The questions
1 Which dystopian classic was written in a farmhouse on Jura?
2 Berlin graffiti art My God, Help Me To Survive This Deadly Love depicts who kissing?
3 Kellingley in North Yorkshire is the last of what in the UK?
4 Which philosopher designed the Panopticon prison?
5 In football, what is Panenka?
6 Which musical ensemble is abbreviated to OAE?
7 How did solicitor Matthew Dick propose in June?
8 Which titular instrument is played by Tamino?
What links:
9 Broadcasting House; Westminster Cathedral; 55 Broadway; Midland hotel, Morecambe?
10 Eminem; Isaac Hayes; Lionel Richie; Bruce Springsteen; Phil Collins?
11 Osan; Inchon; Imjin river; Heartbreak Ridge; Chosin reservoir?
12 Don DeLillo’s Libra; Stephen King’s 11/22/63; James Ellroy’s American Tabloid?
13 Cumbria, 1957; Pennsylvania, 1979; Ukraine, 1986; Japan, 2011?
14 Joanna Kramer; Zofia Zawistowski; Margaret Thatcher?
15 Scroll; tablet; lyre; flute; tragic and comic masks; cithara; veil; globe and compass?
The answers
1 Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.
2 Honecker and Brezhnev.
3 Working deep coal mine.
4 Jeremy Bentham.
5 Chipped penalty (after Antonin Panenka).
6 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
7 Via the Times crossword.
8 Magic Flute (Mozart opera).
9 Feature sculptures and reliefs by Eric Gill.
10 Won Oscar for best original song.
11 Korean war battles.
12 Novels about JFK assassination.
13 Nuclear accidents: Windscale; Three Mile Island; Chernobyl; Fukushima.
14 Meryl Streep’s Oscar-winning roles.
15 Emblems of the Muses.
