The questions
1 What supplanted the great Encyclopedia Galactica?
2 Mary Anning was a pioneer in what scientific field?
3 Which seaside town has memorials to Ho Chi Minh and rapper Eazy-E?
4 The company LVMH is named after which brands?
5 What is the largest species of dolphin?
6 Who painted The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke in Bethlem hospital?
7 Where might a chalazion develop?
8 Which cricketer scored more than 5,000 Test runs against England?
What links:
9 Jennifer Rush; Huey Lewis and the News; Frankie Goes to Hollywood?
10 Frost In May; Charlotte’s Web; Voss; The Goshawk?
11 Bob Hope (19); Billy Crystal (9); Johnny Carson (5); Whoopi Goldberg (4)?
12 Propofol; thiopental sodium; nitrous oxide; ether?
13 Akhenaten; Theodosius I; Henry VIII; Mary I?
14 Duke of Burgundy; wall; ringlet; dingy skipper?
15 Chinese capital; capital at Suva; where Stanley met Livingstone?
The answers
1 The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy.
2 Palaeontology and fossil collecting.
3 Newhaven.
4 Louis Vuitton and Moët Hennessy.
5 Orca (killer whale).
6 Richard Dadd.
7 Eyelid (cyst).
8 Donald Bradman.
9 Hits entitled The Power Of Love (all in 1984/85).
10 Books by Whites: Antonia; EB; Patrick; TH.
11 Academy Awards hosts.
12 Anaesthetics (current and historical).
13 Transformed their state’s religion: introduced Aten cult in Egypt; made Christianity official religion of Roman Empire; broke with Rome; reintroduced Catholicism.
14 UK butterflies.
15 Place names with consecutive dotted letters: Beijing; Fiji; Ujiji (Tanzania).
