1 Chemist Donna Nelson was science adviser on what TV series?
2 Who carries a tablet reading July IV MDCCLXXVI?
3 Who partnered Martina Navratilova to 21 grand slam doubles titles?
4 What shape are sheep and goats’ pupils?
5 Which composer was the “London Bach”?
6 In Japan, what characterises the phenomenon of hikikomori?
7 Which of the Brontës’ novels is subtitled “An Autobiography”?
8 Which Caribbean capital was abandoned after a 1995 volcanic eruption?
What links:
9 Magna Carta; Urban Broughton; Commonwealth Air Force; JFK; Elizabeth II?
10 George of Lydda; Beowulf; Siegfried; Bard the Bowman?
11 Gerald Kaufman; Peter Tapsell; Alan Williams; Tam Dalyell?
12 Triton; Nereid; Naiad; Thalassa; Despina; Galatea (plus at least seven more)?
13 Highest credit rating; loudest/softest music dynamics; sinister white-hooded group; Vin Diesel film?
14 Sophocles; Euripides; Richard Strauss; Eugene O’Neill?
15 Forth Bridge; Hamburg warehouses; Champagne vineyards and cellars?
The answers
1 Breaking Bad.
2 Statue of Liberty.
3 Pam Shriver.
4 Rectangular.
5 Johann Christian Bach.
6 Acute social withdrawal (usually men).
7 Jane Eyre.
8 Plymouth, Montserrat.
9 Memorial and statues at Runnymede.
10 Slayed dragons: St George; medieval poem; Nibelungenlied; The Hobbit.
11 Fathers of the House of Commons.
12 Moons of Neptune.
13 Triple letters: AAA; FFF, fortississimo, and PPP, pianississimo; KKK; XXX.
14 Electra works: E play; E play; Elektra opera; Mourning Becomes E play.
15 Awarded Unesco World Heritage status in July.
