The questions
1 What is the world’s most widely used psychoactive drug?
2 What does the GPT of ChatGPT stand for?
3 Which construction did IK Brunel call “my first child, my darling”?
4 Where, in the late 19th century, did the Meiji Restoration take place?
5 Katherine Johnson famously made calculations for which organisation?
6 Which UK city has Linen, Cathedral and Titanic quarters?
7 Tudor Close in Rottingdean is said to have inspired what board game?
8 What ended on Black Tot Day in 1970?
What links:
9 Barbz; Beyhive; Little Monsters; Lizzbians; Swifties?
10 Connor (1895); Ruth (1921); Aaron (1974); Bonds (2007)?
11 Anne of Denmark; Henrietta Maria; Elizabeth II?
12 Light yellow; muscular; aficionado; to polish?
13 Belmont; Emley Moor; Winter Hill; Crystal Palace; Mendlesham?
14 Man in the Iron Mask; Marquis de Sade; Voltaire?
15 Night of the Hunter; One-Eyed Jacks; Harlem Nights; Whip It?
The answers
1 Caffeine.
2 Generative pre-trained transformer.
3 Clifton Suspension Bridge.
4 Japan.
5 Nasa.
6 Belfast.
7 Cluedo.
8 Royal Navy’s daily rum ration.
9 Nicknames for fanbases: Nicki Minaj; Beyoncé; Lady Gaga; Lizzo; Taylor Swift.
10 Progression of baseball’s career home run record.
11 Mothers of King Charles I, II and III.
12 Definitions of buff.
13 Transmitting stations.
14 Imprisoned in the Bastille.
15 Only film directed by various actors: Charles Laughton; Marlon Brando; Eddie Murphy; Drew Barrymore.
