Which song features nine times in the film Groundhog Day? The Saturday quiz

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The questions

1 Which African capital city and its river are anagrams of each other?
2 In the UK, which bird of prey has gone from near extinction to about 4,500 breeding pairs?
3 Which 1956 play was written on a deckchair on Morecambe Pier?
4 Which song features nine times in the film Groundhog Day?
5 Who was the only crowned heir apparent to the English throne?
6 Denville Hall and Brinsworth House are retirement homes for whom?
7 What is England’s largest forest?
8 What volcanic glass is named after a Roman traveller?
What links:
9
CND chair; 9-57 v South Africa; Happy Valley star; RAF philanthropist?
10 Benfica, 2026 and 1978; Galatasaray, 1986; Perugia, 1979; Red Star, 2008?
11 Coal Miner’s Daughter; I Saw the Light; Sweet Dreams; Walk the Line?
12 Champagne; Fulton’s Strawberry Surprise; Goliath; Timperley Early; Valentine?
13 Isabella Bird; Nellie Bly; Ida Pfeiffer; Freya Stark?
14 Sunshine Desserts (Barron); LA beaches (Anderson); White House (Janney)?
15 Eddy; Falstaff; Junior; Lily; Lin; Lucy; Oscar?

Two blue striped deck chairs on Brighton pier, overlooking the sea on a sunny day
Feeling pier pressure over the deckchair clue? Photograph: Chris Moos/Getty Images

The answers

1 Bangui and Ubangi (Central African Republic).
2 Red kite.
3 Look Back in Anger (John Osborne).
4 I Got You Babe.
5 Henry the Young King (1170).
6 Actors and other entertainment pros.
7 Kielder Forest.
8 Obsidian.
9 Counties in names: Bruce Kent; Devon Malcolm; Sarah Lancashire; Leonard Cheshire.
10 Unbeaten in the football league but didn’t win the title: Portugal; Turkey; Italy; Serbia.
11 Country music biopics: Loretta Lynn; Hank Williams; Patsy Cline; Johnny Cash and June Carter.
12 Rhubarb varieties.
13 Pioneering female travel writers/explorers.
14 Played a CJ on screen and location: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin; Baywatch; The West Wing.
15 Characters in Duolingo language courses.

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