The questions 1 Which US state was once an independent monarchy? 2 What cold spell lasted from circa 1300 to 1850? 3 Which bestselling book series is abbreviated as Acotar? 4 What word meaning haughty comes from the Latin for eyebrow? 5 Which pop compilation series was launched in November 1983? 6 What is the most visited museum in the UK? 7 Who described herself in a 2026 memoir as “the original nepo baby”? 8 Which saint is often depicted writing, with a lion at his feet? What links: 9 Scotland (7, 10, 12, 14); Rwanda (15); England (the rest)? 10 Checkmate; Job; The Haunted Ballroom; The Rake’s Progress? 11 Mariner 10; Messenger; BepiColombo? 12 Evie and Ossie; Gladstone; Larry; Palmerston? 13 Phil Chisnall; Paul Ince; Thomas McNulty; Michael Owen? 14 Death From Above 1979; Royal Blood; the Black Keys; the Kills; the White Stripes? 15 Inertia (1); acceleration/force (2); action and reaction (3)? Puzzled by the pop compilation clue?…