The questions

1 If Seth was number three, who were number one and number two?

2 Where is the Cradle of Humankind located?

3 Which Shakespeare title character is killed halfway through the play?

4 Which denomination euro banknote is no longer in circulation?

5 Who was “no Jack Kennedy”?

6 What micro-animals are nicknamed water bears?

7 What was named Toy of the Century in 2000?

8 Abel Meeropol wrote which anti-lynching anthem?

What links:

9 Solway Firth and Marshall Meadows Bay, over a distance of 96 miles?

10 The Eagles; the Shadows; the Band?

11 Dartmouth; Eleanor; Beaver (1773)?

12 Artemisia Gentileschi; Sofonisba Anguissola; Lavinia Fontana?

13 Flip flap; rabona; Panenka; Marseille turn?

14 Grass; river; mud; forest; snowstorm; cave?

15 Osborne House; Quarr Abbey; Carisbrooke Castle?

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The answers

1 Cain and Abel (Adam and Eve’s named children).

2 Gauteng, South Africa (paleo-anthropological site).

3 Julius Caesar.

4 500 euro.

5 Dan Quayle (according to Lloyd Bentsen, 1988).

6 Tardigrades (moss piglets).

7 Lego (British Association of Toy Retailers).

8 Strange Fruit.

9 Anglo-Scottish Border.

10 One-time backing bands: Linda Ronstadt; Cliff Richard; Bob Dylan.

11 Ships in the Boston Tea Party.

12 Women painters of the Italian Renaissance & Baroque.

13 Football tricks and skills.

14 Obstacles in Michael Rosen’s We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.

15 Historic buildings on the Isle of Wight.