The questions
1 Which prime minister was too tall to be a bus conductor?
2 What was definitively established in 1921 at Newlyn in Cornwall?
3 Which trade union was founded at the Lenin Shipyard?
4 Donatien Alphonse François were the forenames of which libertine?
5 Which island is home to the world’s largest breeding colony of Manx shearwaters?
6 The “soixante-huitards” took part in what?
7 Who won three Olympic golds riding Valegro?
8 The Tiangong programme was China’s effort to build what?
What links:
9 Adam; Eric; Kristoff; Phillip; John Smith?
10 Bunny ear; corn cob; domino; Joseph’s coat; Peruvian old man?
11 London (1966, 1975 and 1991); Johannesburg (2010, 2003 and 1995)?
12 Erythrocytes; leukocytes; platelets; plasma?
13 Corrosion; exploding bomb; flame; gas cylinder; skull and crossbones?
14 Dominic; Lucy; Christopher; Vincent of Saragossa?
15 The Vicar of Wrexhill; The Warden; A Summer in Brittany; The Choir?
The answers
1 John Major.
2 UK mean sea level.
3 Solidarity (Gdansk).
4 Marquis de Sade.
5 Skomer.
6 1968 protests in France.
7 Charlotte Dujardin.
8 Space station.
9 Love interests of Disney princesses: Belle; Ariel; Anna; Aurora; Pocahontas.
10 Types of cactus.
11 Hosted (men’s) World Cup final: football, cricket and rugby union.
12 Main components of blood.
13 Hazardous substances pictograms.
14 Saints giving their names to Caribbean countries: Dominican Republic; Saint Lucia; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
15 Books by various Trollopes: Frances Milton; Anthony (her son); Thomas (his brother); Joanna (distantly related).
