1 Which vessels were deemed “underhand, unfair and damned un-English”?
2 In economics, what characterises a Minsky moment?
3 Which bird of prey is nicknamed the skydancer?
4 Who are commemorated by the Thiepval Memorial?
5 Facehuggers and chestbursters feature in which film series?
6 What punctuation mark is an eroteme?
7 Steiff Bär 55 PB was a prototype of what?
8 In what sport does the libero wear a different colour jersey from his or her team-mates?
What links:
9 Kedleston Hall; Harewood House; Culzean Castle; Pulteney Bridge?
10 Frankie Laine (18); Bryan Adams (16); Wet Wet Wet and Drake (15)?
11 Lukash Dairy; The Bears; Bedrock Boulders; Springfield Isotopes?
12 Alkyl nitrites; The Poverty Of Historicism; Friday Night Dinner?
13 Bodmin Moor pub; first Mrs de Winter; Philip Ashley’s relative; Arne’s patriotic song?
14 G-D-A-E; C-G-D-A; C-G-D-A; E-A-D-G?
15 Billund; Windsor; Günzburg; Malaysia; California; Florida?
The answers
1 Submarines (by Admiral Arthur Wilson).
2 Sudden collapse of asset prices.
3 Hen harrier.
4 The missing of the Somme.
5 Alien(s).
6 Question mark.
7 Teddy bear.
8 Volleyball.
9 Designed by Robert Adam.
10 Weeks spent as number one singles: I Believe; Everything I Do; Love Is All Around; One Dance.
11 Fictional baseball teams: League Of Their Own; Bad News Bears; Flintstones; Simpsons.
12 Poppers: inhaled drugs; work by Karl Popper; TV comedy by Robert Popper.
13 Daphne du Maurier novels: Jamaica Inn; Rebecca; My Cousin Rachel; Rule Britannia.
14 String standard tunings: violin; viola; cello; double bass.
15 Legolands.
