What links Carol Ferris and Hal Jordan, and Ygritte and Jon Snow? The Saturday quiz
Briefly

Elvis Presley performed his only non-US concerts as three Canadian dates in 1957. The Western Desert art movement originated in Australia. Reece and Lauren James have both played football for England. Mom & Me & Mom is the seventh and final volume of Maya Angelou's autobiography. Lyndhurst is the capital of the New Forest. Alex (cartoon strip) left the Daily Telegraph after 33 years. The Ford Puma is the UK's bestselling current car. Jura is both a Hebridean island and a French department. On-screen pairs who married in real life include Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton; Rose Leslie and Kit Harington; Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Caracas, Hanoi and Port Vila are capitals of Venezuela, Vietnam and Vanuatu. Rain causing a flood, Moses' visits to Mount Sinai and Jesus in the wilderness each lasted 40 days and nights. Bowman's capsule, glomerulus and the loop of Henle are components of nephrons.
9 Cleopatra and Mark Antony; Mary Stuart and Lord Darnley; Ygritte and Jon Snow; Carol Ferris and Hal Jordan? 10 Caracas; Hanoi; Port Vila? 11 Rain causing a flood; Moses' visits to Mount Sinai; Jesus in the wilderness? 12 Bowman's capsule; glomerulus; loop of Henle? 13 First (20.00-24.00); morning (04.00-08.00); first dog (16.00-18.00)? 14 Claude; DeepSeek; Gemini, Grok; Llama; Magistral; Sora?
15 Equestrian statue of Louis XV; guillotine; obelisk and two fountains? Sent crackers by the Caracas clue? Photograph: GummyBone/Getty Images/iStockphoto 1 Elvis Presley. 2 Australia. 3 Reece and Lauren James. 4 Maya Angelou. 5 New Forest. 6 Alex (cartoon strip). 7 Puma. 8 Jura.
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