The questions
1 Which female physicist was Nobel nominated 48 times, without success?
2 Simeon I of Bulgaria was the first ruler to use what title?
3 Which two capitals stand on the Mekong River?
4 Who ran the Kings Road boutique Sex?
5 What broadcast its 10,000th episode in February?
6 In which Shakespeare play does Achilles appear?
7 After the second world war, what was a DP?
8 The Grand Mosque in Djenné, Mali is the largest building made of what?
What links:
9 TLC; Ludacris; OutKast; T.I.; Lil Jon; Future?
10 Brown; light blue; pink; orange; red; yellow; green; dark blue?
11 Melville; Kangaroo; Groote Eylandt; Bathurst; Fraser?
12 Livin’ La Vida Loca; Idris Elba; Elvis; Larry Hagman?
13 Instagram; WhatsApp; Oculus; FriendFeed?
14 FA Cup; Ryder Cup; Leeds Piano Competition; Summer Olympics; UK general election?
15 Andrew Johnson; Bill Clinton; Donald Trump?
The answers
1 Lise Meitner.
2 Tsar.
3 Vientiane (Laos) and Phnom Penh (Cambodia).
4 Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren.
5 Coronation Street.
6 Troilus and Cressida.
7 Displaced person.
8 Mud bricks.
9 Hip-hop acts from Atlanta.
10 Monopoly property groups, going around the board.
11 Largest Australian islands (after Tasmania).
12 Martin Luther King Jr: (sung by Ricky) Martin; (played) Luther; (nicknamed The) King; (played) JR (in Dallas).
13 Companies bought by Facebook.
14 Events that happen every: year; two years; three years; four years; five years (according to Fixed-term Parliaments Act).
15 Only formally impeached US presidents.
