The questions
1 Ariel by André Maurois was the first of what?
2 “Travail, famille, patrie” was the motto of which state?
3 Long-serving royal steward William Tallon had whatnickname?
4 Aunt Jobiska’s nephew was lacking which digits?
5 What is the only Unesco world heritage site in Northern Ireland?
6 What distinguishes ratite birds?
7 Which chancellor of the exchequer died in office in 1970?
8 A Sammarinese is a native of where?
What links:
9 Edmund Beckett Denison; George Mears; Benjamin Hall; Elizabeth II?
10 Tom Sawyer; Jane Eyre; Oliver Twist and David Copperfield; Jude Fawley?
11 The Peacock; the Eye; the Alphabet?
12 California; Speciale; Spider; Berlinetta; FF?
13 Sharjah; Ajman; Fujairah; Ras al-Khaimah; Umm al-Quwain?
14 Desire to travel; joy in others’ misfortune; a weary feeling about life?
15 Leicester; Everton; Fulham; Leeds; Blackpool; Liverpool; Manchester United (2); West Ham (3)?
The answers
1 Penguin books (1935).
2 Vichy France.
3 Backstairs Billy.
4 Toes (Pobble in Edward Lear poem).
5 Giant’s Causeway (and Causeway Coast).
6 Flightless (flat breastbone).
7 Iain Macleod.
8 San Marino.
9 Big Ben: designed clock; cast bell; possible source of name; tower renamed after.
10 Orphan title characters in 19th-century novels.
11 US TV network nicknames: NBC; CBS; ABC.
12 Current Ferrari models.
13 UAE emirates, other than Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
14 Best expressed in German: wanderlust; schadenfreude; weltschmerz.
15 Clubs of England’s 1966 World Cup final team.
