1. Who is now on the black desert under the endless night?
2. Which nation has just been added to the list of those posing a national security threat to the USA?
3. What is the maximum number of characters allowed in a message on Twitter?
4. Who are they?
5. What species of wild duck was also the title of a James Bond film?
6. What is the name of the British dog show, exclusively for cross-bred and mongrel dogs?
7. Which Yorkshire coastal town is home to a twice-yearly Goth festival?
8. Which London Underground station shares its name with an open star cluster?
9. What links these three pictures?
10. What ‘O’ is this?
11. Where did Ralph Fiennes succeed Dame Judi Dench?
12. Which heavyweight boxing champion is a member of parliament in Ukraine?
13. Name the plant.
14. Which European capital will host the final of football’s Champions League this year?
15. Which sweet food item, created in Scotland in the 19th century, was named because it contained baking soda and this had supposed medicinal properties?
16. The oldest registered British trademark is a red triangle. Which company?
17. Who is this?
18. I was in the local newsagents looking at the magazines for sale. I chose ‘Scrabble Heat’, ‘Vegetable Secrets’ and ‘Harajuku World’. I paid at the till, but noticed that the newsagent pressed the multiplication button between each amount instead of the addition button. When challenged, he smiled and said “It doesn’t matter. Either way the total amount is £5.70”. How much were the magazines?
19. What connection links these pictures:
20. Unscramble the two synonyms : A A C E E E K L L N P P T A
