The questions
1 Whose pet is a black labrador called Connie Paulgrave?
2 Who said, “If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker”?
3 The Talmud was written in Hebrew and which other language?
4 What gift scheme was launched by publisher Harold Raymond?
5 What does something “pavonine” resemble?
6 Which artist said that his masterpiece was the Rosaire Chapel in Vence?
7 Which off-Broadway musical ran from 1960 to 2002?
8 What was launched the night Grace Archer died?
What links:
9 Freedom of the Church (1); remarriage of widows (8); fish weirs (33); application of justice (40)?
10 Thames at Southwark; Colorado river at Lake Havasu City?
11 Radio series (1978); novel (1979); TV series (1981); film (2005)?
12 Stidda; ’Ndrangheta; Camorra; Sacra Corona Unita?
13 23 July to 22 August; Peugeot; eggs; English and Scottish crown?
14 Henri Gaudier-Brzeska; Rudolph Valentino; Mahler; Tchaikovsky; Liszt?
15 Valérie; Carla and Cécilia; Bernadette; Danielle?
The answers
1 Vladimir Putin.
2 Albert Einstein.
3 Aramaic.
4 National Book Tokens.
5 A peacock.
6 Henri Matisse.
7 The Fantasticks.
8 ITV.
9 Clauses of the Magna Carta.
10 Spanned by London Bridges.
11 The Hitchhikers’ Guide To The Galaxy timeline.
12 Italian organised crime groups.
13 Lion symbols: Leo zodiac sign; car maker; food quality mark; royal emblems.
14 Subjects of Ken Russell biopics.
15 French “first ladies” since 1981, with: Hollande; Sarkozy; Chirac; Mitterrand.
