GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Which song was Mario Lanza’s bestselling hit? (2,2,4)

7 In 1705, J S Bach walked 370km to hear what instrument played? (5)

8 In 1969, the Nobel Prize categories were expanded to include what? (9)

9 What is the twenty-first letter of the Greek alphabet? (3)

10 In Greek legend, which city was captured using a wooden horse? (4)

11 What is to extract the essence of something by boiling it? (6)

13 In 1978, 912 followers of Jim Jones committed mass suicide in which country? (6)

14 In radio communications, what is the code word for “S”? (6)

17 Which is the brightest star in the sky? (6)

18 What is a shelter for cows? (4)

20 What are the raised fibres of velvet? (3)

22 Which scandal features in the book All the President’s Men? (9)

23 Which legendary king had a golden touch? (5)

24 What is granting, classifying and creating armorial insignia? (8)

DOWN 1

Which port in Brittany, north-west France is also a naval base? (5)

2 What is the medical science concerned with the structure and disease of muscles? (7)

3 Which animal is “king of beasts”? (4)

4 What are heard in a capella performances? (6)

5 Where did the game of draughts originate? (5)

6 Fort Wayne is in which US state? (7)

7 By what process does water move between cells in a plant? (7)

12 Which award-winning actress voices Lady Whistledown in the TV series Bridgerton? (7)

13 Ellen Corby played which character in The Waltons on TV? (7)

15 What name for a fox is used in medieval tales and fables? (7)

16 What is a cloth strip worn wound around the leg from ankle to knee? (6)

17 Who was appointed potter to George III in 1806? (5)

19 What greyish-black mineral is used in powdered form as an abrasive and polisher? (5)

21 What plant fertiliser is also known as carbamide? (4)