The questions
1 Whose 2014 wedding speech praised his wife as the “ideal celebrity”?
2 The Dodo was native to which island?
3 What did Eric Thompson adapt from Serge Danot?
4 Traudl Junge was whose last private secretary?
5 What is Britain’s bestselling magazine?
6 Devadatta tried repeatedly to kill which religious leader?
7 The Al Ahly versus Zamalek football derby takes place in which city?
8 How does an extra “ne” lose 16.047kg?
What links:
9 Ralph Lauren; Lloyds Bank; Hermès; Ferrari; Porsche?
10 Lannisport; Qarth; King’s Landing; Braavos; Astapor?
11 Joe Girardi; Joe Torre; Buck Showalter; Stump Merrill; Bucky Dent?
12 Pushkin; Rimsky-Korsakov; Peter Shaffer; Falco?
13 James Francis Edward; Charles Edward Louis John Casimir Sylvester Severino Maria; Henry Benedict?
14 Argentina; Australia; Chile; France; New Zealand; Norway; UK?
15 Changes; My Generation; You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet; Psycho Killer; I Feel For You?
The answers
1 Kanye West (of Kim Kardashian).
2 Mauritius.
3 The Magic Roundabout series.
4 Hitler.
5 TV Choice.
6 Buddha.
7 Cairo.
8 UK ton/tonne (1,016.047kg v 1,000kg).
9 Business logos featuring horses.
10 Cities in Song Of Ice And Fire/Game Of Thrones.
11 New York Yankees managers since 1989.
12 Mozart and Salieri: wrote M&S play, inspiring M&S opera and Amadeus play; sang Rock Me A.
13 Jacobite/Stuart claimants to be: James III; Charles III; Henry IX.
14 Have made a territorial claim to Antarctica.
15 Songs featuring stuttering, by David Bowie; the Who; BTO; Talking Heads; Chaka Khan.
