What links Hound Tor, Wharram Percy and Gainsthorpe? The Saturday quiz

The questions

1 Which continent has the highest ratio of coastline to total area?
2 Han Kang is the first Nobel literature laureate to write in what language?
3 Which marine mammals hold hands while sleeping?
4 Who would receive a visit from Agent Million?
5 “And Robin shall restore amends” is the last line of which play?
6 What is the world’s bestselling cognac brand?
7 Which art critic was the son of occultist composer Peter Warlock?
8 The second largest example of what was found in Botswana in 2024?
What links:
9 100s (colourings); 200s (preservatives); 300s (antioxidants); 400s (emulsifiers)?
10 Margaret, Maid of Norway; Joanna I; Richard II; George III; Louis XVI?
11 Brazilian wandering; giant huntsman; Goliath birdeater; Hercules baboon?
12 20 March; 21 June; 22 September; 21 December?
13 Lope de Aguirre; Dieter Dengler; Katia and Maurice Krafft; Fini Straubinger; Timothy Treadwell?
14 Gainsthorpe, Lincolnshire; Godwick, Norfolk; Hound Tor, Devon; Wharram Percy, North Yorkshire?
15 Rayner; Dowden; Raab; Coffey; Clegg; Prescott?

Bemused by the Botswana clue? Photograph: Alex Davidson/Getty Images

The answers

1 Europe.
2 Korean.
3 Sea otters.
4 Premium bonds jackpot winners.
5 A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
6 Hennessy.
7 Brian Sewell.
8 Diamond (2,492-carat).
9 Categories of E numbers.
10 Monarchs who inherited throne from their grandfathers: Scotland; Naples; England; Britain; France.
11 Large spider species.
12 In 2025 (northern hemisphere): spring equinox; summer solstice; autumn equinox; winter solstice.
13 Subjects of Werner Herzog films: Aguirre, the Wrath of God; Little Dieter Needs to Fly; The Fire Within; Land of Silence and Darkness; Grizzly Man.
14 Deserted medieval villages.
15 Deputy prime ministers since 1997.