The questions
1 Who is the only Christian to have ruled China?
2 Which art movement was named from a Tracey Emin insult?
3 What delicacy is a Wigan slappy?
4 Which ancient tree stands in a Perthshire churchyard?
5 In an 1818 novel, who said: “I am thy creature: I ought to be thy Adam”?
6 Which Commonwealth country’s official language is Portuguese?
7 An authority on cocktails, what is the IBA?
8 Which entertainment awards had 86 categories this year?
What links:
9 Ox; eagle; lion; man?
10 Kirsty Lang; Tom Sutcliffe; Nick Clarke?
11 Arabian; Bactrian; wild Bactrian?
12 Weber Cup; Mosconi Cup; Ryder Cup; Solheim Cup?
13 Brayton; Carnot; Otto; Rankine?
14 Malaysia; Cameroon; Ghana; Nigeria; St James’s Gate, Dublin?
15 Daphne Bridgerton; Anna Leonowens; Marwood?
The answers
1 Chiang Kai-shek.
2 Stuckism.
3 Pie in a bread roll.
4 Fortingall yew.
5 Frankenstein’s monster.
6 Mozambique.
7 International Bartenders Association.
8 Grammys.
9 Traditional artistic depictions of the four evangelists: Luke; John; Mark; Matthew.
10 Hosts of Radio 4’s Round Britain Quiz (since 1997).
11 Species of camel.
12 Europe v US sporting competitions: tenpin bowling; pool; men’s golf; women’s golf.
13 Thermodynamic cycles in engineering.
14 Locations of Guinness breweries.
15 The I in “and I” works: The Duke and I (first Bridgerton book); The King and I musical; Withnail and I film.
