The questions
1 Roman defeats at Asculum and Heraclea gave rise to what expression?
2 Which rodent was “excessively impertinent in his manners”?
3 Which museum is built on the site of the Coppergate dig?
4 Which philosopher’s sister co-founded an Aryan colony in Paraguay?
5 What folk song features four herbs?
6 Which army corps has a centaur on its badge?
7 What is the common name for deuterium oxide?
8 What is divided into 114 suras?
What links:
9 Bristol Beaufighter; Michael Holding; Ted Lowe; Bob Harris?
10 Black bile; yellow bile; blood; phlegm?
11 Compass point; holy person; Illinois city; Biblical sacred song?
12 Brunei; Oman; Malaysia (nine constituent states)?
13 Gamages; Swan & Edgar; Bourne & Hollingsworth; Dickins & Jones?
14 The Lodge; 7, Lok Kalyan Marg; 24 Sussex Drive; Premier House?
15 Photographer Lillian Mountweazel; Agloe, NY; esquivalience; zzxjoanw?
The answers
1 Pyrrhic victory (for the Greek king Pyrrhus in 279 and 280BC.)
2 Squirrel Nutkin (in the Beatrix Potter book.)
3 Jorvik Viking Centre, York.
4 Friedrich Nietzsche (Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche.
5 Scarborough Fair (parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme).
6 Royal Army Veterinary Corps.
7 Heavy water (D2O).
8 Qur’an.
9 Nicknamed “whispering”: second world war aircraft, known as whispering death; fast bowler, also whispering death; snooker commentator; DJ.
10 Four humours of ancient medicine.
11 Children of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West: North; Saint; Chicago; Psalm.
12 Sultanates.
13 Defunct London department stores.
14 Commonwealth prime ministers’ official residences: Canberra, Australia; New Delhi, India; Ottawa, Canada; Wellington, New Zealand.
15 Fictional entries in reference works/maps (used as copyright traps).
