The questions

1 Which world-famous ancient site was the capital of the Nabataean people?
2 What is a shark’s skeleton made of?
3 On 15 February 1971, what went from 240 to 100?
4 Which England footballer presented Deal or No Deal Nigeria?
5 Ju Ae is the daughter and possible heir of which leader?
6 United Downs in Cornwall is the UK’s first of what type of power plant?
7 Which US magazine was founded in 1925 by Harold Ross and Jane Grant?
8 Who was the first British entrant to win Eurovision?
What links:
9 Dead Man Walking; Monster’s Ball; The Green Mile; True Crime?
10 Early English; decorated; perpendicular?
11 Flute-playing rapper; tears in Turin; Paranoid singer?
12 Gretna, Scotland and Marshall Meadows Bay, Northumberland (c2,700 miles)?
13 Solon; Hammurabi; Moses; Justinian; Napoleon?
14 Christie’s rostrum; Comic Relief nose; Coronation emblem; Linn turntable?
15 1949 Orwell novel (35); 1982 Prince song (17); 2014 Taylor Swift album (25)?

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The answers

1 Petra, Jordan.
2 Cartilage.
3 Pennies in a pound (decimalisation).
4 John Fashanu.
5 Kim Jong-un.
6 Geothermal.
7 The New Yorker.
8 Sandie Shaw (Puppet on a String, 1967).
9 Films featuring capital punishment/death row.
10 Phases of medieval gothic architecture in England.
11 Names featuring ZZ: Lizzo; Gazza (World Cup 1990); Ozzy Osbourne.
12 King Charles III coast path.
13 Historical lawgivers: Athens; Babylon; Israelites; Byzantium; France.
14 Jony Ive designs (other than for Apple).
15 Difference between year of release and year in the title: 1984; 1999; 1989.