The questions
1 Which celebrated photo was taken in Hornchurch Country Park?
2 Whose Super Cub is the bestselling motor vehicle ever?
3 Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic?
4 Where have Farc laid down their arms?
5 Why is Venice’s opera house called La Fenice?
6 Which album originally featured a peelable banana sticker?
7 What are divided into 18 groups and seven periods?
8 Which country is known locally as Shqipëria?
What links:
9 Peter Boizot; Dan and Frank Carney; Tom Monaghan; John Schnatter?
10 Meiji; Taisho; Showa; Heisei?
11 American civil war; baseball; jazz; national parks; prohibition?
12 Vauxhall; Nursery; Stretford; Radcliffe Road; Kirkstall Lane?
13 PA: AFP; AP; UPI; Tass; Xinhua?
14 Cocytus; Acheron; Styx; Lethe; Pyriphlegethon?
15 Hons And Rebels; A Life Of Contrasts; Wait For Me!?
The answers
1 Martin Le-May’s “weaselpecker”.
2 Honda (motorbike).
3 Amelia Earhart.
4 Colombia.
5 It rose from the ashes (phoenix).
6 The Velvet Underground & Nico.
7 Elements (periodic table).
8 Albania.
9 Founded pizza businesses: Pizza Express; Pizza Hut; Domino’s; Papa John’s.
10 Japanese imperial eras since 1868.
11 Subjects of Ken Burns’ documentary series.
12 Ends at cricket grounds: Oval; Lord’s; Old Trafford; Trent Bridge; Headingley.
13 News agencies.
14 Rivers of the Underworld in Greek myth.
15 Mitford sisters’ autobiographies: Jessica; Diana; Deborah.
