The questions
1 Joan of Navarre is the only queen of England imprisoned for what?
2 What is missing in the so-called Hexapod Gap?
3 Who sailed to New York on Malizia II?
4 The Line of Control divides which disputed territory?
5 Which entertainment features babyfaces and heels?
6 Which Canadian pianist used to hum on recordings?
7 Genoa and Lucca appear in the first line of which epic novel?
8 Which element is named after a village in Scotland?
What links:
9 Waterfall; Ascending and Descending; Drawing Hands; Relativity?
10 George Bass; Jean-François de Galaup, John Franklin; Percy Fawcett?
11 The Merry Maidens; the King’s Men; Long Meg and her Daughters?
12 Blade Runner (37 years); Akira (31); The Island (14)?
13 Joanne Harris; Jeanette Winterson; Sergei Prokofiev; Frank Ocean?
14 Exodus 20:1–17 and Deuteronomy 5:4–21?
15 Jakarta; Tokyo; London; Quezon; Medan?
The answers
1 Witchcraft (widow of Henry IV, 1419).
2 Insects (from the fossil record).
3 Greta Thunberg (plus crew).
4 Jammu and Kashmir.
5 Professional wrestling.
6 Glenn Gould.
7 War and Peace.
8 Strontium (from Strontian).
9 Works by MC Escher.
10 Explorers who disappeared.
11 Stone circles: Cornwall; Oxfordshire; Cumbria.
12 Sci-fi films set in 2019 (years into the future from release).
13 Orange works: Five Quarters Of The Orange novel; Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit novel; The Love For Three Oranges opera; Channel Orange album.
14 Listing of the Ten Commandments in the Bible.
15 Largest cities on the world’s most populous islands: Java; Honshu; Great Britain; Luzon; Sumatra.
