The questions

1 Which classic of political theory was dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici?

2 What is the only jazz act to win the Mercury Music prize?

3 Spanish is an official language of which African country?

4 What 2026 release is said to be the most expensive entertainment product ever created?

5 Which West Sussex estate is a pioneer of rewilding?

6 Which gas is named from the Greek for “lazy”?

7 US doctor Sara Cohen writes bestsellers under what pseudonym?

8 Which coffee chain was founded in London in 1971?

What links:

9 c 6000BC; 79; 512; 1631; 1906; 1944?

10 Divine (witch); Frank Fiegel (sailor); Helen Kane (flapper); The Beatles (vultures)?

11 Mark Brown; Mo Johnston; Kenny Miller; Steven Pressley?

12 Bag; dismiss; plunder; sherry for Falstaff?

13 Caring; Elvis; Famous Five; Revenge; Travolta?

14 Grease; A Chorus Line; Cats; The Phantom of the Opera (currently)?

15 Martin Gilbert; Roy Jenkins; William Manchester; Andrew Roberts?

All shook up by the Elvis clue?…