From eyewall and rainbands to an ivory statue, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 Who was the only woman to report from the D-day frontline?
2 Which prime minister dropped an apostrophe from his surname?
3 Which computer was launched in a 1984 Super Bowl advert?
4 Which bookshop opened in 1879 in Oxford?
5 What is made up of the eye, eyewall and rainbands?
6 The 2024 Olympic medals contain fragments of which landmark?
7 Which blues singer rose from a coffin at the start of concerts?
8 Who fell in love with an ivory statue that he had sculpted?
What links:
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.cs; .dd; .su; .yu?
10 Petrarchan; Shakespearean; Spenserian?
11 Bob Hope (19); Billy Crystal (9); Whoopi Goldberg (4); Chris Rock (2)?
12 Black garden; narrow-headed; red; southern wood; yellow meadow?
13 Burano; Lido; Mazzorbo; Murano; Torcello?
14 Athens and Leeds; Sheffield Wednesday FC; Tripadvisor; Duolingo?
15 Blenheim Palace; Gori; Lille; Hyde Park, NY?

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