1 Which religious community lives by a set of rules called the Ordnung?
2 Who was born “in a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler”?
3 In what decade did the British Empire reach its territorial peak?
4 What film series was inspired by Racer X, an article in Vibe magazine?
5 Which work by Bach is in all 24 major and minor keys?
6 Which bird can dive at speeds of up to 200 mph?
7 Why has Ethiopia been landlocked since 1993?
8 Which law enforcers wear ceremonial red serge?
What links:
9 Chav; cushti; dinlo; mush; wonga?
10 Katina & Volkova; DeMacque & Holliman; Fahey & Detroit; Quin; Appleby?
11 Choiseul; Santa Isabel; New Georgia; Guadalcanal; Malaita?
12 Eden Project; Camden Sainsbury’s; National Space Centre; Oxford Ice Rink?
13 Stibium; wolfram; aurum; plumbum; kalium; natrium; hydrargyrum?
14 Girona FC; RCD Espanyol; FC Barcelona?
15 Zimbabwe (16); Switzerland (4); Belgium (3); Canada (2); US (none)?
The answers
1 Amish (and some Mennonites).
2 Loretta Lynn (from Coal Miner’s Daughter).
3 1920s.
4 The Fast And The Furious.
5 The Well-Tempered Clavier (48 Preludes and Fugues).
6 Peregrine falcon.
7 Eritrea became independent.
8 Royal Canadian mounted police.
9 Words in English of Romani origin.
10 Surnames of female pop duos: Tatu; Pepsi & Shirlie; Shakespears Sister; Tegan and Sara; Mel and Kim.
11 Major islands of the Solomon Islands.
12 Building designs by Nicholas Grimshaw.
13 Alternative names for elements that give their chemical symbol: antimony, Sb; tungsten, W; gold, Au; lead, Pb; potassium, K; sodium, Na; mercury, Hg.
14 Catalan sides in La Liga.
15 Number of official languages.
