The questions
1 Who met at Dartford station on 17 October 1961?
2 Goldfish belong to which family of fish?
3 Which Briton was the first woman to edit the New Yorker?
4 Which monster blocked the road to Thebes?
5 What is opened with a Dutch reach?
6 Where do winning teams get between 16 and 24 points?
7 Which conflict was incited by the Ems telegram?
8 The term “global village” was coined by which Canadian theorist?
What links:
9 Listing; joining; gapping; bracketing?
10 Krakowiak; kujawiak; mazur; oberek?
11 Merrick Garland; Harriet Miers; G Harrold Carswell; Robert Bork?
12 Gastornis; Kelenken; Argentavis; Haast’s eagle?
13 New York; Eastbourne; London; Giffnock; Edinburgh?
14 Brutus; Leir; Vortigern; Clotenus; Uther?
15 Rihanna; Anne Heche; Janet Leigh?
The answers
1 Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
2 Carp.
3 Tina Brown.
4 Sphinx.
5 Car door (with far hand, to encourage awareness of cyclists).
6 Cricket’s County Championship.
7 Franco-Prussian war.
8 Marshall McLuhan.
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9 Types of comma.
10 Polish folk dances.
11 Failed US supreme court nominees.
12 Extinct giant birds.
13 Birthplaces of recent PMs: Johnson; May; Cameron; Brown; Blair.
14 Legendary kings of Britain.
15 Played Marion Crane: Bates Motel; Psycho (1998 remake); Psycho.
