The questions
1 Where did the Zhurong vehicle take a selfie in 2021?
2 Which artist claimed “the most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald’s”?
3 Which record company’s HQ had a sign reading Hitsville USA?
4 What carpet shark has an Australian Aboriginal name?
5 What, in 1970, was the last horse to win English racing’s triple crown?
6 Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft are stages of membership of what?
7 What term for a reused document comes from Greek for “scraped again”?
8 In Japan, ama are women who seek what?
What links:
9 Booker prize, 1974, 1992 and 2019; best actress Oscar and Eurovision, 1969; best actor Oscar, 1932?
10 Plato; Francis Bacon; Aquaman; Patrick Duffy?
11 Alentejo; Dão; Douro; Porto; Madeira; Vinho Verde?
12 Walter Plinge; Alan Smithee; George Spelvin?
13 Alternate nostril; box; diaphragmatic; 4-7-8?
14 Chinese leader, 11; big clothes, 40; engine size, 200; audio format, 400; US capital, 600?
15 Blue Sharks; Blue Wave; Chivalrous Ones; White Wolves?
The answers
1 Surface of Mars.
2 Andy Warhol.
3 Motown.
4 Wobbegong.
5 Nijinsky.
6 Freemasonry.
7 Palimpsest.
8 Pearls (and seafood).
9 Shared awards.
10 Atlantis: invented A; wrote novel New A; comics king of A; starred in Man From A.
11 Portuguese wine regions.
12 Traditional aliases: British actors; Hollywood directors; American stage actors.
13 Breathing exercises.
14 Roman numeral values: XI (Jinping); XL; CC; CD; (Washington) DC.
15 Nicknames of first-time qualifiers at the 2026 Fifa World Cup: Cape Verde; Curaçao; Jordan; Uzbekistan.
