The questions
1 A Brief History Of France (1837) was the first book published in what?
2 What is the largest monkey?
3 Delia Derbyshire was a pioneer of what form of music?
4 Which company uses around a quarter of the world’s hazelnuts?
5 Who died of “pure displeasure and melancholy” in 1471?
6 The Lewis chessmen were carved from what material?
7 Which detective was named after an Elizabethan actor?
8 Which German region had a team in the 1952 Olympics?
What links:
9 Dried grapes; Saronic Gulf and the Ionian Sea; sporting amateurism?
10 Charles de Gaulle; Cavour; Admiral Kuznetsov; Queen Elizabeth?
11 Adamantium; dalekanium; tritanium; unobtanium?
12 Robinette; John; Hussein; Walker?
13 Puffling; squab; colt; keet; cygnet?
14 Roulin, Gachet and Trabuc families; Adeline Ravoux?
15 Gedun Drupa (1st) and Tenzin Gyatso (14th)?
The answers
1 Braille.
2 Mandrill.
3 Electronic music.
4 Ferrero (Nutella etc).
5 Henry VI (according to a Yorkist account).
6 Walrus ivory.
7 Ngaio Marsh’s Roderick Alleyn (after Edward Alleyn).
8 Saarland.
9 Corinth: origin of word currant; linked by Corinth canal; Corinthian spirit.
10 Aircraft carriers (and flagships): French Navy; Italian Navy; Russian Navy; Royal Navy.
11 Fictional materials: Marvel/Wolverine; Doctor Who; Star Trek; Avatar.
12 Middle names of US Presidents: Biden; Trump; Obama; Bush.
13 Young of birds: puffin; pigeon; crane; guinea fowl; swan.
14 Portraits painted by Van Gogh.
15 Dalai Lama: first and current.
