The questions
1 Whose PhD was on “The Behaviour of the Mountain Gorilla”?
2 Which book of the Bible is named after a census?
3 Naval Support Facility Thurmont is the formal name of which retreat?
4 What, in South America, is the world’s largest tropical wetland?
5 Which country has the best win ratio in Test cricket?
6 Which museum has a branch in Dundee?
7 Psittacosis is contracted from which animals?
8 Which musical opens with Science Fiction/Double Feature?
What links:
9 1930s outlaw; Algonquin wit; played New York Star columnist?
10 Indonesia (73%); Malaysia (26%); Brunei (1%)?
11 Fight; Thursday Murder; Jane Austen Book; Joy Luck?
12 1; 8; 27; 64; 125; 216; 343?
13 Laser run; show jumping; swimming; fencing?
14 Westminster (I); Caernarfon (II); Windsor (III); Rouen (IV)?
15 Buddy Holly; Madonna; Jackie Wilson; Marvin Gaye; Paul McCartney?
The answers
1 Dian Fossey.
2 Numbers.
3 Camp David, Maryland.
4 Pantanal.
5 Afghanistan (50%).
6 V&A.
7 Parrots (and other birds).
8 The Rocky Horror Show.
9 Parkers: Bonnie; Dorothy; Sarah Jessica (Carrie in Sex And The City).
10 Division of the island of Borneo (% land area).
11 Club novels: Chuck Palahniuk; Richard Osman; Karen Joy Fowler; Amy Tan.
12 Cubes of numbers one to seven.
13 Modern pentathlon events.
14 Birthplaces of King Edwards I-IV.
15 Singers in other artists’ song titles: Weezer; Drake; Van Morrison; Charlie Puth ft Meghan Trainor; Scissor Sisters.
• The answer to clue 8 was amended on 21 June 2021, to give primacy to The Rocky Horror Show stage production, which predated The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Both are correct answers as stage and film versions opened with the same song.
