The questions
1 The world’s largest ocean current circles which continent?
2 Who was both the 8th US president and the 8th vice-president?
3 Where did Britain’s first nudist beach open in 1980?
4 What term did Liz Hurley coin for non-celebrities?
5 Stubbin and rumpy are local names for what felines?
6 Who was introduced on The Porter Wagoner Show in September 1967?
7 Which country’s postal service stopped delivering letters in December 2025?
8 What was the only spin-off series from Friends?
What links:
9 Royal Ascot; Open golf; Laver Cup; Olympic heptathlon; Cricket World Cup final (in descending order)?
10 Fleet; Holloway; Marshalsea; Millbank; Newgate?
11 Hirundine bird; Idris Elba DCI; male monarch; Mama Used to Say singer?
12 Boy; Baby; Reason; Diary?
13 1981 and 2005; 1973 and 1992; 1986; 1999?
14 Gulf of Mexico; Denali; US Department of Defense?
15 Septimius Severus; Constantius Chlorus; Dick Turpin; Joseph Rowntree?
The answers
1 Antarctica (Antarctic Circumpolar Current).
2 Martin Van Buren.
3 Brighton.
4 Civilians.
5 Manx cats.
6 Dolly Parton.
7 Denmark.
8 Joey.
9 Sport events lasting 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 days.
10 Former London prisons.
11 Martin Luther King Junior: martin bird family; John Luther; king; Junior (Giscombe).
12 Bridget Jones films (final words of titles).
13 Marriage dates of Elizabeth II’s children: Charles; Anne; Andrew; Edward.
14 Renamed by the Trump administration: Gulf of America; Mount McKinley; Department of War.
15 Died in York: Roman emperors; highwayman; philanthropist.
