The questions
1 Which football director sold her future husband for £400,000?
2 Which comedy character’s look was modelled on 60s singer Peter Asher?
3 John Wheeler coined what term for an intergalactic shortcut?
4 The earliest firearms used what plant as a barrel?
5 Which North American province contains the names of two dogs?
6 Which monarch is the son of Antoinette Gardiner?
7 Which extinct marine creature had a name meaning “three lobes”?
8 What is the busiest UK railway station outside of London?
What links:
9 Lady Marmalade; Michelle; Psycho Killer; Sunday Girl; You Never Can Tell?
10 Head; three-quarters; kit-cat; bishop’s half-length; whole-length?
11 Clipper in Greenwich; flat bonnet; Salinger bestseller; Steinbeck novella?
12 Novak Djokovic (twice); Robin Söderling; Alexander Zverev?
13 Central Park, NY; Victoria Embankment, London; Place de la Concorde, Paris?
14 Tom Byrne and James Murray; Rufus Sewell; Michael Sheen?
15 Grey (5); red (10); blue (20); orange (50); green (100)?
The answers
1 Karren Brady (Paul Peschisolido).
2 Austin Powers.
3 Wormhole.
4 Bamboo (China).
5 Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada).
6 Abdullah II of Jordan.
7 Trilobite.
8 Birmingham New Street.
9 Songs with (some) French lyrics: Labelle; Beatles; Talking Heads; Blondie; Chuck Berry.
10 Sizes of portraits canvases (c1625-1850).
11 Inspired by works of Robert Burns: Cutty Sark; tam o’shanter; The Catcher in the Rye; Of Mice and Men.
12 Only players to beat Rafael Nadal in the French Open singles.
13 Location of Egyptian obelisks.
14 Played Prince Andrew on screen: The Crown; Scoop; A Very Royal Scandal.
15 Colours of euro banknotes.
