The questions
1 “Too big for Europe, too small for the world” was Kissinger’s verdict on which country?
2 Which map was modified to make the artwork The Great Bear?
3 What film is about the disappearance of Miss Froy?
4 A memorial to what battle stands at Capel-le-Ferne in Kent?
5 Which condiment is made from reduced trebbiano grape juice?
6 Who is the Master of the Mint?
7 II, 20 and 30 were the remakes of what?
8 What do the walrus and carpenter eat?
What links:
9 Barbary; Capilet; Dobbin; Surrey; Galathe; Curtal?
10 Munchkin; Winkie; Gillikin; Quadling?
11 Wryneck; great spotted; lesser spotted; green?
12 James Braddock; Jake LaMotta; Rubin Carter; Micky Ward?
13 Wonga; mush; chav; cushty?
14 Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray; died outside the Viper Room; Alex Kingston?
15 Witney; Islington North; Westmorland and Lonsdale?
The answers
1 Germany.
2 London Underground.
3 The Lady Vanishes.
4 Battle of Britain.
5 Balsamic vinegar.
6 George Osborne.
7 Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?
8 Oysters (and bread and butter).
9 Named horses in Shakespeare plays.
10 Countries in the Land of Oz.
11 UK woodpeckers.
12 Subjects of boxing biopics: Cinderella Man; Raging Bull; The Hurricane; The Fighter.
13 English words of Romany origin.
14 River: founded R Cafe; R Phoenix; played R Song in Doctor Who.
15 Leaders’ constituencies: Cameron; Corbyn; Farron.
