GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

7 What line on a map connects places of equal atmospheric pressure? (6)

8 In Geometry, what is a line that intersects a curve? (6)

10 “Bad air” is a literal translation of which disease, originally thought to be caused by miasma? (7)

11 What yellow-flowered bush of the pea family has leaves in the form of spines? (5) 12 Which major canal was closed from 1967 to 1975? (4)

13 What earthenware beer mug is of German design? (5)

17 Which Buddy Holly song begins “All of my love, All of my kissin’ “? (2,3)

18 Where is the Capitoline Hill? (4)

22/23 Vodka and coffee liqueur are the ingredients of which cocktail? (5,7)

24 In signal flags, what colour denotes the letter Q? (6)

25 Which Wind in the Willows character “simply hates Society”? (6) 23/7

DOWN

1 What was the Thai language formerly called? (7)

2 What is the Anglicised word for girl or young woman in Ireland? (7)

3 What is the former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1971-1997)? (5)

4 Wanting books to sell for the same price as a pack of cigarettes, Allen Lane founded which book publishers? (7)

5 Which Pacific island is rich in phosphate rock deposits? (5)

6 What is made in the Bessemer process? (5)

9 Who sang the theme song from the film From Russia with Love? (4,5)

14 Who wrote the play The Cherry Orchard? (7)

15 What are plant leaves collectively? (7)

16 Who was Derek Fowlds’ character in TV’S Yes, Minister? (7)

19 What full-length, sleeveless outer garment is worn by Muslim women? (5)

20 What word can be preceded by sea, bald and legal? (5)

21 In the Bible, who is the son of Abraham and Sarah? (5)