The questions
1 What did Iain Watters consign to the bin?
2 Where was the sea wall and railway line swept away in February?
3 Who finished 67th in the Olympic women’s giant slalom?
4 Which 2014 album was named after its running time?
5 What finished 2,001,926 to 1,617,989?
6 Whose last comedy tour was the aptly titled Quick… Before They Close The Lid?
7 What caused the Doughty Street Chambers website to crash?
8 What ended in Harrogate on 5 July?
9 What was the first 2014 film release to gross $1bn worldwide?
10 Laura Bates founded which campaigning website?
11 Which group’s motto is “Remaining and Expanding”?
12 What were London cabbies protesting about in September?
13 What had a close encounter with Churyumov-Gerasimenko?
14 Where were Mac and Cheese reprieved in November?
15 Kim Kardashian “broke the internet” with a shoot for what mag?
What links:
16 Michael Kane; Robert Jenrick; Douglas Carswell; Liz McInnes; Mark Reckless?
17 Alien; cat; crescent moon; love yer brain; dog, and with a little help from my fwends?
18 Spurs; Kings; Seahawks; Giants?
19 5774-5775; Heisei 26; 1435-1436; 2006-2007; Snake-Horse?
20 Ron Woodroof; Jeanette Francis; Rayon; Patsey?
21 Henri Matisse; Piet Mondrian; JMW Turner; Richard Hamilton; Kazimir Malevich?
22 The Autumn Of The Patriarch; The Conservationist; The Queen And I; The Children Of Men?
23 Australia; Miss France; Night of Thunder; Taghrooda; Kingston Hill?
24 Cormac Murphy-O’Connor (2001); Vincent Nichols (in February)?
25 Anglesey sea salt; West Country beef; West Country lamb?
The answers
1 His baked Alaska (The Great British Bake Off).
2 Dawlish, Devon.
3 Violinist Vanessa-Mae (Vanakorn).
4 Kasabian’s 48:13.
5 Scottish independence referendum.
6 Joan Rivers.
7 Searches for Amal Alamuddin (on her marriage to George Clooney).
8 First stage of the Tour de France.
9 Transformers: Age Of Extinction.
10 Everyday Sexism.
11 Isis/Isil.
12 Uber (and other taxi apps).
13 Rosetta space mission.
14 White House (Thanksgiving turkeys).
15 Paper.
16 Elected in byelections in 2014.
17 Tattoos added in 2014 by Miley Cyrus.
18 2014 US sports champions: San Antonio, basketball; LA, ice hockey; Seattle, NFL; San Francisco, baseball.
19 2014 in other calendars: Hebrew; Japanese; Islamic; Ethiopian; Chinese.
20 Characters played by 2014 acting Oscar winners: Matthew McConaughey; Cate Blanchett; Jared Leto; Lupita Nyong’o.
21 Subject of Tate exhibitions in 2014.
22 Books by writers who died this year: Gabriel Garcia Márquez; Nadine Gordimer; Sue Townsend; PD James.
23 Winners of Classics in 2014: Derby; 1000 Guineas; 2000 Guineas; Oaks; St Leger.
24 British cardinals.
25 Received EU protected status in 2014.
