The questions
1 What female form of address was first proposed in 1901?
2 Which 1950s cult novel was written on a 120-foot roll of paper?
3 Which insurgency was led by Subcomandante Marcos?
4 What is the SI unit of energy?
5 Young Boys v Old Boys was a 2017 cup tie in which country?
6 Wagyu is a term for what animals?
7 Where did Santos succeed Bartlet?
8 What musical group was known as the MJQ?
What links:
9 Crucial; Kurupt; West; Norwich and North Norfolk Digital?
10 London (8); rest of England (52); Scotland (6); Wales (4); NI (3)?
11 Thoory; bahri; deglet noor; dayri; medjool?
12 Florence Dixie novel; The Faerie Queene; Britten opera; Jubilee barge?
13 Ústí nad Labem; Dresden; Wittenberg; Magdeburg; Hamburg?
14 Raven; chough; jay; rook; jackdaw?
15 Larry Page and Sergey Brin; BackRub; 10 to the power of 100?
The answers
1 Ms.
2 Jack Kerouac’s On The Road.
3 Zapatistas (Mexico).
4 Joule.
5 Switzerland (Berne v Basel).
6 Japanese beef cattle.
7 West Wing, as US president.
8 Modern Jazz Quartet.
9 Fictional radio stations: Lenny Henry; People Just Do Nothing; Shoestring; Alan Partridge.
10 MEPs.
11 Varieties of date.
12 Gloriana.
13 Cities on the river Elbe.
14 Members of the crow family.
15 Google: founders; original name; googol, inspired name.
