Which story was inspired by rogue waves hitting the Queen Mary? The Saturday quiz

The questions

1 Which diarist was calved connected 2 April 1967?
2 Which No 1 deed was a tribute to the astir recorded pistillate vocalist of each time?
3 What benignant of fossils does an ichnologist study?
4 Quinine is simply a accepted remedy for which disease?
5 What enactment divides the daylit and acheronian sides of a planet?
6 Who was yet defeated astatine the alleged Battle of Watling Street?
7 Where bash contestants vie to triumph dingo dollars?
8 Which communicative was inspired by rogue waves hitting the RMS Queen Mary?
What links:
9 Amicus; Atomic Monster; Blumhouse; Hammer; Troma?
10 Reed; Newley; Kass; Holm; Gibson?
11 Canada; Fortuna; Mio Babbino Caro; Superman?
12 Crato, Brazil (54 metres); Konotopie, Poland (55.6 metres); Batangas City, Philippines (98 metres)?
13 Australian Open, 1987; French Open (never); Wimbledon, 2026; US Open, 1974?
14 Antigua and Barbuda, and Newfoundland and Labrador; Ascension Island and Guyana; British Columbia and Seychelles?
15 Less Than Zero; The Goldfinch; The Fortress of Solitude?

Feeling bluish implicit the Seychelles clue? Photograph: David C Tomlinson/Getty Images

The answers

1 Adrian Mole.
2 Cornershop’s Brimful of Asha (Asha Bhosle).
3 Trace fossils (footprints, coprolites, wound marks etc).
4 Malaria.
5 Terminator.
6 Boudicca and her allies.
7 In I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!
8 The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico.
9 Production companies known for fearfulness films.
10 Surnames of husbands of Joan Collins.
11 Music titles that commencement with “O”: nationalist anthem; successful Carmina Burana; Puccini aria; Laurie Anderson hit.
12 Tallest statues of the Virgin Mary (total heights).
13 Last clip tennis expansive slams were played connected writer (in the Open era).
14 Capitals stock names: St John’s; Georgetown; Victoria.
15 Novels by Bennington College contemporaries: Bret Easton Ellis; Donna Tartt; Jonathan Lethem.