The questions
1 Which children’s author (who died in 1961) published an estimated 100m words?
2 What item of clothing comes from Nîmes via Genoa?
3 Margaretha MacLeod danced under what professional name?
4 Which vast lake is drained by the Angara river?
5 What can be graded I, II* or II?
6 What natural manure comes from seabird excrement?
7 In football refereeing, what is a Dogso?
8 Who graduated bottom of his class at West Point in 1861?
What links:
9 Black; red; ptarmigan; capercaillie?
10 KD Lang; Bell Hooks; Danah Boyd?
11 Shelley on the Peterloo Massacre; Arnold on culture; the Sex Pistols on Britain?
12 Rugged; Golden; White; Warm; of the Sun?
13 Carotid; femoral; aorta; brachial; pulmonary; iliac?
14 Billie Jean King; Martina Navratilova; Clive Lloyd; Dennis Taylor; Reggie Jackson?
15 Sandinista!; All Things Must Pass; The Last Waltz; 69 Love Songs?
The answers
1 Charles Hamilton (aka Frank Richards et al).
2 Denim jeans (name derivations).
3 Mata Hari.
4 Lake Baikal.
5 Listed buildings.
6 Guano.
7 Denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity.
8 George Custer.
9 British grouse.
10 Names usually written in lower case.
11 Anarchy: The Masque Of A; Culture And A; A In The UK.
12 Spanish Costa translations: Brava; Dorada; Blanca; Calida; del Sol.
13 Major arteries.
14 Sportspeople who played wearing glasses.
15 Triple albums: the Clash; George Harrison; the Band; Magnetic Fields.
