The questions
1 What were joined in 1397 by the Kalmar Union?
2 Thank You For Being A Friend was which sitcom’s theme song?
3 How did Flaviu make headlines in Devon?
4 Which aristocrat is the subject of the opera Powder Her Face?
5 What did Euclid define as “a breadthless length”?
6 In 1963, Richard Vaughan was the last British man to do what?
7 Motorsport Nascar is the National Association for what?
8 André Cox is the 20th general of which organisation?
What links:
9 Aostan; Jersey Legal; Meridional; Belgian; Swiss?
10 Deborah Kerr; Audrey Hepburn; Marilyn Monroe; Natalie Wood?
11 BT; BP; HR; RR (medically)?
12 Cathedrals of the Assumption, Archangel Michael and the Annunciation?
13 Middlesbrough; Real Madrid; West Bromwich Albion; Sunderland?
14 Zhu Bajie; Napoleon; Empress of Blandings; Wilbur; Gub-Gub?
15 37.5% (9); 75% (18); 91.6% (22); 100% (24)?
The answers
1 Kingdoms of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
2 The Golden Girls (and The Golden Palace).
3 Escaped lynx.
4 Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll.
5 A line.
6 National Service.
7 Stock Car Auto Racing.
8 The Salvation Army.
9 European varieties of French.
10 Singing voices dubbed by Marni Nixon.
11 Vital signs: body temperature; blood pressure, heart rate; respiratory rate.
12 Cathedrals within the Moscow Kremlin.
13 Former clubs of England managers: McClaren; Capello; Hodgson; Allardyce.
14 Fictional pigs: Journey to the West; Animal Farm; in PG Wodehouse; Charlotte’s Web; Doctor Dolittle.
15 Gold purity: percentage and carats.
