GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 What is the technical term for the collarbone? (8)

7 What is a glassy coating on pottery? (5)

8 What is another name for a roller coaster? (3,6)

9 What is the first name of Ripley in Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr Ripley? (3)

10 What word for a fraudulent or dishonest act comes from Australia? (4)

11 In Greek mythology, which beautiful youth was loved by Aphrodite? (6)

13 Which 1993 novel became the most shoplifted book of the decade? (13)

15 What is a hen in its first year? (6)

16 What is a £25 sum in British slang? (4) 18 What indicates a woman’s unmarried name? (3)

20 Who is the patron saint of lawyers and prisoners? (5,4)

21 Which is the only major planet not named after a Greek or Roman god? (5)

22 What fish is the source of caviar? (8)

DOWN

1 What is a tree trunk tossed in a Scottish Highland sport? (6)

2 The French Foreign Legion’s headquarters were in which country for 120 years? (7)

3 Which plant family includes gladioli, crocuses, and freesias? (4)

4 What scientist studies butterflies and moths? (13)

5 What are you playing if you are standing behind the oche? (5)

6 The suicide myth of which animal was spawned by Disney’s film White Wilderness? (7)

7 What are curling stones traditionally made of? (7)

12 South Africa and Italy both have about 14 million speakers of what language? (7)

13 What natural sound does an astraphobe fear? (7)

14 What followed the Bronze Age? (4,3)

15 What alcoholic drink is made from pear juice? (5)

17 The Klondike gold rush was in which Canadian territory? (5)

19 What plane figure , the Commonwealth __, is a symbol of the Federation of Australia? (4)