The questions
1 Which islands lie at the centre of the western hemisphere?
2 Who delivered the Ain’t I a Woman? speech in 1851?
3 What’s the only non-metallic substance that expands when it freezes?
4 Judith Miller was an authority on the value of what?
5 Which machine reaps, threshes and winnows in a single action?
6 What reality TV show launched in 1992 on MTV?
7 What, in County Antrim, is the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery?
8 Who was the worst witch?
What links:
9 Holland (Ireland); England (Wales); Scotland (Trinidad); Brazil (Scotland)?
10 Human fingernail; porcupine quill; rhino horn; snake’s rattle?
11 South Shetland Islands; South Orkney Islands; Queen Elizabeth Land?
12 Al Green; MC Hammer; Ma$e; Cat Stevens; Daddy Yankee?
13 Gaucho; seven minutes in polo; Stamford Bridge team; New Zealand capital?
14 English civil war (1215-17); Crusade (1239-41); English civil war (1264-67)?
15 Frank Cottrell-Boyce; Alex Garland; Aron Ralston; Vikas Swarup; Irvine Welsh?
The answers
1 Galápagos Islands.
2 Sojourner Truth.
3 Water.
4 Antiques.
5 Combine harvester.
6 The Real World.
7 Bushmills.
8 Mildred Hubble (Jill Murphy books).
9 Footballers (nation represented): Matt H; Mike E; Jason S; Alan B.
10 Composed (primarily) of keratin.
11 Parts of British Antarctic Territory.
12 Retired from musical careers for religion.
13 Boots: cowboy; chukka; Chelsea; Wellington.
14 Barons’ wars: First Barons’ War; Barons’ Crusade; Second Barons’ War.
15 Wrote books filmed by Danny Boyle: Millions; The Beach; 127 Hours; Slumdog Millionaire; Trainspotting.
