The questions
1 Who described himself as “an American writer, born in Russia and educated in England”?
2 What are formed in the process of orogeny?
3 Which British comedy sketch is a New Year’s institution across Europe?
4 Badgalriri is whose Instagram username?
5 Where is John Wood the Elder’s Circus?
6 Which controversial journalist is London’s cycling commissioner?
7 Operation Grand Slam was foiled in which book and film?
8 Which football team has won both German and Austrian league titles?
What links:
9 Baguette; radiant; brilliant; princess; heart; arrow?
10 Soldier Lieutenant Kijé; artist Nat Tate; poet Ern Malley; model Allegra Coleman?
11 Law; cage; constant; dark space; disc; effect; ice-pail experiment?
12 The Generation Game; Big Brother; The Voice; Splash!; Deal Or No Deal?
13 Ruth Ginsburg; Sonia Sotomayor; Elena Kagan?
14 Maide Leisg; sheaf toss; weight over the bar; stone put?
15 US, Indian and Nigerian film industries; music theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee?
The answers
1 Vladimir Nabokov.
2 Mountains.
3 Dinner For One.
4 Rihanna.
5 Bath.
6 Andrew Gilligan.
7 Goldfinger.
8 Rapid Vienna.
9 Cuts of gemstone.
10 Hoaxes/nonexistent people.
11 All named after Michael Faraday.
12 TV formats originating in the Netherlands.
13 Women justices of the US supreme court.
14 Highland games events.
15 –wood: Hollywood, Bollywood, Nollywood; Dollywood.
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