The questions
1 Who was the first woman in France to get a doctorate?
2 Philip II of Spain and James Bond shared which motto?
3 Which country’s national anthem is Jana Gana Mana?
4 What slope of rock fragments forms below a limestone scar?
5 Which three best picture Oscar-winners have four-letter titles?
6 American and Chinese are the two surviving species of which reptile?
7 The Final in 1986 was whose farewell concert?
8 Which cat was left £1.3m in Karl Lagerfeld’s will?
What links:
9 Kelpie; morgen; naiad; nixie; shuimu?
10 1 (1); 2 (2); 3 (6); 4 (24); 5 (120); 6 (720); 7 (5040)?
11 Melissa; Deborah; Albus Dumbledore?
12 Thorburn; Doherty; Robertson; Brecel?
13 King Croesus; Marcus Crassus; John D Rockefeller?
14 Ballet Shoes; Blithe Spirit; Live Forever; The Supervet?
15 Nobel peace prize, 1966-67; Turner prize, 1990; Wodehouse prize, 2018?
The answers
1 Marie Curie.
2 The world is not enough (Orbis non sufficit).
3 India.
4 Scree slope (or talus).
5 Gigi, Argo and Coda.
6 Alligator.
7 Wham!
8 Choupette.
9 Water spirits: Scottish; Welsh; Greek; German; Chinese.
10 Factorials (eg 6! = 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1).
11 Named after bees: in Greek; in Hebrew; in Harry Potter.
12 Non-UK world snooker champions.
13 Proverbially rich people.
14 Noels: book by Noel Streatfeild; play by Noël Coward; song by Noel Gallagher; TV series with Noel Fitzpatrick.
15 Annual prizes that weren’t awarded.
