The questions
1 Whose Salvator Mundi went from £45 to $450m in 59 years?
2 In mountaineering, what achievement is abbreviated as FA?
3 Mary Surratt was hanged in 1865 for her part in what?
4 Which online library has more than 70,000 free ebooks?
5 Which African monarch visited Jamaica in 1966?
6 Combatants in the sport of buhurt dress as what?
7 What record of life aspirations was popularised by a Jack Nicholson film?
8 Who revealed the Qur’an to Muhammad?
What links:
9 Pacific climate pattern; Terry Venables; mythical city of gold; Israeli airline?
10 Bauxite; cinnabar; galena; hematite; malachite?
11 Han van Meegeren; Tom Keating; Eric Hebborn; Pei-Shen Qian?
12 Creases (7); Intervals (11); Timed out (40); Unfair play (41)?
13 Charlotte Amalie; Hagåtña; Pago Pago; Saipan; San Juan?
14 Personne n’y avait pensé!; À prendre ou à laisser; Qui veut gagner des millions?
15 Finchley; Maidenhead; South West Norfolk?
The answers
1 Leonardo da Vinci (it is claimed).
2 First ascent.
3 Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.
4 Project Gutenberg.
5 Haile Selassie.
6 Medieval knights.
7 Bucket list.
8 Jibril (Gabriel).
9 El: El Niño; El Tel nickname; El Dorado; El Al.
10 Ores of common metals: aluminium; mercury; lead; iron; copper.
11 Art forgers.
12 Laws of cricket.
13 Capitals of US territories: US Virgin Islands; Guam; American Samoa; the Northern Mariana Islands; Puerto Rico.
14 French game shows/quizshows, versions of: Pointless; Deal or No Deal; Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
15 Constituencies of female UK prime ministers: Thatcher; May; Truss.
