The questions
1 Which famous portrait is claimed to be of Magdalena van Ruijven from Delft?
2 Charon, Styx and Nix are satellites of which body in the solar system?
3 What type of passport was abolished in 1996?
4 Which Commonwealth capital was built by the Knights of St John?
5 Which African-born influencer is the most followed person on TikTok?
6 Whose Book of Household Management was a Victorian bestseller?
7 Which Devon racecourse is the southernmost in Britain?
8 Whose backing band included Wendy & Lisa, Dr Fink and Bobby Z?
What links:
9 Derwent; Dove; Etherow; Goyt; Wye?
10 Luton Town; Oldham Athletic; Preston North End; QPR?
11 Crucifixion; assassination of Abraham Lincoln; signing of Belfast agreement?
12 Ani Mikheeva; Bella Baxter; Evelyn Quan Wang; Tammy Faye Bakker?
13 Lift; drag; thrust; weight?
14 Singer Marc Almond; comedian Thomas Derbyshire; chemist John Farrow?
15 Golden (English); stone (German); royal (French and Spanish)?
The answers
1 Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring.
2 Pluto.
3 British visitor’s passport.
4 Valletta, Malta.
5 Khaby Lame.
6 Isabella/Mrs Beeton.
7 Newton Abbot.
8 Prince (The Revolution).
9 Rivers in the Peak District.
10 Football teams that used to have plastic pitches.
11 Occurred on Good Friday: Jesus in Christian tradition; in 1865; in 1998.
12 Character names of recent best actress Oscar wins: Anora; Poor Things; Everything Everywhere All at Once; The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
13 Four forces of flight.
14 Partnered a Ball: with David Ball in Soft Cell; with Bobby Ball in Cannon and Ball double act; with Richard Ball in paint firm.
15 Golden eagle (name derivations).
