The questions
1 What 1960 film prompted Observer critic CA Lejeune to resign from her job?
2 What capital was declared an official German letter in 2017?
3 Which singer wore a jumpsuit embellished with GFOS?
4 What dung beetle was revered by the ancient Egyptians?
5 Which society’s motto is “Nullius in verba” (“Take nobody’s word for it”)?
6 What lies roughly between Hamilton, Miami and San Juan?
7 Who undertook the Great Trek?
8 Who started the Hampstead Child Therapy Course in 1947?
What links:
9 Cyril Turpin; Barney Rubble; Frank Spencer; Don Draper?
10 1, red; 2, blue; 3, white; 4, black; 5, orange; 6, black and white stripes?
11 Dance Of The Knights; Jessica; Pop Looks Bach; Approaching Menace; College Boy?
12 Charles Martel; Edward I; Vyacheslav Skryabin; Stanley Burrell?
13 Cervical; thoracic; lumbar; sacral; coccygeal?
14 Shrews; oilbirds and swiftlets; bats; whales; dolphins?
15 Alexander; Berkner; Thurston; Carney; Roosevelt; Siple?
The answers
1 Psycho.
2 Capital eszett (ß).
3 James Brown (Godfather of Soul).
4 (Sacred) scarab.
5 Royal Society.
6 Bermuda Triangle.
7 Dutch settlers in South Africa (19th century).
8 Anna Freud.
9 Fictional characters married to Betty.
10 Greyhound racing trap colours.
11 TV theme tunes: The Apprentice; Top Gear; Ski Sunday; Mastermind; University Challenge.
12 Known as hammers: 8th century Frankish leader; king, H of the Scots; Molotov, Soviet leader, from Russian for hammer; MC Hammer.
13 Types of vertebrae in the spine.
14 Animals that use echolocation.
15 Largest Antarctic islands (south of 60° S).
