The Questions
1 Who is the writer that had a childhood doll named She-who-must-be-obeyed?
2 In which Asian country is high-altitude mountaineering prohibited?
3 What is evaluated by the Martindale rub test?
4 Which woman established the Second Order of Saint Francis?
5 Which director has earned more from wine than films?
6 What did Ellen MacArthur accomplish in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, and 33 seconds?
7 The UN headquarters was constructed on land donated by which family?
8 Which footballer is celebrated with the only blue plaque in Barking?
What connects:
9 Al-Idrisi; Behaim; D’Anville; Mercator; Ptolemy?
10 Bong; farang; tom yam; tuk-tuk; wai; wat?
11 Pluto; Ceres; Haumea; Makemake; Eris?
12 Grain crops; mayflies; octopus; salmon; squid; spiders?
13 Dick Powell; Humphrey Bogart; Elliott Gould; Robert Mitchum?
14 Enron; Theranos; Wirecard; WorldCom?
15 Cardinals; Giants; Kings; Panthers; Rangers?
Figured out the Humphrey Bogart clue? Photograph: John Springer
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The Answers
1 The writer who had a childhood doll named She-who-must-be-obeyed is H Rider Haggard.
2 High-altitude mountaineering is banned in Bhutan.
3 The Martindale rub test assesses upholstery fabrics for durability.
4 The Second Order of Saint Francis was founded by Saint Clare of Assisi (Poor Clares).
5 Francis Ford Coppola has made more money from wine than his films.
6 Ellen MacArthur completed a circumnavigation sailing trip in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes, and 33 seconds.
7 The UN headquarters was built on land donated by the Rockefeller family.
8 The only blue plaque in Barking celebrates Bobby Moore, the footballer.
What connects:
9 Al-Idrisi, Behaim, D’Anville, Mercator, and Ptolemy? They are all cartographers.
10 Bong, farang, tom yam, tuk-tuk, wai, and wat? They are all Thai words listed in the OED.
11 Pluto, Ceres, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris? They are all dwarf planets.
12 Grain crops, mayflies, octopus, salmon, squid, and spiders? They are all semelparous, meaning they reproduce only once in certain species.
13 Dick Powell, Humphrey Bogart, Elliott Gould, and Robert Mitchum? They have all portrayed Philip Marlowe on screen.
14 Enron, Theranos, Wirecard, and WorldCom? They are all companies involved in fraud scandals.
15 Cardinals, Giants, Kings, Panthers, and Rangers? They are all big US sports teams sharing names: Arizona and St Louis; San Francisco and New York; LA and Sacramento; Florida and Carolina; New York and Texas.
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