What links dental calculus with a ballet skirt? The Saturday quiz

The questions

1 What query did Linda Nochlin pose in a 1971 artwork historical past essay?
2 Who was the final monarch to rule France?
3 The place did Al Swearengen run the infamous Gem Theater?
4 Who's Britain’s most profitable Paralympian?
5 What have nested at Loch Garten because the Fifties?
6 What was a “fortunate nation run primarily by second-rate folks”?
7 Which track was initially a few aircraft to Houston?
8 Within the physique, what might be HDL or LDL?
What hyperlinks:
9 Anima sana in corpore sano; antelope; victory goddess; Adolf Dassler?
10 Manchester barmaid; Yorkshire police officer; American TV chef?
11 Dental calculus; Hawaiian costume; ballet skirt; North African grain?
12 Shahada; salat; zakat; sawm; hajj?
13 Dunfermline; Bangor; Wrexham; Colchester; Milton Keynes; Doncaster?
14 Marie Byrd; Queen Maud; Victoria; Wilkes?
15 Spontaneous combustion; onstage explosion; gardening accident?

Know all about Loch Garten nests? Photograph: Ian Appleton/500px/Getty Pictures/500px Plus

The solutions

1 Why have there been no nice girls artists?
2 Napoleon III.
3 Deadwood.
4 Sarah Storey (17 golds).
5 Ospreys.
6 Australia (based on Donald Horne).
7 Midnight Prepare to Georgia.
8 Ldl cholesterol.

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9 Identify origins of trainers manufacturers: Asics; Reebok; Nike; Adidas.
10 Roles of Sarah Lancashire: Coronation Avenue; Blissful Valley; Julia.
11 Repetitive phrases: tartar; muumuu; tutu; couscous.
12 5 pillars of Islam: declaration of religion; prayer; almsgiving; fasting; pilgrimage.
13 New UK cities in 2022.
14 Lands of Antarctica.
15 Fates of Spinal Faucet drummers.