The questions
1 Which newspaper was launched in 1903 as “a reflection of women’s interests”?
2 Which country banned the sale of chewing gum in 1992?
3 The Cotswolds is the biggest of 46 what?
4 What so-called miracle drug is made by Novo Nordisk?
5 Which historian founded Ukip?
6 The nerpa is a seal found only in which freshwater lake?
7 Which royal family descends from one of Napoleon’s marshals?
8 Which Italian novel was named by the New York Times as this century’s best book?
What links:
9 Thomas Parker (1714); Queen Caroline (1729); Prince George (1811-20)?
10 The Act of Killing; Eat Pray Love; The Raid; The Year of Living Dangerously?
11 WR Saxon in Atlanta, 1951; Rosa Parks in Montgomery, 1955?
12 Seventh blue; 15th red; 15th yellow; seventh blue; 12th green; fifth red?
13 Mother Teresa; John Belushi; Dua Lipa; Ava Max; Rita Ora?
14 Eurasian; Iberian; Canada; bobcat?
15 Crouch, Addlestone; Major, Sherwood; Royal, Boscobel?
The answers
1 Daily Mirror.
2 Singapore.
3 National landscapes (formerly areas of outstanding natural beauty).
4 Ozempic (and Wegovy).
5 Alan Sked.
6 Lake Baikal.
7 Bernadotte (Sweden).
8 My Brilliant Friend (Elena Ferrante).
9 Regents.
10 Films set in Indonesia.
11 Refused to give up bus seats.
12 Google logo letters and colours.
13 Albanian heritage.
14 Species of lynx.
15 Celebrated oaks.
