The questions
1 Who said, “I am Richard II, know ye not that?”
2 Who understudied Charlie Chaplin in Fred Karno’s Army?
3 Where is the Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane?
4 Which mustelid is named for its sweet tooth?
5 Who is the first person to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket?
6 Which grass is used to make clothes, furniture and scaffolding?
7 Located in Teddington, what is the NPL?
8 Which ancient civilisation used a sexagesimal number system?
What links:
9 Atlas; Greek for bear; peaceful; compass point; Asian subcontinent?
10 Air superiority; Maya; Phthalo; YInMn; International Klein?
11 Tony Benn; Quintin Hogg; Alec Douglas-Home; Antony Lambton?
12 Supermodels; Snipcock & Tweed; Yobs; Celeb; It’s Grim Up North London?
13 Single (400,000); album (100,000); DVD (25,000)?
14 Olympus Mons; Arsia Mons; Ascraeus Mons; Elysium Mons?
15 Mapp And Lucia; Land Of Hope And Glory; Lord Of The World; The Temple Of Mut In Asher?
The answers
1 Elizabeth I (in 1601).
2 Stan Laurel.
3 Gotham City (Batman stories).
4 Honey badger.
5 Chris Gayle.
6 Bamboo.
7 National Physical Laboratory.
8 Sumerian/Babylonian.
9 Name origins of oceans: Atlantic; Arctic; Pacific; Southern; Indian.
10 Shades of blue.
11 Disclaimed peerages.
12 Cartoon regulars in Private Eye.
13 Units for gold BPI certification.
14 Mountains on Mars.
15 Works by the Benson siblings: EF; AC (words); Robert; Margaret.
