The questions
1 Where did Charles II spend 6 September 1651?
2 What natural wonder lies between Argentina and Brazil?
3 Which TV character turned from “Mr Chips into Scarface”?
4 Who is the world’s most expensive female footballer?
5 What was discovered on the De Beer brothers’ farm in 1871?
6 What are categorised by the Köppen classification system?
7 The Bhagavad Gita is part of which larger work?
8 What did Liz Truss brand “a disgrace” at the 2014 Tory conference?
What links:
9 Anne Lister; James Corbett; Joe Perry?
10 Sakha Republic and Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (1st and 3rd); Western Australia (2nd)?
11 Whiteley’s; John Barnes; Peter Jones; Derry & Toms?
12 Chinese board game; Portuguese India; caprine; 4p coin?
13 Beverly and Laurence; Goldberg and McCann; Edward and Lavinia?
14 Assegai; bardiche; partisan; pilum; sarissa?
15 Magnificent; splendid; Twelve-wired; Raggiana; King of Saxony?
The answers
1 Up an oak tree (at Boscobel House).
2 Iguazu Falls.
3 Walter White (according to Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan).
4 Keira Walsh (reported £350,000 from Man City to Barcelona).
5 Diamonds.
6 Climate types.
7 The Mahabharata.
8 Britain importing 2/3 of its cheese (plus apples and pears).
9 Nicknamed Gentleman: diarist G Jack; boxer G Jim; snooker player.
10 World’s largest country subdivisions.
11 Former or current London department stores.
12 Add a letter: Go; Goa; goat; groat.
13 Attendees of play parties: Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party; Pinter’s The Birthday Party; TS Eliot’s The Cocktail Party.
14 Historical pole/spear weapons.
15 Birds of paradise.
• This quiz was amended on 28 November 2022. The answer to question 11 is that they are all former or current London department stores, not just former London department stores as an earlier version said.
