The questions
1 Which three current national capitals have hosted the Winter Olympics?
2 Eliza Davis protested to Dickens that which character was a negative stereotype?
3 What is the world’s heaviest snake?
4 Hitler, Mussolini and FDR all died in which month?
5 What type of mechanical device is a paternoster?
6 In US medicine, DSM-5 is the list of what?
7 The Grand Banks lie off which Atlantic island?
8 Where were three Carlist wars fought in the 19th century?
What links:
9 Middle; archbishop or urban; 360 degrees; 50th anniversary; acceded 1837?
10 Arcesius; Laertes; Odysseus; Telemachus?
11 All-seeing eye; square and compasses; sheaf of corn; acacia tree?
12 Argentina; Australian Aboriginal; Bangladesh; Japan; North Macedonia?
13 Rod Steiger; Robert De Niro; Tom Hardy; Stephen Graham?
14 Bual; malmsey; sercial; verdelho?
15 Mecca (4th); Shanghai (3rd) Kuala Lumpur (2nd); Dubai (1st)?
The answers
1 Oslo, Sarajevo and Beijing.
2 Fagin in Oliver Twist.
3 Green anaconda.
4 April 1945.
5 Continuously revolving lift.
6 Mental disorders (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).
7 Newfoundland.
8 Spain.
9 London Underground lines: Central; Metropolitan; Circle; Jubilee; Victoria.
10 Family line of Greek hero Odysseus: grandfather; father; himself; son.
11 Masonic symbols.
12 Flags featuring suns.
13 Played Al Capone on screen: Al Capone; The Untouchables; Capone; Boardwalk Empire.
14 Grapes/main types of Madeira wine.
15 Locations of world’s tallest skyscrapers: Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower; Shanghai Tower; Merdeka 118; Burj Khalifa.
