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Thomas Eaton

1 Whose frescoes decorate Padua’s Scrovegni chapel?

2 Which singer was known as Mama Africa?

3 What is the “Greek system” at US colleges?

4 Which two landmasses are separated by the Torres Strait?

5 Which billionaire founded chemical company Ineos?

6 What was the last host nation to win the Fifa World Cup?

7 On what might S925 be stamped?

8 What autumnal contest takes place in Southwick, Northants?

What links:

9 Anguirus; King Ghidorah; Mothra; Rodan?

10 King Ranch, Queensland; Dungay, New South Wales; Gwrych Castle, Wales?

11 Bees; game; goals; lighthouses; magnets; zoos?

12 Jesus; Ronnie Biggs; Bernie Sanders; Harrison Ford?

13 Melrose (7); Paul Barrière (13); Webb-Ellis (15)?

14 Dutch lawyer; German hunt master; Japanese green; French triple dry?

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