The questions
1 Where has Dr Orchid replaced Mrs White?
2 What plays an Aeolian harp?
3 What symbol originated as the ligature of the letters “et”?
4 Gatcombe Park is the country home of which royal?
5 Which book features the anthem Beasts Of England?
6 Regional governors in the Achaemenid Empire were called what?
7 Which astronomer defended his mother in a witchcraft trial in the 1620s?
8 In England and Wales, what characterised a “thankful village”?
What links:
9 Peter Dickson; Marcus Bentley; Redd Pepper?
10 Unilever; Philips; Shell; TomTom; Endemol?
11 Eastern; Central; Mountain; Pacific; Alaskan?
12 Pelé; Vavá; Geoff Hurst; Zinedine Zidane?
13 St Catherine’s College, Oxford; Egg, Swan and Ant chairs; Danish embassy, London?
14 Spaghetti; pike; longneck; moray; conger?
15 Telesilla; Melinno; Sappho; Erinna; Nossis; Praxilla?
The answers
1 Cluedo/Clue game.
2 Wind.
3 & (ampersand).
4 Princess Anne.
5 Orwell’s Animal Farm.
6 Satraps.
7 Johannes Kepler.
8 No casualties in the first world war.
9 Voiceover artists: X Factor; Big Brother; film trailers.
10 Dutch (or Anglo-Dutch) companies.
11 Times zones in continental USA.
12 Scored three goals in World Cup finals.
13 Designed by architect Arne Jacobsen.
14 Types of eel.
15 Female Ancient Greek poets.
