The questions
1 Who established Britain’s only foundling hospital?
2 Teacher Cayetano Ripoll, in 1826, was the last victim of which judicial body?
3 Which novel is set on the SS Karnak?
4 Paul Ehrlich’s Salvarsan was a cure for what?
5 Which actor failed an audition to join Boyzone?
6 What appears on a Cav/Pag operatic double bill?
7 In finance, what is an IBAN?
8 Which Balkan city is named from a bridge over the Neretva River?
What links:
9 Playing cards (1588); windows (1696); candles (1709); wallpaper (1712)?
10 Rome; London; Paris; Rome; Istanbul; Madrid?
11 Ding; Ge; Guan; Jun; Ru?
12 Bergman and Boyer; Charlie Chaplin; McAdams and Ruffalo; Ali, Rhodes and Monáe?
13 Blaenavon industry; Edward I’s castles; Pontcysyllte Aqueduct; slate landscape?
14 Gold-plated medal; diploma; 11m SEK?
15 Pee on a bus tyre; plant tree; sign name; watch White Sun of the Desert?
The answers
1 Thomas Coram.
2 Spanish Inquisition.
3 Death on the Nile (Agatha Christie).
4 Syphilis (and some other conditions).
5 Colin Farrell.
6 Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci.
7 International bank account number.
8 Mostar.
9 Taxes introduced.
10 Venues of Liverpool’s six European Cup wins.
11 So-called five great kilns of Chinese porcelain.
12 Stars of -light films: Gaslight; Limelight; Spotlight; Moonlight.
13 Unesco world heritage sites in Wales.
14 Given to Nobel prize winners.
15 Pre-launch rituals of Russian/ISS cosmonauts.