The questions
1 What did a former yacht showroom on Whitworth Street in Manchester become?
2 Who “foresees his death” in a poem by Yeats?
3 Which radio quiz turns 70 this year?
4 What is the only fan-owned major league sports team in the US?
5 Which invasive plant has the botanical name Fallopia japonica?
6 Which orchestra’s home is the Musikverein?
7 What anti-hunting group was founded in 1924?
8 Which Trieste suburb gives its name to a sparkling wine?
What links:
9 Clifton; Vilani; Kovalev; Skorjanec; Cacace?
10 Bamboo; sportive; hairy-eared dwarf; ring-tailed; mouse; woolly?
11 Mario Puzo; Joseph Conrad; SE Hinton; Bram Stoker?
12 Kalends; Nones; Ides?
13 Barnard; Bryn Mawr; Mount Holyoke; Smith; Wellesley?
14 Charcoal; Chicago; Geneva; Sand; Skia; Textile?
15 Portugal; South Korea; Ghana; Egypt; Peru?
The answers
1 Hacienda club.
2 An Irish Airman.
3 Round Britain Quiz.
4 Green Bay Packers.
5 Japanese knotweed.
6 Vienna Philharmonic.
7 League Against Cruel Sports.
8 Prosecco.
9 Last five professional Strictly winners.
10 Types of lemur.
11 Francis Ford Coppola film adaptations: The Godfather; Apocalypse Now; The Outsiders and Rumble Fish; Dracula.
12 Reference days of the Roman month.
13 US “Seven Sisters” colleges that remain women-only.
14 Apple trademarked fonts.
15 Home countries of recent UN secretary generals.
