The questions
1 The King’s Guide to the Sands assists with crossing what?
2 What does the horned lizard squirt from its eye?
3 Rishi Sunak is the first UK prime minister to have which degree?
4 Synonymicon is another name for what type of book?
5 Which British explorer disappeared in the Amazon in 1925?
6 Where do the presidential guard wear a fustanella?
7 Which sailing trophy is known as the Auld Mug?
8 Whose 10th symphony was assembled by Barry Cooper?
What links:
9 Yorkshire; Virgin Mary; student anti-Nazi movement?
10 Lauren James; Millie Bright; Wayne Rooney; David Beckham; Ray Wilkins?
11 Peggy Guggenheim; Igor Stravinsky; Sergei Diaghilev; Ezra Pound?
12 Wales (60th); Northern Ireland (76th); England (113th); Scotland (334th)?
13 Monica Ali; John Steinbeck; Richard Yates; David Mitchell?
14 Kesha; ASAP Rocky; Ty Dolla Sign?
15 Henri IV of France; James II & VII; John Newman; Evelyn Waugh; Graham Greene?
The answers
1 Morecambe Bay.
2 Blood.
3 MBA.
4 Thesaurus.
5 Percy Fawcett.
6 Greece (kilt-like garment).
7 America’s Cup.
8 Beethoven.
9 White Rose symbol.
10 England footballers sent off in the World Cup.
11 Non-Italians buried in Venice.
12 UK saints’ days (number of day in non-leap year).
13 Wrote novels with streets in the title: Brick Lane; Cannery Row; Revolutionary Road; Utopia Avenue.
14 Dollar signs in stage names : Ke$ha; A$AP Rocky; Ty Dolla $ign.
15 Converted to Catholicism.