GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1

Which church has about 40 million adherents in Germany? (8)

7 What are small loose stones on a mountain slope? (5)

8 Where were the 1956 Olympic Games held? (9)

9 In Morse code, what is three dots, three dashes, three dots? (1,1,1)

10 What does a milliner make? (4)

11 What name is applied to stereotypical, boorish Australians? (6)

13 Who played the birdman in the 1962 film Birdman of Alcatraz? (4,9)

15 What was formerly known as the Sandwich Islands? (6)

16 Which Native American tribe sided with the whites in the wars of the 1860s and 1870s? (4)

18 What is the old name for Tokyo? (3)

20 Which 1913 book by Eleanor Porter became a 1960 film starring Hayley Mills? (9)

21 Which New York harbour island served as an entry centre for immigrants? (5)

22 What instrument is used for examining the eardrum? (8)

What colourless fluid contains white blood cells? (5)

2 Which 1962 instrumental chart topper for the Tornados was named after a communications satellite? (7)

3 Who was the son of Aphrodite? (4)

4 A plant of the genus Saintpaulia is better known as what? (7,6)

5 What is an alloy of copper and zinc? (5)

6 Which lexicographer (Noah ____) is responsible for the unique US spelling of many words? (7)

7 Dakar is the capital of which African country? (7)

12 What are enlarged photographs sometimes called? (4-3)

13 Who starred with Dudley Moore in the 1979 film 10? (2,5)

14 Which city has Canada’s busiest airport? (7)

15 What prickly foliage is associated with Christmas? (5)

17 What mammal produces ambergris? (5)

19 Amblyopia affects which human body organs? (4)