?
3 Which group are the Bulletproof Boy Scouts?
4 After 37 years, what ends on 1 August?
5 The Declaration of Breda paved the way for whose return?
6 What is the UK’s largest national park?
7 In the first world war, who contested 12 Battles of the Isonzo?
8 Which Whitechapel-made object hangs in Philadelphia?
What links:
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Under 40; under 1.8 metres; graduate; 1,500 hours flying time; test pilot?
10 Christopher Wren; Salvador Dalí; Peggy Guggenheim?
11 776BC and AD393; 1896 and 2022?
12 Woodboring Xestobium rufovillosum; fungus Amanita phalloides; the US’s lowest point?
13 Betelgeuse; Rigel; Bellatrix; Alnilam?
14 Steve Blass disease; twisties; yips; dartitis?
15 The Last Man; Station Eleven; Oryx and Crake; Always Coming Home?

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