The questions
1 Who is the only British female singer with seven No 1 singles (including as a featured artist)?
2 What was the alias of 15th-century criminal chaplain Robert Stafford?
3 What became the world’s first $5tn company in 2025?
4 Which hat was banned in Turkey in 1925?
5 D.G.REX.F.D is written on what everyday items?
6 Slightly Included and Very Slightly Included are grades of what?
7 What is North America’s “other” US?
8 Which watersport is usually added to make a quadrathlon?
What links:
9 Arctos (lay down); americanus (fight back); maritimus (goodnight)?
10 Dunkery Beacon; High Willhays; Urra Moor?
11 Fools and Mortals; Hamnet; King of Shadows; Nothing Like the Sun?
12 Roger Ebert; Philip French; Pauline Kael; Derek Malcolm; David Thomson?
13 Harmondsworth Barn, Hillingdon; Mathematical Bridge, Cambridge; Greensted church, Essex?
14 BYD; Changan; Chery; Geely; GWM?
15 Jack Broughton; London Prize Ring; Marquess of Queensberry?
The answers
1 Jess Glynne.
2 Friar Tuck.
3 Nvidia.
4 Fez.
5 Charles III coins.
6 Diamond clarity.
7 Mexico.
8 Kayaking.
9 Adaptation of bear safety rhyme: brown; black; white/polar.
10 Highest points in “moor” national parks: Exmoor; Dartmoor; North York Moors.
11 Novels featuring Shakespeare: Bernard Cornwell; Maggie O’Farrell; Susan Cooper; Anthony Burgess.
12 Celebrated film critics.
13 Historic buildings/structures made from wood.
14 Chinese automakers.
15 Historical sets of boxing rules.
