The questions

1 What distinguished the assassination of James Stewart, the first Earl of Moray, in Linlithgow in 1570?

2 Who can be contacted at PO Box 3255, SW1P 1AE?

3 “The sea is calm tonight” is the first line of which poem?

4 Which Russian city was hit by a 500-kiloton meteor explosion in 2013?

5 What are illustrated on a circle of fifths?

6 Which cricket teams have contested the Anthony De Mello trophy since 1951?

7 Which season runs from 1 June to 30 November?

8 What medical breakthrough was inspired by milkmaids?

What links:

9 Malcolm Little; Jamie Smith; Vin Diesel; Brisbane beer?

10 Carol Danvers; Jen Walters; Ororo Munroe; Natasha Romanova?

11 Maçonnais; Chablis; Beaujolais; Côte de Beaune?

12 Frank Sinatra; Hello; Gerard Kenny; Sting; the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl?

13 Solonetz; Podzols; Gleysols; Fluvisols; Cambisols?

14 Early Dynastic; Old Kingdom; First Intermediate; Middle Kingdom?

15 Artist Nat Tate; baseball player Sidd Finch; poet Ern Malley?



What links Frank Sinatra; Hello; Gerard Kenny; Sting; the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl? Photograph: GAB Archive/Redferns

The answers

1 First with a firearm.

2 MI5.

3 Dover Beach (Matthew Arnold).

4 Chelyabinsk.

5 Tones of the chromatic scale/key signatures.

6 India and England (Indian Test series).

7 Atlantic hurricane.

8 Vaccination (Jenner).

9 Xs: Malcolm X; Jamie XX; plays XXX; XXXX.

10 Female Marvel superheroes: Ms Marvel; She-Hulk; Storm; Black Widow.

11 Areas in the Burgundy wine region.

12 Hits with New York songs.

13 Types of soil (FAO/UN designations).

14 Periods of ancient Egyptian history.

15 Hoax creations.

