"1 Inflation adjusted, what is the highest-grossing film of all time? 2 What was revamped in 1279, 1560, 1696, 1816 and 1971? 3 Dorothy Parker fwowed up in a 1928 review of which children's classic? 4 Native to South America, what is the world's largest bird of prey? 5 Which fabric is protected by the orb certification mark? 6 The Almanach de Gotha is a directory of what? 7 Which amusement park was opened in Vienna in 1766?"
"What links: 9 Nastase; Connors twice; Tanner; McEnroe twice? 10 Menevia, c600; County Down, c460; Lydda, c303; Patras, c60? 11 Choral by Beethoven; The Great by Schubert; From the New World by Dvorak? 12 Reverend Joy Carroll Wallis; hotelier Donald Sinclair; US military surgeon Richard Hornberger? 13 Demon; equal; encyclopedia; eon; fairy; medieval; primeval? 14 The Tour of Life in 1979 and Before the Dawn in 2014?"
Fifteen numbered clues pose questions across film, historical renovations, literary reviews, zoology, textile certification, aristocratic directories, amusement parks, music subcultures, tennis opponents, traditional saints' death locations, symphony nicknames, sitcom inspirations, archaic spellings, notable concerts and famous art thefts from the Louvre. Answers supplied name Gone With the Wind; English/British coinage; The House at Pooh Corner; Andean condor; Harris tweed; the Almanach de Gotha; the Prater; northern soul; opponents of Björn Borg in Wimbledon finals; traditional UK patron saints' death locations; nicknames for composers' Ninth Symphonies; inspirations for sitcom characters; words formerly spelled with "ae"; Kate Bush tours; and artworks stolen from the Louvre.
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