The questions
1 What happened on 23 October 4004 BC?
2 What is the UK’s biggest river, as measured by discharge of water?
3 Martin-Baker Ltd claims to have saved 7,580 lives with what device?
4 Which band’s Greatest Hits is the bestselling album ever in the US?
5 What is divided into s, d, f and p blocks?
6 Cavafy’s poem Ithaka was read at whose funeral in 1994?
7 What terrorised the sea around Amity Island?
8 Who is said to have received the stigmata at La Verna, Tuscany?
What links:
9 Bambi; Shepard Fairey; Blek le Rat; King Robbo; Ella & Pitr?
10 Ahmed Best; Peter Mayhew; Anthony Daniels; Kenny Baker?
11 CNSA; ESA; ISRO; JAXA; Roscosmos?
12 New Jersey; Victoria, Australia; Kent?
13 Pied Piper; The Circle; Gryzzl; Clovis; Mapple?
14 Rarotonga; Aitutaki; Mangaia; Atiu; Mitiaro?
15 Cutty Sark; Ana Matronic; vampiric Wesley Snipes; Billy puppet; medical journal?
The answers
1 Creation of the Earth (according to Archbishop Ussher in the 17th century).
2 The Tay in Scotland.
3 Aircraft ejector seat.
4 The Eagles.
5 Periodic table of elements.
6 Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
7 Jaws.
8 St Francis (of Assisi).
9 Graffiti/street artists.
10 Unseen in Star Wars films: Jar Jar Binks; Chewbacca; C-3PO; R2-D2.
11 Space agencies: China; Europe; India; Japan; Russia.
12 Garden nicknames: Garden state; Garden state; Garden of England.
13 Fictional tech companies: Silicon Valley; Dave Eggers novel; Parks and Recreation; Veep; The Simpsons.
14 Cook Islands.
15 Cutting implements: (tea) clipper; Scissor (Sisters singer); Blade (films); Saw (films); Lancet.
