The questions
1 Where in London is the world’s longest single-span roof structure?
2 Who was the first female caddy to win a golf major?
3 Shot in California, the Patterson-Gimlin film is said to show which creature?
4 Which celebration can be al-Fitr or al-Adha?
5 Which writer’s only major prize was the 1974 Somerset Maugham award?
6 What might feature a conning tower?
7 Which primate is the loudest land mammal?
8 Who established the Uraniborg observatory and alchemical lab?
What links:
9 Contained Ten Commandments; Mesoamerican quartz head; Antikythera mechanism?
10 Northern Union; Virginia Slims Circuit; PDC; LIV; WSC?
11 Hundred Flowers; Four Pests; Destruction of Four Olds; Down to the Countryside?
12 North; St George’s; Bristol; English?
13 Oryza sativa; Solanum tuberosum; Triticum; Zea mays?
14 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Che Guevara?
15 NY (2); CT, MA, NH, NJ, PA and RI (one each)?
The answers
1 Wembley Stadium arch.
2 Fanny Sunesson (with Nick Faldo).
3 Bigfoot (sasquatch).
4 Eid.
5 Martin Amis.
6 Submarine (or warship).
7 Howler monkey.
8 Tycho Brahe.
9 Inspired title objects in Indiana Jones films: Lost Ark; Crystal Skull; Dial of Destiny.
10 Breakaway sports organisations: rugby league; tennis; darts; golf; cricket.
11 National campaigns in Mao’s China.
12 Sea channels around the UK.
13 Scientific names of staple crops: rice; potato; wheat; maize.
14 Died (or assumed to have died) in Bolivia.
15 Ivy League universities by US state.
