GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

What instrument records earthquakes? (11)

8 What waterproofed cotton fabric is used for outdoor clothing? (7)

9 What language is spoken by some 50 million people in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Fiji, South Africa and Singapore? (5)

10/11 When he was young, which great guitarist’s favourite singer was Dean Martin? (4,7)

12 What is the 21st first letter of the Greek alphabet? (3)

13 Which veteran pop singer was born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie? (4)

15 What semicircular church recess often has a domed roof? (4)

17 In cricket, what is a run scored off a ball not struck? (3)

19 What egg-shaped wind instrument is colloquially called a “sweet potato” in the US? (7)

20/23 Which swimmer won seven gold medals in the 1972 Olympic Games at Munich? (4,5)

24 What Mexican salamander retains its larval form? (7)

25 Which great singer was born Maria Anna Sofia Cecilia Kalogeropoulos? (5,6)

DOWN 1

What is the capital city of North Macedonia? (6)

2 What is the religious faith of Muslims? (5) 3 What is another name for the blue pointer shark? (4)

4 300,000 extras appeared in the funeral sequence in which 1982 film? (6)

5 What are the two whiplike appendages on an insect’s head? (8)

6 What is the bone of the upper arm? (7)

7 Applied to a product, what phrase from French means “of a superior kind”? (2,4)

12 Who (Joseph __) in his 1904 will, initiated annual prizes for American journalism? (8)

14 What is the main fuel of nuclear reactors? (7)

16 Who uses a divining rod to find underground water? (6)

17 What fruit-bearing plant is the world’s largest herb? (6)

18 What does a craniologist study? (6)

21 What is a circular coral island surrounding a lagoon? (5)

22 What is a star that suddenly brightens, then gradually fades? (4)