1 Which ductile transition metal, atomic number 41, was formerly called columbium?
2 In the late 1950s, Yasser Arafat co-founded which political party, the largest faction within the Palestine Liberation Organisation?
3 The US author Sara Perry wrote the 2002 cookbook Everything Tastes Better with . . . what?
4 Mr Potter (Lionel Barrymore) is the villainous town bigwig in which Frank Capra film?
5 A founding member of Pentangle, which Scottish folk musician released the albums It Don’t Bother Me and Avocet?
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6 The highest bridge in the US, the Royal Gorge Bridge is located near Cañon City in which state?
7 Shkhara, at 5,193m, is the highest mountain in which former Soviet state?
8 The composer Gustav Holst played which brass instrument professionally?
9 What are the “holy trinity” of vegetables used in such Cajun/Creole dishes as the stew, gumbo?
10 Which painter was played by James Fleet in the Mike Leigh film Mr Turner?
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11 Which American “father of the typewriter” (1819-90) devised the qwerty keyboard layout?
12 Eileen Atkins won a Bafta for playing Miss Deborah Jenkyns in which TV costume drama?
13 In the game of bezique, a “bezique” is a scoring combination of which two face cards?
14 Which Cardiff-born rugby league legend scored 478 tries in 487 games for Wigan?
15 Which garden near Holywood, Dumfries and Galloway, is pictured?
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Answers
1 Niobium
2 Fatah — which stands for Arabic Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filistini, or Palestinian National Liberation Movement
3 Bacon
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4 It’s a Wonderful Life
5 Bert Jansch
6 Colorado. It crosses the gorge 955ft (291m) above the Arkansas River
7 Georgia
8 Trombone
9 Celery, [bell] peppers, onions
10 John Constable
11 Christopher Latham Sholes
12 Cranford
13 Jack of diamonds and queen of spades
14 Billy Boston
15 The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
