The questions
1 Edinburgh teacher Christina Kay inspired which character?
2 Which Englishman is a patron saint of Germany?
3 What is the only great ape in Asia?
4 What term for favouritism comes from Latin for nephew?
5 In recycling, what is cullet?
6 Which ex-prime minister infamously hosted a TV chat show?
7 In 1571, Fatehpur Sikri became the capital of which empire?
8 Marmalade was originally made from which fruit?
What links:
9 Dartmouth, Devon; Annapolis, Maryland; Lanvéoc, Brittany?
10 Carduelis carduelis; Carel Fabritius; Donna Tartt?
11 Tarsal (7); phalange (14); metatarsal (5)?
12 Jennings; Gunter; Shilton; Dalglish?
13 Apostate emperor; Moby; last Stuart monarch; first Hanoverian; TV Mallett?
14 Carder; leafcutter; mining; honey?
15 Horatio Nelson; Saddam Hussein; Edward Colston?
The answers
1 Jean Brodie (in the Muriel Spark novel).
2 St Boniface.
3 Orangutan.
4 Nepotism.
5 Broken or waste glass.
6 Harold Wilson.
7 Mughal empire.
8 Quince.
9 Location of naval academies: Britain; US; France.
10 The goldfinch: scientific name; painted 1654 picture; wrote novel.
11 Bones of the foot.
12 Most-capped footballers of home nations: Pat, Northern Ireland; Chris, Wales; Peter, England; Kenny, Scotland.
13 Enid Blyton’s Famous Five: Julian; Dick; Anne; George; Timmy.
14 Types of bee.
15 Statues destroyed/removed: Dublin, 1966; Baghdad, 2003; Bristol, 2020.
