The questions
1 Which trio travelled further from Earth than any other humans?
2 Which artwork was slashed by suffragette, later fascist, Mary Richardson?
3 What celebrated headline described a Scottish Cup tie on 8 February 2000?
4 In Japan, what natural attraction is sakura?
5 Which US city reversed the flow of its river in 1900?
6 Which bird stores up to 5,000 acorns each autumn?
7 What surname was adopted in 1448 by Richard, Duke of York?
8 Which TV comedy had the working title Dead Belgians Don’t Count?
What links:
9 Bayeux tapestry; Giotto’s Adoration of the Magi; Schedel’s Nuremberg Chronicle?
10 Spanish (9); Dutch (1); English (1); Portuguese (1)?
11 Francis Scott Key; Sunshine Skyway; Tay; Tacoma Narrows?
12 A New Day …; Enigma + Jazz & Piano; Piece of Me; The Red Piano?
13 Dead Ringers; The Shining; The Parent Trap; Adaptation; The Prestige?
14 Babu the red panda; Cinnamon the capybara; Lilith the lynx; Malu the binturong?
15 Amonute; Matoaka; Rebecca Rolfe?
The answers
1 Apollo 13 crew (Jim Lovell; Fred Haise; Jack Swigert).
2 Velázquez’s Rokeby Venus.
3 “Super Caley go ballistic, Celtic are atrocious” (Celtic 1-3 Inverness).
4 Cherry blossoms.
5 Chicago.
6 Jay.
7 Plantagenet.
8 Drop the Dead Donkey.
9 Works featuring representations of comets.
10 Official European languages of sovereign states in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela; Suriname; Guyana; Brazil.
11 Bridges that collapsed: Baltimore; Tampa Bay; Dundee; Puget Sound.
12 Las Vegas concert residencies: Celine Dion; Lady Gaga; Britney Spears; Elton John.
13 Films featuring identical twins.
14 Animals that escaped from UK zoos.
15 Other names of Pocahontas.