The questions

1 What did Max Park solve in 3.13 seconds in June? 2 Which African empire was founded by Osei Tutu? 3 Which house was served by Wolferton railway station? 4 Who appeared heavily pregnant on Top of the Pops in 1988? 5 What is the only Commonwealth member state in Central America? 6 Where in the body are the oval and round windows? 7 Who devised the binomial naming system for living things? 8 Which centre of learning was burned in 48BC? What links:9 Beautiful Horizon; Fortress; River of January; Saviour; St Paul? 10 World Series, 1919; Ipswich Town vs Sheffield Wednesday, 1962; England vs Pakistan, 2010? 11 Fortran; Algol; C; Cobol; Basic? 12 Bell; diamond; seven; bar; lemon; cherry; watermelon? 13 Baal; Cabaret; Democracy; Spring Awakening; Woyzeck? 14 France (1610-1792); England (1272-1377); Scotland (1406-1542); Britain (1714-1830)? 15 Corona; transition region; chromosphere; photosphere?

Wolferton station in 1960. Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images The answers

1 Rubik’s Cube (3x3x3). 2 Asante (Ashanti) empire. 3 Sandringham. 4 Neneh Cherry. 5 Belize. 6 Ear. 7 Carl Linnaeus. 8 Library of Alexandria. 9 Translated names of Brazilian cities: Belo Horizonte; Fortaleza; Rio de Janeiro; Salvador; São Paulo. 10 Fixed (or partially fixed) sporting events: baseball; football; cricket. 11 Computer languages. 12 Symbols on a fruit machine. 13 Dramatic works set in Germany. 14 Monarchs with same regnal name: Louis; Edward; James; George. 15 Layers of the sun’s atmosphere.