The questions
1 In 1841 which instrument debuted at an exhibition in Brussels?
2 Bella and Bertie stand on top of which building?
3 What story was inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s postnatal psychosis?
4 Antiqua vs Fraktur was a German dispute over what?
5 What royal event was BBC TV’s first outside broadcast?
6 Which Italian liqueur is made from unripe walnuts?
7 Jane Couch is a pioneer of which sport?
8 Which rulers wore a headcloth called a nemes?
What links:
9 Bread; The Monkees; Minder; Crocodile Shoes; Frasier?
10 Felpersham; Kingsbridge; Christminster; Barchester?
11 Continental; western; semi-western; eastern; Hawaiian?
12 4 (3); 6 (4); 8 (3); 12 (5); 20 (3)?
13 Broken bridge; liquorice; fate of Richard II?
14 Ana de Armas; Michelle Williams; Kelli Garner; Mira Sorvino?
15 Doctor Carrot; Potato Pete; Mrs Sew-and-Sew; Squander Bug?
The answers
1 Saxophone.
2 Royal Liver building (liver birds).
3 The Yellow Wallpaper.
4 Typeface.
5 George VI’s coronation in 1937.
6 Nocino.
7 Women’s boxing.
8 Egyptian pharaohs.
9 TV show theme songs by cast members.
10 Fictional cathedral towns/cities: The Archers; Follett’s Pillars of the Earth; Hardy’s Jude the Obscure; Trollope novels.
11 Grips in tennis.
12 Platonic solids: number of faces (number of sides of faces)
13 Pontefract: name origin (pons fractus); in Pontefract cakes; died in the castle.
14 Played Marilyn Monroe on screen.
15 Second world war poster characters.
