1 Who criticised women’s fiction in the essay Silly Novels By Lady Novelists?
2 In what sport do competitors aim for the K point or beyond?
3 In Tudor England, what was the “King’s great matter”?
4 Gail Bradbrook and Roger Hallam are the founders of which protest movement?
5 The toco is the largest species of what tropical bird?
6 What was launched into low Earth orbit on 25 April 1990?
7 Which play is named after the Earl of Loam’s butler?
8 Which country is employing the Belt and Road Initiative?
What links:
9 Emperor Nero; Boris Onishchenko; Ben Johnson; Camiro the horse?
10 Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Tamil; English?
11 Recursion; anagram; askew; Festivus; in 1998?
12 Blemish; burrower; causeway; chocolate sauce; unit of measurement?
13 David Rose; Vincente Minnelli; Sidney Luft; Mark Herron; Mickey Deans?
14 New York; Barrytown; Balkan; Regeneration; Cromwell?
15 Jo Frost; Noel Fitzpatrick; Sue Perkins & Giles Coren?
The answers
1 George Eliot.
2 Ski jumping.
3 Henry VIII’s efforts to end his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
4 Extinction Rebellion.
5 Toucan.
6 Hubble Space Telescope.
7 The Admirable Crichton (by JM Barrie).
8 China (development strategy).
9 Cheated at the Olympics: chariot racing, AD67; modern pentathlon, 1976; 100m, 1988; show jumping, 2008.
10 Official languages of Singapore.
11 Google search “Easter eggs”.
12 Mole (various definitions).
13 Husbands of Judy Garland.
14 Literary trilogies: Paul Auster; Roddy Doyle; Olivia Manning; Pat Barker; Hilary Mantel.
15 TV Supers: Supernanny; Supervet; Supersizers
