FT Weekend Quiz: Cluedo, Dr. Strangelove and NASCAR

All the answers here are linked in some way. Once you’ve spotted the connection, any you didn’t know the first time around should become easier.

Earlier this year, Tom Bradshaw succeeded Minette Batters as the president of which trade union?
Which British university has the most students?
In the traditional UK version of the board game Cluedo, who is the murder victim?
According to the title of James Bowen’s bestselling memoir of 2012, what kind of animal was “named Bob”?
As what was Ireland known between independence in 1922 and the adoption of the name Ireland/Éire in 1937?
Who played the US president Merkin Muffley in the film Dr. Strangelove?
The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bass player is known by what one-word name?
In the United States, NASCAR is the governing body of which motor sport?
Which Emmy-award winning TV series of recent years is set around a sandwich shop called The Original Beef of Chicagoland?
Which two-hour work in B minor did Bach complete in 1749, the year before his death?

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James Walton is co-host of “The Booker Prize Podcast”

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