What links Dolly Parton with Charles Dickens? The Saturday

From Barbie and Captain Marvel to bestiarius and murmillo, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

1 An administrative error caused which town to lose its city status in 1998?
2 Which cetacean has the largest mouth of any animal?
3 In France, where would you find trèfles, carreaux, coeurs and piques?
4 The Scottish Militia Bill, in 1708, was the last to suffer what fate?
5 Whose official residence is Bishopthorpe Palace?
6 Jon Harvey regularly contests elections under what name?
7 The Squarial was used to receive whose TV programmes?
8 Which eye condition is named from the Greek for blue-green?
What links:
9 Wilhelm Steinitz and Ding Liren?
10 Asterix; Charles Dickens; Lenin; Dolly Parton; Harry Potter?
11 Bestiarius; hoplomachus; murmillo; secutor; thraex?
12 Steven Bartlett; Nikolai Gogol; Grossmith brothers; Jeff Kinney?
13 Appalachian; Border; Cotswold; Molly; Rapper Sword; Stave?
14 Adamant; beef; cathartic; endogamy; whelk?
15 Barbie; Frozen II; Captain Marvel; Wonder Woman; Frozen?