The questions
1 Where are winning poets chaired and crowned?
2 Which emperor is buried in Farnborough, Hampshire?
3 “Well, here’s to us” is whose only line in the Bond films?
4 Cross Fell is the highest point in which range of hills?
5 Whose PhD was on the Difference between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature?
6 In cricket, what is mankading?
7 Whose 1986 debut album featured advertising slots between tracks?
8 Who was the target of Operation Neptune Spear?
What links:
9 Water polo goalkeeper; Royal Military Police; Catholic cardinal?
10 For the monarchy, 1905; for prohibition, 1919; against EU membership, 1972 and 1994?
11 Portsmouth; Abu Dhabi; New York; Singapore; Montreal?
12 Swimming (2.91%); cycling (77.67%); running (19.42%)?
13 Fila Brasiliero; Japanese Tosa; Dogo Argentino?
14 The Righteous Brothers; Jimmy Young; Robson & Jerome; Gareth Gates?
15 Atlanta, GA; Simi Valley, CA; College Station, TX; Little Rock, AR; Dallas, TX?
The answers
1 National Eisteddfod of Wales.
2 Napoleon III of France.
3 Richard Kiel/Jaws.
4 The Pennines.
5 Karl Marx.
6 Running out non-striking batsman.
7 Sigue Sigue Sputnik’s Flaunt It.
8 Osama bin Laden.
9 Red headwear.
10 Norwegian referendums.
11 (Mainly) island cities.
12 Olympic triathlon (percentage of overall distance covered).
13 Dogs banned in the UK (along with pit bull terriers).
14 Had No 1 hit singles with Unchained Melody.
15 Presidential libraries: Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan; George Bush; Bill Clinton; George W Bush.
