The questions
1 What is the still-standing legacy of the 1889 Exposition Universelle?
2 How are girl group Huntr/x described in the title of a Netflix film?
3 What is the only party to get 14m votes in a UK general election?
4 Adventurer Dwayne Fields replaced Bear Grylls in what role?
5 Which two metals make up most of the Earth’s core?
6 Relative to its size, which bird has the longest beak?
7 Which Women’s Super League team is based in Bromley?
8 £90,000 is the threshold for paying what tax?
What links:
9 Margaret Atwood trilogy; Abba’s fourth UK hit; 2020 Christopher Nolan film?
10 Major Stevens; bottle; carpet; rouf; hand; exes; neves; TH?
11 Crabeater; Leopard; Ross; Southern Elephant; Weddell?
12 Craig David; Charlie Dimmock; Benny Hill; John Everett Millais; Rishi Sunak?
13 Brühl’s Terrace; Frauenkirche; Pillnitz Palace; Yenidze factory; Zwinger Palace?
14 Physiological; safety; love; esteem; self-actualisation?
15 Sudeley Castle (6); The Tower (2 and 5); Westminster Abbey (4); Windsor Castle (3); Peterborough Cathedral (1)?
The answers
1 Eiffel Tower.
2 K-pop Demon Hunters.
3 Conservatives in 1992.
4 UK chief scout.
5 Iron and nickel.
6 Hummingbird (sword-billed).
7 London City Lionesses.
8 VAT (turnover).
9 Palindromic titles: MaddAddam; SOS; Tenet.
10 Betting odds slang: evens and 2/1 to 8/1.
11 Antarctic seals.
12 Born in Southampton.
13 Architectural features of Dresden.
14 Psychologist Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
15 Burial places of Henry VIII’s six wives.
