The questions
1 In 1981, who was declared to have been 70% right, 30% wrong?
2 What degree is a DD?
3 Which countries share the Caribbean island of Saint Martin?
4 A government bounty was introduced in 1953 on what animals?
5 Whose HQ is the J Edgar Hoover Building?
6 The furthest point from the Sun in a planet’s orbit is called what?
7 Carolyn Davidson was paid $35 in 1971 for designing which sportswear logo?
8 The 85m-high statue, The Motherland Calls, is in which city?
What links:
9 Arafura; Coral; Tasman; Timor?
10 Whyteleafe; St Clare’s; Malory Towers?
11 Common or bread; durum; einkorn; emmer; spelt?
12 Louis VII; John Grey; Edward of Westminster; Prince Arthur; Edward Burgh?
13 Pitman writing; Eric Clapton; Ulster heraldic symbol; secret Serbian society?
14 1950 (13); 1954-78 (16); 1982-94 (24); 1998-2018 (32)?
15 Japanese print; pipe; felt hat; straw hat; bandaged ear?
The answers
1 Chairman Mao.
2 Doctor of Divinity.
3 France and the Netherlands.
4 Grey squirrels.
5 FBI.
6 Aphelion.
7 Nike swoosh.
8 Volgograd, Russia.
9 Seas around Australia.
10 Boarding schools in series by Enid Blyton.
11 Wheat species.
12 First husbands of English queens: Eleanor of Aquitaine; Elizabeth Woodville; Anne Neville; Catherine of Aragon; Catherine Parr.
13 Hands: Shorthand; (nicknamed) Slowhand; Red Hand; Black Hand.
14 Number of teams at postwar Fifa World Cups.
15 In various Van Gogh self-portraits.