The questions
1 Which star-crossed lovers had a son called Astrolabe?
2 What was stolen from Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, on 20 March 1966?
3 Which Disney princess is named after a vegetable?
4 What is claimed to be buried in Docksway landfill in Newport, Wales?
5 Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa and Rosé make up which group?
6 In the night sky, what is scintillation?
7 Which gem is made from a type of coal?
8 Which Booker prize winner comes from a samurai family?
What links:
9 Harald Hardrada; James IV; Mary, Queen of Scots; Napoleon III?
10 Cumberland; Glamorgan; Gloucester; Lincolnshire; Manchester?
11 Ball, clubs, hoop, ribbon and rope?
12 Death’s cloak; Hades’ helmet; Sauron’s ring?
13 All sad, TX; device porn, RI; dottier, MI; organ ache, AK; salvages, NV?
14 3 or 11 (1/18); 4 or 10 (1/12); 5 (1/9); 7 (1/6)?
15 Bath bun; doorbell; irrepressible; nice-looking; outsider; sympathizer (in the OED)?
The answers
1 Peter Abelard and Héloïse.
2 Fifa World Cup trophy.
3 Rapunzel (German name for lamb’s lettuce).
4 Hard drive with 8,000 bitcoin.
5 Blackpink.
6 Twinkling of stars.
7 Jet.
8 Kazuo Ishiguro.
9 Foreign monarchs who died in England: Norway; Scotland; Scotland; France.
10 Types of UK sausage.
11 Apparatus used in rhythmic gymnastics.
12 Make the wearer invisible: Harry Potter; Greek myth; Lord of the Rings.
13 Anagrams of US cities and state abbreviation: Dallas, Texas; Providence, Rhode Island; Detroit, Michigan; Anchorage, Alaska; Las Vegas, Nevada.
14 Probabilities of rolling totals with two six-sided dice.
15 Words with first recorded usages in the writings of Jane Austen.
