Chris Maume brings you his weekly brainteaser

1. Who are the above, and how are they linked?

2. The little-known actor Vivian MacKerell died of throat cancer in 1995 aged 50. In his final days, unable to eat or drink, he injected alcohol directly into his stomach. Which notable film role did he inspire?

3. Zabol, Iran; Gwalior, India; Allahabad, India; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia; Patna, India: what’s the link, according to the World Health Organisation in 2016?

4. In 1973 the songwriter Tom Lehrer, whose songs were noted for their black humour, remarked that the joint award of the Nobel Peace Prize that year to Henry Kissinger rendered satire obsolete. Who was the other intended joint recipient?

5. Louis Rothman opened his first cigarette shop in Fleet Street, rolling cigarettes late into the night to sell to journalists the next day. Within a few years he was able to move to bigger quarters. Where?

6. Which cycling event, in which Britain has three Olympic gold medals, was devised in Japan for gambling purposes?

7. What links The Last Tycoon by F Scott Fitzgerald, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and the opera Turandot by Puccini?

8. The biggest volcanic eruption of the 20th century was in 1910, creating the Novarupta lava dome. In

which US state

9. Lorne Greene (1953); André Morell (1954); Michael Redgrave (1956); Richard Burton (1984). What’s the link?

10. Joseph Trapp (1708-18) was the first, Simon Armitage (2015-) the most recent. The first and most recent what?

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