The questions
1 Who went from being North Studio to Old Man Crazy to Paint?
2 In what game might a bidding box be used?
3 Unusually, what can wax moth larvae eat?
4 Byrhtnoth’s death in 991 is the subject of which poem?
5 Where is bile stored in the body?
6 Which US state has two Ivy League colleges?
7 What is formed in Burma by the N’mai and Mali rivers?
8 What London society awards the Frink medal?
What links:
9 Chinese crested; Peruvian Inca orchid; Xoloitzcuintli; Argentine Pila?
10 Isca Dumnoniorum and Lindum Colonia, via Aquae Sulis?
11 Heat; Chill; Short; Boss; Sleep; Lebowski?
12 Boss; brandy; coleslaw; cookie; gherkin; landscape; spook (linguistically)?
13 Scurvy; rickets; beriberi; pellagra?
14 The Bedwetter; Yes Please; Bossypants; Not That Kind of Girl?
15 Channel; East Goodwin; Greenwich; Sandettie; Sevenstones; Varne?
The answers
1 Hokusai (meaning of name, to Gakyo Rojin Manji).
2 Bridge.
3 Plastic (polyethylene).
4 The Battle of Maldon.
5 Gallbladder.
6 New York (Columbia and Cornell).
7 Irrawaddy (or Ayeyarwady) river.
8 Zoological Society of London.
9 Hairless dog breeds.
10 Fosse Way Roman road (Exeter and Lincoln, via Bath).
11 The Big… films.
12 Words in English from Dutch.
13 Diseases caused by vitamin deficiencies: C; D; B1; B3.
14 US comedians’ memoirs: Sarah Silverman; Amy Poehler; Tina Fey; Lena Dunham.
15 Lightvessels (Trinity House).
