GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

24/9

ACROSS

1 What Roman public meeting hall had a large rectangular central nave? (8)

7 What gridded chart has x and y axes? (5)

8 Who is said to have committed suicide with an asp? (9)

9 What colour snooker ball is worth one point? (3)

10 What snack have some airlines discontinued because of allergy dangers? (4) 11 Who (John ____) founded Methodism? (6)

13 Which pioneer of feminism wrote about power imbalance in A Room of One’s Own? (8,5)

15 What framework conceals curtain fixtures at the top of a window? (6)

16 What is a horizontal passage into a mine? (4)

18 What is a garland of flowers worn around the neck? (3)

20 Which country borders Mexico and Honduras? (9)

21 What is traditionally used in Japan to make hanko (name stamps)? (5)

22 What small bombs are thrown by hand? (8)

DOWN

1 What is the B in a BLT? (5)

2 What industrial plant processes ore? (7)

3 What are circuits of a racetrack? (4)

4 Who was the only wife to outlive Henry VIII? (9,4)

5 What is Prince Henry of Wales called by his friends? (5)

6 What pole with a bucket and counterweight is used in Egypt for raising water? (7)

7 What crowd-attracting construction once stood near London’s present-day Marble Arch? (7)

12 Which science studies living organisms? (7)

13 In the Middle Ages, what was a person bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord? (7)

14 Which children’s card game leaves the loser with an unmatched card? (3,4)

15 What is an edging of small loops, as on lace or ribbon? (5)

17 What do the lachrymal glands produce? (5)

19 What plant has types maidenhair and staghorn? (4)