The questions
1 Where did Simeon Stylites spend 37 years in the fifth century?
2 Who coined the term “the banality of evil” and about whom?
3 Which Georgian church stands on the corner of Trafalgar Square?
4 What 2003 document plagiarised work by Ibrahim al-Marashi?
5 Who played Foxy Brown and Jackie Brown?
6 What are thrown in an annual festival in Buñol, Spain?
7 Which country was ruled by queens from 1890 to 2013?
8 Which battle ended French rule in Indochina?
What links:
9 Mary Lou McDonald; Arlene Foster; Colum Eastwood; Robin Swann?
10 Harvard (surface temperature); Morgan-Keenan (luminosity)?
11 Prince Philip; Robert Mapplethorpe; Christopher Isherwood?
12 Dura mater; arachnoid mater; pia mater?
13 Denbies; Camel Valley; Biddenden; Chapel Down; Nyetimber?
14 Paddington Bear; Daniel Craig; Ernie?
15 London penguin pool; Spa Green estate; Highpoint flats; Finsbury Health Centre?
The answers
1 On top of a pillar, near Aleppo.
2 Hannah Arendt and Adolf Eichmann.
3 St Martin-in-the-Fields.
4 UK government Iraq dossier (dodgy dossier).
5 Pam Grier.
6 Tomatoes (La Tomatina).
7 The Netherlands.
8 Dien Bien Phu.
9 NI party leaders: Sinn Féin; DUP; SDLP; Ulster Unionist.
10 Systems of star classification.
11 Played by Matt Smith.
12 Meninges (around brain and spinal cord).
13 UK vineyards.
14 Bond: created by Michael B; plays James B; generates numbers of winning premium Bs.
15 Designed by Berthold Lubetkin.
