The questions
1 Player 456 won 45.6bn won on what?
2 Masahiro Mori coined what term for our unease at human-like robots?
3 A cosmic year is the time the sun takes to do what?
4 Hornsea 2 in the North Sea is the world’s largest what?
5 Which two US states give their names to chemical elements?
6 Whose Blazing World is claimed to be the first sci-fi novel by a woman?
7 The term “fifth column” originated in which conflict?
8 Mash of at least 51% corn is used to make which whiskey?
What links:
9 II (Augustus); III (the Bold); IV (the Fair); V (the Tall)?
10 Tie up; sealing food in tins; smallest Yorkshire city; legal rules of society?
11 Alan Menken; Jennifer Hudson; Viola Davis; Elton John?
12 NTSC; PAL; SECAM?
13 Berlin; Berne; California; Warwickshire?
14 Crewe Alexandra; Sampdoria; Tottenham Hotspur; Vasco da Gama; Willem II?
15 Samaritan woman; Draupadi; Wife of Bath; Gail Platt?
The answers
1 Squid Game (TV series).
2 Uncanny valley.
3 Orbit the centre of the Milky Way galaxy (about 225m years).
4 Offshore windfarm.
5 California and Tennessee.
6 Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1666).
7 Spanish civil war.
8 Bourbon.
9 Bynames of French king Philips.
10 Shortest serving British PMs: Truss; Canning; (Earl of) Ripon; Law.
11 Most recent to complete (competitive) Egot award set.
12 Video format standards.
13 Flags feature bears.
14 Football clubs named after real people: Princess Alexandra; Andrea Doria; Henry Percy (Hotspur); Vasco da Gama (Rio club); Dutch king.
15 Fictional women with five husbands: John’s gospel; Mahabharata; Canterbury Tales; Coronation Street.
