The questions
1 Dorothy Parker “fwowed up” in a New Yorker review of which children’s book?
2 What is Iceland’s only native land mammal?
3 Kaplinsky and Cole were the debut winners of which contest?
4 Where in London is the largest covered public square in Europe?
5 Which guide featured drawings of Charles and Edeltraud Raymond?
6 Which combat sport takes place in an octagon?
7 Einhard’s Vita Karoli Magni was a biography of whom?
8 The Seto Inland Sea separates what?
What links:
9 Moirai; Parcae; Norns?
10 George Weah; Imran Khan; Romário; Seb Coe; Vitali Klitschko?
11 Beach Boys; Yes; UB40; Bucks Fizz; En Vogue?
12 Calamus; vane; rachis; barbs?
13 Panama, 1st; Liberia, 2nd; Marshall Islands, 3rd; Hong Kong, 4th?
14 JS; WF; CPE; JCF; JC?
15 Glenda Jackson; Fiona Shaw; Maxine Peake; Harriet Walter; Janette Tough?
The answers
1 The House At Pooh Corner.
2 Arctic fox.
3 Strictly Come Dancing.
4 British Museum (Great Court).
5 The Joy Of Sex.
6 UFC/MMA.
7 Charlemagne.
8 Three of the four main islands of Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu).
9 Fates in mythologies: Greek; Roman; Norse.
10 Went from sport into politics.
11 Groups that split into rival versions.
12 Parts of a feather.
13 Largest ship registers, by tonnage.
14 Musical Bachs: JS and sons.
15 Played male roles: King Lear; Richard II; Hamlet; Henry IV; Wee Jimmy Krankie.
