Beyond the answers - interesting background to this quiz

A voyage that became a word

Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels began as a satire of politics and human nature, but its tiny Lilliputians and giant Brobdingnagians proved so memorable that "Lilliputian" entered English as a word for anything very small. The book has never gone out of print since its first publication in the 18th century.

When a city shares a name with another

Vancouver, in British Columbia, is named after Captain George Vancouver, the British explorer who charted the region's coastline. Its namesake, Vancouver in Washington State, sits just across the border and was founded earlier, which occasionally causes confusion for travellers booking the wrong flight.

A symbol with a comeback story

The bald eagle was chosen as a national emblem of the United States in 1782, yet by the mid-20th century its numbers had collapsed, largely because of the pesticide DDT. Protection and a ban on the chemical helped populations recover, and the species was removed from the US endangered list in 2007.

Four rings, one country

Audi's four interlocking rings represent the merger of four carmakers - Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer - that formed Auto Union in Germany in 1932. The brand's headquarters remain in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, which is why Germany is the correct answer here.

Cancer and the summer solstice

The zodiac sign Cancer begins around June 21, close to the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. The name comes from the Latin for crab, and the constellation sits between Gemini and Leo. Its symbol, often drawn as the number 69, hints at the crab's claws.