Quiz Crossword
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1 What is a person who studies the production and consumption of wealth? (9) 6 Which Royal House was in opposition to the House of York in the Wars of the Roses? (9) 14 What was Mozart’s middle name, the title of a 1984 film? (7)
15 Which John Lennon classic was a vision of an ideal world? (7)
16 Which major supermarket business was founded by Sir Jack Cohen? (5)
17 What is the surname of Sir David, director of Lawrence of Arabia and Dr Zhivago ? (4) 18 What is the capital of Bermuda? (8)
19 What completes the title of the Oscar Wilde play The Importance of Being ___ ? (7) 20 Which large bird of prey is so called from its yellow-tipped head feathers? (6,5) 22 Of which Australian state is Hobart the capital? (8)
25 What is an Indian place of retreat called? (6) 27 In Buddhism, what is a state of bliss called? (7)
28 Which unit of weight is used for gems and gold? (5)
31 Which opera by Verdi features a hunchbacked jester? (9)
32 What is the Latin name for Scotland? (9) 36 Which Dutch Caribbean island has
Oranjestad as its capital? (5)
37 Which famous girls’ school near Brighton was founded by the Lawrence sisters in
1885? (7)
38 What is a woodworker’s shaping tool? (6) 40 What name links a Californian campus to a London square? (8)
42 Which English poet and playwright wrote Pericles and Cymbeline? (11)
46 Who was the Greek goddess of retribution? (7)
48 Named after William IV’s wife, what is the capital city of South Australia? (8)
49 Which astronomical feature in a Christmas song is a source of wonder and light? (4) 51 In music, what is a composition with a recurring leading theme? (5)
52 What is the name of Toronto’s Great Lake? (7) 53 Which disease is due to a lack of vitamin D? (7)
54 Which character did Johnny Depp play in
Tim Burton’s film of Alice in Wonderland? (3,6) 55 Who was the satirist and comedy partner of Dudley Moore? (5,4)
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2 Which Russian-born French painter was famous for his dreamlike depictions? (7) 3 What is the French word for Christmas? (4)
4 What is a light dry wine from the Loire Valley? (8)
5 Which song became a number one hit for Rod Stewart in 1975? (7) 7 Which French city contains a famous thirteenth-century Gothic cathedral, the largest in France? (6)
8 What is a milk pudding topped with heated sugar? (5,7)
9 Which woodland creature of Greek myth has a man’s body and goat’s legs? (5)
10 What is the surname of Sir Jacob, the British sculptor whose piece Rima is displayed in Hyde Park? (7) 11 Who was British prime minister 1976-79? (9)
12 What is the alternative name for potassium nitrate, a substance used in preserving meat? (9)
13 What is the lowest range of a woman’s voice? (9)
21 What word means ‘to lose moisture and pass into an invisible state’? (9) 23 What is the common name for the tiny piece of silicon used in circuits? (9)
24 Which of King Arthur’s knights pursued and fought the Green Knight? (6)
26 What is a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables? (5)
27 Which spice is the grated seed of a tropical tree? (6)
29 Which Claude played Captain Louis Renault in Casablanca ? (5)
30 Which actor starred in Patton and
Dr Strangelove? (6,1,5)
33 Which popular pasta sauce is created with bacon, egg and cream? (9)
34 What is the French word for ‘sirs’? (9) 35 What is the nickname by which the US state of Kentucky is known? (9) 39 What is the term for a French police officer? (8)
41 Bucharest is the capital of which European country? (7)
43 Which Pacific shellfish is the source of mother-of-pearl? (7)
44 What was the furnishing style much in vogue in the 1920s and 1930s? (3,4)
45 What was the surname of French existentialist and philosopher Jean-Paul? (6)
47 Which tropical American animal is also one of the seven deadly sins? (5)
50 Which Aussie rock group released the album Black Ice in 2008? (2/2)