Here are the questions and answers in a more natural, fluent format:
Questions:
1. Who did Bill Grundy regret asking to “say something outrageous”?
2. Who was the first UK Winter Olympian to defend their title in 2018?
3. What material is the 87-meter Ascent in Milwaukee, the world’s tallest building of its kind, made from?
4. Which Harry Potter actor graduated from an Ivy League university?
5. Which empire was established by Babur in 1526?
6. What canned food was first sold at Fortnum & Mason in 1886?
7. What does “kerning” refer to in printing?
8. Which famous work originally had the longer title ending with “…from this world, to that which is to come”?
What links these?
9. William Clark, Joy Davidman, Macklemore, Dean Martin, Inspector Morse
10. Arcadia, Babylon Uprising, Left Field, Shangri-La, Strummerville, Unfairground
11. 95 (1995), XP (2001), Vista (2007), 11 (2021)
12. Criollo, Forastero, Nacional, Trinitario
13. Busby, Dalglish, Ferguson, Ramsey, Robson, Southgate, Winterbottom
14. Eswatini, Lesotho, Morocco
15. Blaise Metreweli (2025), Anne Keast-Butler (2023), Stella Rimington (1992)
Answers:
1. The Sex Pistols (Steve Jones, during a 1976 TV interview).
2. Lizzy Yarnold (skeleton).
3. Wood.
4. Emma Watson (Brown University).
5. The Mughal Empire.
6. Heinz baked beans.
7. The space between two printed letters.
8. The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan.
Connections:
9. All had partners named Lewis (Meriwether Lewis, C.S. Lewis, Ryan Lewis, Jerry Lewis, Robbie Lewis).
10. Areas or stages at the Glastonbury Festival.
11. Release years of Microsoft Windows versions (Windows 95, XP, Vista, 11).
12. Main types of cocoa beans.
13. Football managers who were knighted.
14. Current African monarchies.
15. First female heads of UK intelligence agencies (MI6, GCHQ, MI5).
Stumped by the Stella Rimington clue? (Image reference omitted for text clarity.)
