The questions
1 Earth and which other planet have polar ice caps?
2 Which London parade has a proverbially disappointing aftermath?
3 Which pop star’s real middle names include Pirate?
4 Streymoy is the largest island in which archipelago?
5 What defines a “unicorn” business startup?
6 Which engineer was nicknamed the Colossus of Roads?
7 Native to Asia, what is the longest venomous snake?
8 The Inseparables is a rediscovered novel by which thinker?
What links:
9 Geddington; Hardingstone; Waltham; Eleanor of Castile?
10 Arabian Nights translation and Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont?
11 Nastase; Connors (x2); Tanner; McEnroe?
12 Laughing; with two circles; with beret; at the age of 63?
13 Mank; The Girl; My Week with Marilyn; Saving Mr Banks?
14 Merovech; Charlemagne; Hugh Capet?
15 Thiamin; riboflavin; niacin; biotin; folic acid?
The answers
1 Mars (carbon dioxide and water ice).
2 Lord Mayor’s Show.
3 Billie Eilish.
4 Faroe Islands.
5 Valuation of over $1bn.
6 Thomas Telford.
7 King cobra.
8 Simone de Beauvoir.
9 Edward I’s queen and her surviving memorial crosses (Waltham was original name).
10 Film couple’s literary namesakes: books written by Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
11 Beaten by Björn Borg in Wimbledon men’s singles finals.
12 Rembrandt self-portraits.
13 Films about making (real) films: Citizen Kane; The Birds; The Prince and the Showgirl; Mary Poppins.
14 Gave names to French royal dynasties: Merovingian; Carolingian; Capetian.
15 Vitamin Bs: B1; B2; B3; B7; B9.
