The questions
1 Which woman posed for, and exhibited with, the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood?
2 Until 1914, the North Sea was commonly called what?
3 Which Shakespeare villain says, “I am a villain”?
4 On 29 April 2020, what briefly stretched 477 miles from Texas to Mississippi?
5 Flemish giant is a breed of which pet?
6 What musical movement was the NWOBHM?
7 Who is the only England bowler to take two Test hat-tricks?
8 Which animal rights charity was co-founded in 1980 by Ingrid Newkirk?
What links:
9 Judas Maccabeus; Charles Martel; Edward I; Vyacheslav Molotov?
10 Bingo; Capcom; Fido; Guido; Retro; Surgeon?
11 Shakespeare’s Vortigern; Thomas Rowley’s poems; Howard Hughes’s autobiography?
12 Calanais; Machrie Moor; Ring of Brodgar; Clava Cairns; Kilmartin Glen?
13 16.67 minutes; 27.78 hours; 11.57 days; 31.69 years?
14 Joe Calzaghe; Floyd Mayweather Jr; Natascha Ragosina; Oleksandr Usyk; Andre Ward?
15 M and N (8); A, I and W (4); C and O (3); K, S , T and V (2); D, F, G, H, L, P, R and U (1)?
The answers
1 Elizabeth Siddal.
2 German Ocean.
3 Richard III.
4 Longest lightning bolt ever recorded.
5 Rabbit.
6 New wave of British heavy metal (eg Iron Maiden, Saxon et al).
7 Stuart Broad.
8 Peta.
9 Nicknamed the Hammer: Jewish leader; Frankish warrior; English king; Soviet statesman (surname derivation).
10 Apollo Mission Control acronyms.
11 Literary forgeries: William Ireland; Thomas Chatterton; Clifford Irving.
12 Standing stones in Scotland.
13 Equivalent in seconds (approx): thousand; one hundred thousand; one million; one billion.
14 Undefeated boxing world champions.
15 Number of US states by first letter of name.
