FT Weekend Quiz: C-SPAN, ‘EastEnders’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’

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1. According to a 2022 C-SPAN survey of historical and political experts, what first name is shared by the third best and third worst presidents in US history?

2. In 1992, who made the best-selling (physical) single by a woman in music history?

3. Which two magicians are the longest-running headliners at the same hotel in Las Vegas history?

4. What was Britain’s best-selling novel of the 2000s?

5. Whose CV includes ghostwriting David Beckham’s first autobiography and playing Lofty in EastEnders?

6. What is the world’s biggest chain of Mexican restaurants?

7. Factoids, Serious Jockin’ and The Non-Stop Oldies are all features of which long-running radio show?

8. The Dead of Jericho, with a screenplay by Anthony Minghella, was the first episode of which TV detective series?

9. Which decathlon Olympic gold medallist came out as a trans woman in 2015?

10. Which character in the 1991 film Beauty and the Beast is a candelabra?

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