The questions
1 Who perished while her aunt watched The Second Mrs Tanqueray?
2 The SRY gene helps determine what?
3 Which song was partly inspired by a Lancashire council road survey?
4 Which country won no golds when it hosted the Summer Olympics?
5 What major 70s industrial dispute centred on a film processing lab?
6 Which playwright fought at the Battle of Salamis?
7 Who was found in Gough’s Cave, Somerset in 1903?
8 What is South Africa’s judicial capital?
What links:
9 Flt Lt Bram van der Stok; Sgt Per Bergsland; Plt Off Jens Müller?
10 Shirley; Himalayan; Welsh; California; Opium?
11 Lisa Fischer; Clare Torry; Merry Clayton; Judith Hill; Claudia Lennear?
12 Fat Bob; Fat Boy; Softail Slim; Low Rider; Wide Glide?
13 In The Land Of The Soviets; In The Congo; In America?
14 Orionids (Halley); Perseids (Swift-Tuttle); Leonids (Tempel-Tuttle); Taurids (Encke)?
15 Gateway Arch, St Louis; TWA Flight Center, JFK airport; Tulip and Womb chairs?
The answers
1 Matilda (in Belloc poem).
2 A baby’s sex.
3 The Beatles’ A Day In The Life.
4 Canada (Montreal, 1976).
5 Grunwick.
6 Aeschylus (480BC).
7 Cheddar Man.
8 Bloemfontein.
9 Successful Great Escapers.
10 Poppy varieties.
11 Celebrated backing singers.
12 Models of Harley-Davidson motorbike.
13 First three Tintin adventures.
14 Meteor showers (parent comet).
15 Designed by Eero Saarinen.
