The questions
1 What did LA plumber George Holliday videotape on 3 March 1991?
2 Named after a Greek god, what is Earth’s largest land biome?
3 Abigail, in November 2015, was the first what?
4 Which literary character says, “Come not, Lucifer! I’ll burn my books!”?
5 Which Play School presenter sits in the House of Lords?
6 What cricket fixture was played from 1806 until 1962?
7 Which rescue organisation is based in Poole, Dorset?
8 The Kanneh-Mason siblings are famous names in what field?
What links:
9 Babington; Parry; Ridolfi; Throckmorton?
10 Bleu; saignant; à point; bien cuit?
11 Basilisk lizard; fishing spider; jacana; pond skater; Clark’s grebe?
12 Virginia (8); Ohio (7); New York (5); Arkansas, California, Hawaii (one each)?
13 Enhanced Fujita; Modified Mercalli; Saffir-Simpson; Torino?
14 Ben Bradlee; Walt Disney; Jim Lovell; Colonel Tom Parker; Chesley Sullenberger?
15 Clarissa Strozzi; Charles V with a dog; Philip II; Pope Paul III and his grandsons?
The answers
1 Rodney King beating.
2 Boreal forest (taiga).
3 Named storm in the UK.
4 Dr Faustus (Marlowe play).
5 Floella Benjamin.
6 Gentlemen v Players.
7 RNLI.
8 Classical music.
9 Plots against Elizabeth I.
10 Ways of having your steak in France.
11 Animals that can “walk” on water.
12 Birth states of US presidents.
13 Scales used to measure natural phenomena: tornadoes; earthquakes; hurricanes; hazard from near-Earth objects.
14 Played on film by Tom Hanks: The Post; Saving Mr Banks; Apollo 13; Elvis; Sully.
15 Portraits painted by Titian.
