Tough 1 (24 Feb)

[merry]

1 Which sci-fi character’s hairstyle was inspired by Mexican revolutionary Clara de la Rocha?

2 What indignity did Sandy Island, New Caledonia, suffer in 2012?

3 Carmen Callil founded which publishing house?

4 Which athlete ate 1,000 chicken nuggets at the 2008 Olympics?

5 ADX Florence in Colorado is the last of what in the US?

6 The Kirkwood gaps are interruptions in what?

7 Which BBC programme for deaf people has run since 1981?

8 Which two Labour party leaders died in office?

[OurCreature]

3 Carmen Callil founded which publishing house? Virago Press

8 Which two Labour party leaders died in office? Hugh Gaitskell and John Smith

[eccles]

6 The Kirkwood gaps are interruptions in what?
This sounds like geology; interruptions in the fossil record due to ice ages or extinction events?
Edit: just checked this, it's wrong.

7 Which BBC programme for deaf people has run since 1981?
See Hear

[Wildrover]

1. Princess Leia in Star Wars
2. Was it a casualty of rising sea levels and ceased to exist?
4. Usain Bolt
5. Slightly puzzled by this as I'm 99% certain it's a prison but it's hardly the only one in the USA. I think it's the one where Abu Hamza iis locked up so maybe it's specifically ffor terrorists???

[DaisyNinjaGirl]

5. Slightly puzzled by this as I'm 99% certain it's a prison but it's hardly the only one in the USA. I think it's the one where Abu Hamza iis locked up so maybe it's specifically ffor terrorists???

Supermax prison?

[merry]

6/8

1 Princess Leia (Star Wars).
2 Proved not to exist.
3 Virago Press.
4 Usain Bolt.
5 Federal “supermax” prison.
6 Asteroid belt.
7 See Hear.
8 Hugh Gaitskell and John Smith.

[OurCreature]

7/8 Ma'am! WR got Usain Bolt for #4.