1 Which islands lie at the geographic centre of the western hemisphere? 2 Esme Pepper is which writer’s 135th book? 3 What phenomenon did Einstein dismiss as “spooky action at a distance”? 4 Which hormone is chiefly produced by the pineal gland? 5 A Beatles museum is planned on which London street? 6 Which fashion brand made uniforms for the Wehrmacht and Nazi party? 7 The Manchester solicitor Nick Freeman styles himself as what? 8 Dogana is the largest settlement in which European microstate? What links: 9 Carpet sea squirt; Pacific oyster; slipper limpet; trumpet tube worm? 10 Convoy; Duel; Maximum Overdrive; Smokey and the Bandit; The Wages of Fear? 11 Balti; Bermuda; Coral; Golden; Rhubarb? 12 Alison; Harry Bailey; Madame Eglantine; Hubert; Oswald; Robin? 13 Buckeyes; Crimson Tide; Fighting Irish; Longhorns; Wolverines? 14 River Tay, Scotland; Tay River, Ontario; Swan River, Western Australia? 15 Carnival; MSC; Norwegian; Princess; Royal Caribbean?
1 Galápagos Islands (where the equator meets the 90th meridian west). 2 Jacqueline Wilson. 3 Quantum entanglement. 4 Melatonin. 5 Savile Row. 6 Hugo Boss. 7 Mr Loophole. 8 San Marino. 9 Invasive marine species in UK waters. 10 Films prominently featuring lorries. 11 Various “triangles” related to food and/or geography. 12 Named pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales (modernised spellings): Wife of Bath; Host; Prioress; Friar; Reeve; Miller. 13 Nicknames of leading US college sports teams: Ohio State; Alabama; Notre Dame; Texas; Michigan. 14 All flow through Perth. 15 World’s largest cruise lines.
