The questions
1 Who was elected Anti-H Block MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone in 1981?
2 A derny is used in which Olympic event?
3 Which British mammal suffers from a form of leprosy?
4 What footwear brand’s name means Hawaiians in Portuguese?
5 Which New York City boroughs have the most and least subway stations?
6 Which country lost its coastline after the War of the Pacific?
7 In Scotland, what is a but and ben?
8 Natalie Maines, Emily Robison and Martie Maguire make up which group?
What links:
9 Knox; Kidd; McClaren; Ryan; Queiroz; Smith; Phelan?
10 The nasopharynx to the middle ear (approx 3.5cm)?
11 Royal Pavilion, Brighton; Over The Top painting; A Beautiful Mind film?
12 Razzies; Ig Nobel Prizes; Darwin Awards; Carbuncle Cup?
13 Lion (1); Hind (3); Boar (4); Birds (6); Bull (7); Cattle (10)?
14 Ferritic; austenitic; martensitic; duplex; precipitation hardening?
15 Buffy Summers; Jon Snow; Kenny McCormick; Bobby Ewing?
The answers
1 Bobby Sands.
2 Keirin cycling (motorised pace-setter).
3 Red squirrel.
4 Havaianas.
5 Brooklyn and Staten Island (170 and 0).
6 Bolivia.
7 Two-roomed cottage.
8 The Dixie Chicks.
9 Alex Ferguson’s assistant managers at Manchester United.
10 Eustachian (or auditory) tube.
11 John Nash (various): designed; painted; mathematician, subject of film.
12 Unconventional awards: worst films; unusual research; odd deaths; worst building.
13 Labours of Hercules.
14 Types of stainless steel.
15 Resurrected characters: Buffy The Vampire Slayer; Game Of Thrones; South Park; Dallas.
