The questions
1 Whose “madness” was initially blamed on an excess of pears?
2 When did a foul on Thomas Berthold end in tears?
3 Which award recalls the nickname of the image orthicon tube?
4 Who described her sister’s novel as “knotty as a root of heath”?
5 Which musical’s title was inspired by a Chagall painting?
6 Who was the first senior royal to be convicted of a criminal offence?
7 The Demon, Starchild, Spaceman and Catman made up which group?
8 Whose collection is kept in Pollok Country Park, Glasgow?
What links:
9 Tree (March to May); grass (May to July); weed (June to September)?
10 Ian McShane; Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden; Celia Imrie and Victoria Wood?
11 Alboran; Ligurian; Balearic; Tyrrhenian?
12 German news magazine; Labour-leaning tabloid; Tarkovsky film?
13 Dedham Vale; Stour Valley; Salisbury cathedral; Hampstead?
14 Dartmouth; Eleanor; Beaver (16 December 1773)?
15 Mata Hari; Countess Marie Walewska; Queen Christina of Sweden?
The answers
1 George III.
2 1990 World Cup semi-final (Paul Gascoigne).
3 Emmy (from Immy).
4 Charlotte Brontë (on Wuthering Heights).
5 Fiddler On The Roof.
6 Princess Anne (2002, dangerous dogs).
7 Kiss (make-up personas).
8 Sir William Burrell’s.
9 Main parts of the pollen season.
10 Played antique dealers: Lovejoy; Never The Twain; Acorn Antiques.
11 Seas within the Mediterranean.
12 Mirror: Der Spiegel (M in German); Daily M; M film.
13 Painted by John Constable.
14 Boston Tea Party ships.
15 Real women portrayed by Greta Garbo.
