The questions
1 What identically named comic strips debuted in the US and UK in March 1951?
2 Which pharaoh was known by later Egyptians as the Great Ancestor?
3 Which Spanish-language singer is the world’s most-streamed artist?
4 Which big cat has the widest geographical distribution?
5 Who was the first woman to train a Grand National winner?
6 What element has the lowest boiling point?
7 Which artist has museums in Pittsburgh and Slovakia?
8 Which country has more than 9m abandoned homes?
What links:
9 Billie Eilish; George Gershwin; Barry Gibb; Robert Sherman?
10 Annan; Dee; Eden; Esk; Kirtle Water; Nith; Wampool?
11 Lord Kitchener and Mighty Sparrow; nymph of Ogygia; Jacques Cousteau’s ship?
12 Elgin City; Juventus; Marseille; Swindon Town?
13 Barclays; Cadbury; Clarks; Fry’s; Lloyds; Rowntree’s?
14 Rose; tree; bird; arrow; globe; poppy?
15 Nicola Adams; Mel B; Alan Bennett; Erling Haaland; Gabby Logan; Marco Pierre White?
The answers
1 Dennis the Menace.
2 Ramses II.
3 Bad Bunny.
4 Leopard.
5 Jenny Pitman (Corbiere, 1983).
6 Helium (-268.9C).
7 Andy Warhol.
8 Japan.
9 Songwriting partnerships with their brothers.
10 Rivers flowing into the Solway Firth.
11 Calypso: calypso singers; in Homer’s Odyssey; research vessel.
12 Football teams stripped of league titles or promotions.
13 Businesses founded by Quakers.
14 UK political party symbols: Labour; Conservative; Liberal Democrats; Reform; Green; Plaid Cymru.
15 Born in Leeds.
• This article was amended on 12 January 2026 to clarify the answer to question 12.
