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Who warned of ‘climate instability’ in 1988? The Saturday quiz

The Guardian UK Saturday 20 June 2026, 06:00 UTC By Thomas Eaton 1 min read
Key Points

From Dunbar and Shakespeare to Free the Weatherfield One, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 How many times does the sun rise each year at the north pole?2 Which board game inspired the creation of QR codes?3 Five of the six cataracts of the Nile are in which country?4 In what decade did Germany print a 100-trillion Mark note? Who warned of a “global heat trap” and “climate instability” in 1988?6 Which rhythm section had the surnames Dunbar and Shakespeare?7

From Dunbar and Shakespeare to Free the Weatherfield One, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 How many times does the sun rise each year at the north pole?
2 Which board game inspired the creation of QR codes?
3 Five of the six cataracts of the Nile are in which country?
4 In what decade did Germany print a 100-trillion Mark note?
5 Who warned of a “global heat trap” and “climate instability” in 1988?
6 Which rhythm section had the surnames Dunbar and Shakespeare?
7 Free the Weatherfield One was a campaign to liberate whom?
8 What was the main language of the Inca empire?
What links:
9 Barringer, US; Chicxulub, Mexico; Vredefort, South Africa; Wolfe Creek, Australia?
10 Smokin’ Joe; Fighting Marine; Neon Leon; Easton Assassin?
11 American Legion; Theodor Escherich; Daniel Salmon; staff; twisted berry?
12 Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr; Larry Bell, Dion DiMucci and Bob Dylan?
13 Bass beer; bleaching allowed; major seventh chord; youth hostel?
14 Cole Allen; Thomas Crooks; Ryan Routh?
15 1558 (25); 1689 (26); 1702 (37); 1837 (18); 1952 (25)?

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Dunbar (PERSON) Shakespeare (PERSON) Weatherfield One (ORG) Nile (LOCATION) Germany (LOCATION) Inca (ORG) US (LOCATION) Chicxulub (LOCATION) Mexico (LOCATION) Vredefort, South Africa (LOCATION) Wolfe Creek (PERSON) Fighting Marine (ORG) Neon Leon (PERSON) Easton Assassin?11 American Legion (ORG) Theodor Escherich (PERSON)
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