The questions
1 Which country is named after the creator god Ptah?
2 What did music writer David Hepworth call “the Somme with Santana”?
3 Which wildlife census attracts more than half a million participants each January?
4 What is the largest blood vessel in the body?
5 China’s Hou Yifan is the women’s world no 1 in what game?
6 Which fabric’s name comes from the Persian for “milk and sugar”?
7 Which philosopher designed the Panopticon prison?
8 Who was infamously acquitted of an 1892 axe murder in Massachusetts?
What links:
9 Yates, white; Cavendish, green; Millar (now York), polka dot; Wiggins, yellow?
10 Curthose; Rufus; Beauclerc?
11 Gentlemen only, ladies forbidden; New York, London; port out, starboard home?
12 Taurus-Littrow (17); Descartes Highlands (16); Hadley-Apennine (15); Fra Mauro (14)?
13 Jonathan Anderson; Matthieu Blazy; Sarah Burton; Demna; Alessandro Michele?
14 Georgie Fame; Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot; Beyoncé and Jay-Z?
15 Mississippi v Loire; East, Harlem and Hudson v Foss and Ouse?
The answers
1 Egypt.
2 Woodstock festival (1969).
3 RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch.
4 Aorta.
5 Chess.
6 Seersucker.
7 Jeremy Bentham.
8 Lizzie Borden.
9 First British cyclists to win Tour de France classifications/jerseys: young rider; points; king of the mountains; general classification.
10 Nicknames of sons of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders: Robert; William; Henry.
11 Folk/bogus etymologies of words: golf; nylon; posh.
12 Moon landing sites for Apollo missions 14-17.
13 Fashion creative directors: Dior; Chanel; Givenchy; Gucci; Valentino.
14 Sang about Bonnie and Clyde.
15 Rivers in new/old cities: New Orleans and Orléans; New York and York.
