1. On this date in 1830, Sarah Josepha Hale's evergreen nursery rhyme about a girl and her devoted pet was first published. Name the nursery rhyme?
2. This year on May 24, the legendary singer born Robert Allen Zimmerman turns 70. How is he better known?
3. Which Central American nation was once called British Honduras?
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4. Which Asian religion's name means ‘Way of the Spirits'?
5. What happens when a tennis player wins by a ‘bagel'?
6. For which astronomical phenomena are there names like Crab, Horsehead and Trifid?
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7. What feature opened in the mid-1990s runs between Folkestone in England and Calais in France?
8. How long would a sunscreen lotion with SPF 30 ideally protect?
9. Which famous scientist is credited with discovering Jupiter's four largest moons in early 17th century?
10. Which Jewish festival celebrates the Maccabees' win over the Syrian Greeks?
11. In Formula One racing, what is the name given to the space where the cars are parked immediately after a race?
12. Expand the acronym WYSIWYG.
13. Where on earth is a degree of longitude at its widest at about 69.172 miles?
14. What was the colour of the boat in which the owl and the pussycat sailed away?
15. ‘ Gavialis gangeticus' is the scientific name of which endangered animal?
Answers: 1. ‘Mary had a little lamb…'; 2. Bob Dylan; 3. Belize; 4. Shinto; 5. He or she has won a set without losing a game; 6. Nebula; 7. The Channel Tunnel; 8. Protect for 30 times 15 minutes; 9. Galileo; 10. Hanukkah or Chanukah; 11. Parc Ferme; 12. What you see is what you get; 13. Equator, of course; 14. Beautiful pea green; 15. Gharial.