The questions
1 What is the UK’s only (mainly) German-language No 1 single?
2 What three verdicts are available in Scottish criminal trials?
3 Which 70s film had the tagline “Hell, upside down”?
4 How long is a chiliad?
5 Which Byzantine empress was a bear keeper’s daughter?
6 Steel Dragon 2000 in Kuwana, Japan, is the world’s longest what?
7 Which big cat’s name come from Quechuan?
8 Which lawn game was a medal sport at the 1900 Olympics?
What links:
9 American hare; embodiment of winter; Stuart executions; fat-free diet; Peasants’ Revolt?
10 Edward Jenner; Louis Pasteur; Jonas Salk; Sarah Gilbert?
11 Dome of Discovery; Skylon; Shot Tower; Telecinema; 1851 Centenary Pavilion?
12 Red Hot Pop; Now Get Out of That; Yellow Pearl; Whole Lotta Love?
13 Josiah Amberley; Mr Melas; Jonas Oldacre; Neville St Clair; Godfrey Staunton?
14 Andreanof; Fox; Four Mountains; Near; Rat (but not Commander)?
15 Zimbabwean swimmer; German fencer; Belgian sailor?
The answers
1 Falco’s Rock Me Amadeus.
2 Guilty, not guilty and not proven.
3 The Poseidon Adventure.
4 1,000 years.
5 Theodora (sixth century).
6 Rollercoaster (2,479m).
7 Puma.
8 Croquet.
9 Jacks: jackrabbit; Jack Frost; carried out by Jack Ketch; Jack Sprat; one of the leaders was Jack Straw.
10 Vaccine developers: smallpox; various; polio; Covid-19.
11 Venues/features of the Festival of Britain (South Bank exhibition).
12 Top of the Pops theme tunes.
13 Title characters in Sherlock Holmes stories: Retired Colourman; Greek Interpreter; Norwood Builder; Man with the Twisted Lip; Missing Three-Quarter.
14 Aleutian Island groups that are part of Alaska (Commander group is Russian).
15 Recent IOC presidents: Kirsty Coventry; Thomas Bach; Jacques Rogge.
