GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 What country lies between Estonia and Lithuania? (6)

7 In which city did Lech Walesa rise to prominence? (6)

10 Where in the US is Walt Disney World? (7)

11 Where on your body is your sagittal crest? (5)

12 What did Hans Christian Andersen’s Ugly Duckling become? (4)

13 What is a mass of loose rocks on a mountain slope? (5)

16 In TV’s Midsomer Murders, what is the name of Tom Barnaby’s wife? (5)

17 What dress consists of a long piece of light material that is draped around the body? (4)

20 Which famous English cricket ground was built on the site of a former duck pond? (5)

21 What word for a trade ban came from a Spanish word for impede or arrest? (7)

22 In motor racing, what colour flag warns drivers of a hazard ahead? (6)

23 Which Pacific country was formerly called the Ellice Islands? (6)

DOWN

1 Which English novelist died the same day as John F Kennedy? (6,6)

2 What language gave us the words corridor, bankrupt and ballot? (7)

3 Which international club began in Chicago in 1917? (5)

4 Which epic poem describes Ulysses’s wanderings? (7)

5 In Imperial Russia, what whip was used for flogging prisoners? (5)

8 Which singer’s 1987 hit begins “In my imagination there is no complication, I dream about you all the time”? (5,7)

9 Which singer who came to popularity in the 1960s is known for his gritty voice? (3,6)

14 What seasonal wind brings rain in India? (7)

15 What is the cut-grass area between tee and putting green? (7)

18 What small crustaceans are the main food of baleen whales? (5)

19 What firearm propels small round lead pellets using compressed air? (1,1,3)