The questions
1 What is “posh bingo”, according to Julian Barnes?
2 Which two European states have areas of less than 1 square mile?
3 Joyce Cansfield was which gameshow’s first champion (1982)?
4 A plangonologist collects what?
5 Anson Jones was the fourth and last president of which republic?
6 The Book of Kells is kept in which library?
7 Sabermetrics is the empirical analysis of which sport?
8 Who were the Norse “choosers of the slain”?
What links:
9 Titan, Derbyshire; Gaping Gill, Yorkshire; Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, Wales?
10 Mugger; Saltwater; Freshwater; Nile; Orinoco; American?
11 Dodie Smith; Carlo Collodi; Felix Salten; Rudyard Kipling; PL Travers?
12 Girls’ Generation; BTS; Twice; EXO; iKon; Red Velvet?
13 US Defense Department; Chinese army; Walmart; McDonald’s; NHS?
14 Vanity Fair; the New Yorker; Talk; the Daily Beast?
15 Gee; lawks; zounds; heck; tarnation; egad?
The answers
1 The Booker prize.
2 Vatican City and Monaco.
3 Countdown.
4 Dolls.
5 Texas.
6 Trinity College, Dublin.
7 Baseball.
8 Valkyries.
9 Major UK caves.
10 Crocodile species.
11 Disney film sources: 101 Dalmatians; Pinocchio; Bambi; The Jungle Book; Mary Poppins.
12 K-Pop (Korean) acts.
13 World’s biggest employers.
14 Edited by Tina Brown.
15 Minced oaths: Jesus; Lords; God’s wounds; hell; damnation; a God.
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