What strange device was found in 1901 by sponge divers? The Saturday quiz

The questions

1 Which lines of latitude are defined by the midnight sun and polar night?
2 Who was the first female head writer at Saturday Night Live?
3 Which band have had a one-armed drummer since 1986?
4 90% of the world’s advanced semiconductors come from which island?
5 Which entertainment venue is at 82 Boulevard de Clichy, Paris?
6 What is the heaviest naturally occurring element?
7 What mysterious device was discovered in 1901 by Greek sponge divers?
8 Which Shakespeare play is partly set in Lebanon?
What links:
9 Disney World in 2010; GWR; Magic Roundabout; Oasis?
10 Politician Leanne Wood, poet Simon Armitage; artist Cold War Steve; writer Mari Hannah?
11 Dumbo; Gromit; Michael Myers; Mini-Me; Oddjob?
12 Bay; general mines; holy spirit; St Paul; thick forest?
13 First Nephi; Second Nephi; Book of Jacob; Book of Enos; Book of Jarom?
14 Birmingham (trades); Cairo (minarets); Lon Chaney (faces)?
15 James; My Jim; Becky; Adventures of Mary Jane?

Muddled by the midnight sun clue? Photograph: steinliland/Getty Images/RooM RF

The answers

1 Arctic and Antarctic Circles.
2 Tina Fey.
3 Def Leppard.
4 Taiwan.
5 Moulin Rouge.
6 Uranium.
7 Antikythera mechanism.
8 Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
9 Swindon: twinned with Swindon; railway workshop; notorious ring junction; leisure centre inspired name of band.
10 Former probation officers.
11 Film characters who don’t talk.
12 Translations of names of Brazilian states: Bahia; Minas Gerais; Espírito Santo; São Paulo; Mato Grosso.
13 First five books of the Book of Mormon.
14 Nicknames: city of a thousand trades; city of a thousand minarets; man of thousand faces.
15 Books inspired by Huckleberry Finn/Tom Sawyer: Percival Everett; Nancy Rawles; Lenore Hart; Hope Jahren.