Saturday quiz: basilisk lizard and fishing spider linked as animals that 'walk' on water

The Guardian’s Saturday quiz posed a set of general knowledge questions and a "what links" round, asking, among other things, what links the basilisk lizard and the fishing spider. Questions 1–8 asked: 1 What did LA plumber George Holliday videotape on 3 March 1991? 2 Named after a Greek god, what is Earth’s largest land biome?

3 Abigail, in November 2015, was the first what? 4 Which literary character says, “Come not, Lucifer! I’ll burn my books!”? 5 Which Play School presenter sits in the House of Lords? 6 What cricket fixture was played from 1806 until 1962? 7 Which rescue organisation is based in Poole, Dorset?

8 The Kanneh-Mason siblings are famous names in what field? The answers given were: 1 Rodney King beating; 2 Boreal forest (taiga); 3 Named storm in the UK; 4 Dr Faustus (Marlowe play); 5 Floella Benjamin; 6 Gentlemen v Players; 7 RNLI; 8 Classical music.

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Culture, Saturday Quiz, Basilisk Lizard, Fishing Spider, Rodney King, Boreal Forest