Can you answer these University Challenge questions on Cleveland Bridge?

Can you answer the starter for 10 and these three questions about the world famous bridge-building company which featured on the BBC’s University Challenge? Let us know how you get on.

Here's your starter for 10:

What six letter word appears in the titles of an early autobiographical work by Anton Chekov and a 1940 novel by the Italian author Dino Buzzati? The same word follows Great Eurasian in the name of an extensive area of grassland.

And here are your three questions on Cleveland Bridge:

1. The King Edward VII bridge, built in 1906, carries the East Coast Main Line over which river in northern England? It is located in a major city about 10 miles west of the North Sea.

2. Named after an early 19th century settler and completed in 1968, the Batman bridge spans the Tamar river near Launceston in which Australian state?

3. The Tsing Mar Bridge was the second longest suspension bridge in the world when it opened in 1997. It is part of a route that connects Chek Lap Kok Airport with the centre of which Asian city?

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