The Questions
1 Who discovered the solution to the enigma of the Sphinx?
2 Which publication holds the record for being the best-selling newspaper in Europe?
3 The stage name of which singer originated from a hearing aid shop in Dublin?
4 What is the largest storm in our solar system called?
5 Which Indian religion considers the Deeds of the 63 Illustrious Men as a significant text?
6 In July, Hannah Dingley achieved what notable milestone in football history?
7 What is the predominant denomination of euro banknotes?
8 Which director referred to a plot device as a McGuffin?
What connects:
9 Tulips in the 1630s, canals in the 1790s, railways in the 1840s, stocks in the 1920s and 1990s?
10 Argos, Black Shuck, Cavall, Garm, Gelert?
11 Kilauea, Mauna Loa, Mauna Kea, Hualalai?
12 Daphne Akhurst Memorial cup, Suzanne Lenglen cup, Venus Rosewater dish?
13 Shakespeare (32,661), Walter Scott (17,104), Chaucer (14,252)?
14 Australian Christmas tree, corpse flower, dodder, mistletoe?
15 Charles Dickens, Harold Brighouse, Pierre Boulle, Boris Pasternak, EM Forster?
The Answers
1 Oedipus.
2 Bild (German tabloid).
3 Bono (Bonavox).
4 Jupiter’s Great Red Spot.
5 Jainism.
6 Hannah Dingley became the first woman to manage an English men’s professional football team (Forest Green Rovers).
7 €50.
8 Alfred Hitchcock.
9 Speculative bubbles: Netherlands; Britain; US.
10 Dogs in myth and legend: The Odyssey; East Anglian legend; Arthurian legend; Norse myth; Welsh legend.
11 Volcanoes on Hawaii.
12 Women’s singles trophies: Australian Open; French Open; Wimbledon.
13 Most-cited individual authors in the Oxford English Dictionary.
14 Parasitic plants.
15 Sources for films directed by David Lean: Great Expectations/Oliver Twist; Hobson’s Choice; Bridge on the River Kwai; Dr Zhivago; Passage to India.
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