The questions
1 Which English composer died at the Battle of the Somme?
2 In 1960, who made a speech lasting four hours 29 minutes at the UN?
3 Which biologist coined the term “agnostic”?
4 Who’s the only player to have scored 20,000-plus runs and taken 500-plus wickets in international cricket?
5 Which dystopia could be 232.8°C?
6 What, originally, had feet of clay?
7 Which visual aid was developed in 1887 by Adolf Fick?
8 The French territory Saint Pierre and Miquelon lies off which country?
What links:
9 Leopold; Albertina; Belvedere; Essl; Mumok?
10 Desperate Remedies; HMS Victory; South Australian wine; Bane?
11 Fess; pale; bend; bend sinister; saltire; pall; chevron?
12 Aristide Bruant; May Belfort; Jane Avril; Cha-U-Kao; Louise Weber?
13 Methane (1); ethane (2); propane (3); butane (4); pentane (5)?
14 Arthur of Brittany; Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury?
15 Eddie; Skeleton Uncle Sam; Dropout Bear; Buffalo Man?
The answers
1 George Butterworth.
2 Fidel Castro.
3 TH Huxley.
4 South Africa’s Jacques Kallis.
5 Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451.
6 Statue in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream.
7 Contact lenses.
8 Canada (Newfoundland).
9 Museums in Vienna.
10 Thomas/Tom Hardy: wrote novel; captained at Trafalgar; founded company; played in The Dark Knight Rises.
11 Partitions of the shield in heraldry.
12 Entertainers painted by Toulouse-Lautrec.
13 Alkanes (number of carbon atoms).
14 (Probably) murdered by royal uncles: King John; Richard III.
15 Music mascots: Iron Maiden; Grateful Dead; Kanye West; Jamiroquai.
