The questions
1 Which islands lie at the geographic centre of the western hemisphere?
2 Esme Pepper is which writer’s 135th book?
3 What phenomenon did Einstein dismiss as “spooky action at a distance”?
4 Which hormone is chiefly produced by the pineal gland?
5 A Beatles museum is planned on which London street?
6 Which fashion brand made uniforms for the Wehrmacht and Nazi party?
7 The Manchester solicitor Nick Freeman styles himself as what?
8 Dogana is the largest settlement in which European microstate?
What links:
9 Carpet sea squirt; Pacific oyster; slipper limpet; trumpet tube worm?
10 Convoy; Duel; Maximum Overdrive; Smokey and the Bandit; The Wages of Fear?
11 Balti; Bermuda; Coral; Golden; Rhubarb?
12 Alison; Harry Bailey; Madame Eglantine; Hubert; Oswald; Robin?
13 Buckeyes; Crimson Tide; Fighting Irish; Longhorns; Wolverines?
14 River Tay, Scotland; Tay River, Ontario; Swan River, Western Australia?
15 Carnival; MSC; Norwegian; Princess; Royal Caribbean?
The answers
1 Galápagos Islands (where the equator meets the 90th meridian west).
2 Jacqueline Wilson.
3 Quantum entanglement.
4 Melatonin.
5 Savile Row.
6 Hugo Boss.
7 Mr Loophole.
8 San Marino.
9 Invasive marine species in UK waters.
10 Films prominently featuring lorries.
11 Various “triangles” related to food and/or geography.
12 Named pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales (modernised spellings): Wife of Bath; Host; Prioress; Friar; Reeve; Miller.
13 Nicknames of leading US college sports teams: Ohio State; Alabama; Notre Dame; Texas; Michigan.
14 All flow through Perth.
15 World’s largest cruise lines.
