The Saturday Quiz: Weekly brain teaser

West Somerset Railway: Joseph of Arimathea is said to have visited which Somerset town?

1. An armillary sphere features on the flag of which western European country?

2. Which First World War figure died after a crash on his Brough Superior motorcycle in May 1935?

3. If you were in possession of a tamtam, would you wear it, cook it or strike it?

4. Gordon Burns, the former presenter of 'The Krypton Factor', is the cousin of which singer?

5. What is the word used by proofreaders to indicate that a marked alteration should be ignored?

6. Joseph of Arimathea is said to have visited which Somerset town?

7. Which word for a lobby or entrance hall derives from the French word for hearth?

8. What name is given to the rows of benches found at sports stadiums in the US?

9. The negotiations to repatriate the US pilot Gary Powers from the Soviet Union in the early 1960s form the basis of which recent film?

10. The song 'Die Moritat von Mackie Messer', written by Kurt Weill and Berholt Brecht for 'The Threepenny Opera', became better known under what title?

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