The questions
1 What did 176,632 people claim as their religion in the 2011 census?
2 Karelia is divided between which two countries?
3 Which earthwork is named after an eighth-century king of Mercia?
4 Which philosopher was the subject of the fanzine Judy!?
5 Olympus Mons is 16 miles high and 374 across. Where is it?
6 Who was jailed in 1927 for writing and performing in a play called Sex?
7 Which US state’s name starts with two vowels?
8 Who judged between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite?
What links:
9 Elizabeth Tower; St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham; St George’s Cathedral, Southwark?
10 Ratel; Apis mellifera; Ursula Andress; Sugar Puffs?
11 Thomas Mann; Benjamin Britten; Luchino Visconti?
12 Nancy Drew; Bobbsey Twins; Dana Girls; Hardy Boys; Tom Swift?
13 Fire; animal entrails; bird flights; tea leaves; stars; cards; the hand?
14 Caroline of Ansbach; Augusta of Hesse-Kassel; Kate Middleton?
15 Zinedine Zidane; Bob Paisley; Carlo Ancelotti?
The answers
1 Jedi (in England and Wales).
2 Russia and Finland.
3 Offa’s Dyke.
4 Judith Butler.
5 Mars.
6 Mae West.
7 Iowa.
8 Paris.
9 Designed by Augustus Pugin.
10 Honey: honey badger; honey bee; played Honey Ryder in Dr No; Honey Monster mascot.
11 Death in Venice: wrote novella; wrote opera; directed film.
12 Mystery book series produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate.
13 All used in forms of fortune-telling.
14 Duchesses of Cambridge.
15 Won three European Cups as manager.
