The questions
1 In 1946, where did the monthly inflation rate reach 41.9 quadrillion per cent?
2 Which mainland English county has two separate coastlines?
3 Before 1827, theft of more than 12 pence was defined as what?
4 Who is the only UK prime minister with a PhD?
5 Which predatory mammals were released in the Cairngorms this year?
6 At what football ground are sweets thrown into the crowd before matches?
7 Which US female lineage-based group is known as DAR?
8 What are the 110 Messier objects?
What links:
9 Locke; Player; Els; Oosthuizen?
10 The Cow; The Cattle; The Bee; The Ant; The Spider; The Elephant?
11 Photoelectric effect; Brownian motion; special relativity; mass-energy equivalence?
12 Dobong; Gangnam; Jung; Songpa (and 21 others)?
13 Harold II, 1066; William II, 1100; Richard I, 1199; future Henry V, 1403?
14 Catherine Parr; Anne Dacier; Constance Garnett; Anthea Bell?
15 Shakespearean lovers (10 and 18); dances (6 and 20); month (14); a southern African people (26)?
The answers
1 Hungary.
2 Devon.
3 Grand larceny.
4 Gordon Brown.
5 Wildcats.
6 Goodison Park (Everton FC).
7 Daughters of the American Revolution.
8 Astronomical objects (catalogued by Charles Messier).
9 South African golfers who won the Open Championship.
10 Surahs of the Qur’an named after animals.
11 Subjects of Einstein’s four “annus mirabilis” papers in 1905.
12 Districts of Seoul.
13 Kings killed or injured by arrows ( debatable in Harold’s case).
14 Celebrated translators: Latin Psalms; Greek poetry; Russian literature; Asterix.
15 Nato phonetic alphabet: Juliett & Romeo; Foxtrot & Tango; November; Zulu.
