The questions
1 The slogan “Han shot first” protested against the re-editing of which film?
2 The boundaries of the North, East and West Ridings met at which city?
3 What is the smallest species of UK crow?
4 Which notorious Disney film was based on stories by Joel Chandler Harris?
5 Which precursor of the UN was established by the treaty of Versailles?
6 Rama IX ruled which country from 1946 to 2016?
7 Which singer and pianist was born Eunice Waymon?
8 What military force was the BAOR?
What links:
9 Ancient China; California; Nagasaki; Latin Quarter of Paris; Rome?
10 Alert (possible); warning (expected); severe warning (risk to life and significant disruption)?
11 Covalent; ionic; metallic?
12 Bakelite; french fries; internal combustion engine; saxophone; standard map projection?
13 Ade Adepitan; Ian Dury; Frida Kahlo; Joni Mitchell; Itzhak Perlman; FDR?
14 Bligh’s ship; Olympus Mons location; Panthera leo; Via Lactea?
15 Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou; Chester Burnett; Jordan Belfort?
The answers
1 Star Wars.
2 York.
3 Jackdaw.
4 Song of the South.
5 League of Nations.
6 Thailand.
7 Nina Simone.
8 British Army of the Rhine.
9 Settings of Puccini operas: Turandot; La fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Tosca.
10 Levels of flood warnings in the UK.
11 Types of chemical bonds.
12 Belgian inventions (some contested).
13 Polio survivors.
14 Chocolate bars: Bounty; Mars; Lion; Milky Way.
15 Wolf bynames: both She-Wolf of France; musician Howlin’ Wolf; trader Wolf of Wall Street.
