The questions
1 Georgina Ballantine set what record on the river Tay in 1922?
2 Which play is performed to trick a drunk Christopher Sly?
3 The Flynn effect observes that what are increasing worldwide?
4 Which Scottish team played in two FA Cup finals?
5 What was shrift, as in short shrift?
6 What was first synthesised in 1938 by Albert Hofmann?
7 Which lizard is native to five of the Lesser Sunda islands?
8 What shortlived weekend newspaper launched in 1989?
What links:
9 Nutmegger; Tar Heel; Hoosier; Buckeye; Okie?
10 Amnesty fundraiser; Charles Jolly music hall song; Flann O’Brien novel?
11 Baku; Makhachkala; Turkmenbasy; Rasht; Aktau?
12 Samuel Pepys; Jane Austen; Thomas Hardy; Katherine Mansfield; Mary Wollstonecraft; Dorothea Jordan?
13 Charlotte Edwards; Fara Williams; Rochelle Clark?
14 Karma; Bhakti; Raja; Jnana?
15 Karen Carpenter; Micky Dolenz; Levon Helm; Phil Collins; Don Henley?
The answers
1 UK rod-caught salmon (64lb).
2 The Taming Of The Shrew.
3 IQ/intelligence test scores.
4 Queen’s Park (1884, 1885).
5 Penance.
6 LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).
7 Komodo dragon.
8 The Sunday Correspondent.
9 Nicknames for natives of US states: Connecticut; North Carolina; Indiana; Ohio; Oklahoma.
10 Policeman: Secret P’s Ball; Laughing P; The Third P.
11 Cities on the Caspian Sea: Azerbaijan; Russia; Turkmenistan; Iran; Kazakhstan.
12 Subjects of biographies by Claire Tomalin.
13 Most-capped players for England women: cricket; football; rugby union.
14 Four paths of yoga.
15 Singing drummers.
