"9 Fictional innkeepers: Canterbury Tales; Jamaica Inn; Our Mutual Friend; various Shakespeare plays; Les Miserables. 10 Succession: war of Spanish succession; war of Austrian succession; Succession TV series. 11 Categories of asteroid. 12 National flags featuring birds (other than eagles): imperial parrot; quetzal; frigate bird; bird-of-paradise; crested crane. 13 D-day beach code names: Utah; Omaha; Gold; Juno; Sword. 14 Most-subscribed YouTube channels. 15 Players on a team in ball sports: -ball and Roman numeral. Divorce clue cutting deep? Photograph: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images"
"1 Whose last words in 1963 were Nobody's gonna shoot at me? 2 What symbol originated as a ligature of the letters e and t? 3 What is the largest artificial prehistoric mound in Europe? 4 Which marsupial is the only non-primate with fingerprints? 5 Which pop star went into space in April? 6 The old Hotel Moskva appears on bottles of what spirit? 7 In what decade was divorce legalised in Ireland? 8 Which landlocked country is the fourth most successful in Olympic swimming?"
Lee Harvey Oswald's reported last words in 1963 were "Nobody's gonna shoot at me." The ampersand originated as a ligature of the Latin letters e and t. Silbury Hill in Wiltshire is the largest artificial prehistoric mound in Europe. Koalas are the only non-primates with fingerprints. Katy Perry went into space in April. The old Hotel Moskva appears on Stolichnaya vodka bottles. Divorce was legalised in Ireland in the 1990s. Hungary is the fourth most successful landlocked country in Olympic swimming. Linked groups include fictional innkeepers, succession wars and the Succession TV series, asteroid categories, national flags with non-eagle birds, D-Day beach code names, most-subscribed YouTube channels, and ball-sport player position notations.
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