Rather tricky today The questions 1 Where in London is the world’s longest single-span roof structure? 2 Who was the first female caddy to win a golf major? 3 Shot in California, the Patterson-Gimlin film is said to show which creature? 4 Which celebration can be al-Fitr or al-Adha? 5 Which writer’s only major prize was the 1974 Somerset Maugham award? 6 What might feature a conning tower? 7 Which primate is the loudest land mammal? 8 Who established the Uraniborg observatory and alchemical lab? What links: 9 Contained Ten Commandments; Mesoamerican quartz head; Antikythera mechanism? 10 Northern Union; Virginia Slims Circuit; PDC; LIV; WSC? 11 Hundred Flowers; Four Pests; Destruction of Four Olds; Down to the Countryside? 12 North; St George’s; Bristol; English? 13 Oryza sativa; Solanum tuberosum; Triticum; Zea mays? 14 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Che Guevara? 15 NY (2); CT, MA, NH, NJ, PA and RI (one each)?
Good one for me today. Without checking the actual answers I think I’ve got 9, with a reasonable guess for a 10th. Although if I’m not checking the answers I might as well spend the rest of the day thinking I got 15
1. Terminal 5 in Heathrow 2. Fanny thingy Faldo's caddie 3. yetti 4. Yon kipper 5. John Fowles 6. submarine 7. Screeching cayote 8. Hail Bob 9. Pass 10. Female tennis comps 11. Album titles that were ditched. 12. Channels of water 13. Man made elements of the periodic table. 14. Died in Bolivia 15. US presidents hailing from those states in past 100 years or summat
Whoops Bit late The answers 1 Wembley Stadium arch. 2 Fanny Sunesson (with Nick Faldo). 3 Bigfoot (sasquatch). 4 Eid. 5 Martin Amis. 6 Submarine (or warship). 7 Howler monkey. 8 Tycho Brahe. 9 Inspired title objects in Indiana Jones films: Lost Ark; Crystal Skull; Dial of Destiny. 10 Breakaway sports organisations: rugby league; tennis; darts; golf; cricket. 11 National campaigns in Mao’s China. 12 Sea channels around the UK. 13 Scientific names of staple crops: rice; potato; wheat; maize. 14 Died (or assumed to have died) in Bolivia. 15 Ivy League universities by US state.
