The questions
1 Which three crops provide just under half of global calories?
2 What is the UK’s tallest bird?
3 Which group were tried en masse at York Castle in 1813?
4 Which South American country lost its last glacier in 2024?
5 Where was the papacy based for most of the 14th century?
6 Which single-issue party was founded by James Goldsmith?
7 Which surname connects Proust and Pirates of the Caribbean?
8 Which Roman roads meet at High Cross, Leicestershire?
What links:
9 Forrest & Reid; Hodges & Peacock; Moore & Prater; Pettigrew & Chacon?
10 Aberystwyth; Cambridge; Dublin; Edinburgh; London; Oxford?
11 Balloon; bishop; dolman; juliet; leg of mutton; raglan?
12 Giroud; Kane; Klose; Riva; Villa?
13 The Truths We Hold; The Art of the Deal and Hillbilly Elegy?
14 Bessie Bellwood; Marie Lloyd; Lily Morris; Vesta Victoria; Nellie Wallace?
15 Byker Wall; Falowiec; Karl-Marx-Hof; Park Hill; Pruitt-Igoe?
The answers
1 Rice, wheat and maize.
2 Crane.
3 Luddites.
4 Venezuela.
5 Avignon.
6 Referendum party.
7 Swann (In Search of Lost Time and film series).
8 Watling Street and Fosse Way.
9 Surnames of pop duos: Althea & Donna; Chas & Dave; Sam & Dave; Charles & Eddie.
10 Location of legal deposit libraries.
11 Types of sleeve.
12 Leading men’s national football goalscorers: France; England; Germany; Italy; Spain.
13 Books by 2024 US election candidates: Harris; Trump and Vance.
14 Music hall stars.
15 Social housing projects: Newcastle; Gdańsk; Vienna; Sheffield; St Louis.
