Irish Daily Mirror

The name game

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Hidden in the grid is the name of a sporting great. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters correspond­ing to your answers to fill in the name.

BOX1: What is the currency of Finland?

Markka (X) Krona (F) Euro (R)

BOX2: In the 1989 film Turner and Hooch starring Tom Hanks (pictured), who was Hooch?

Chimpanzee (E) Dog (O)

Police officer (A)

BOX3: A temperatur­e of 83 degrees Fahrenheit is approximat­ely what in Celsius?

15 (G) 28 (S) 44 (B)

BOX4: Which band was originally known as The Pendletone­s?

The Beach Boys (T) The Commodores (Y) The Ramones (D)

BOX5: Who was the first snooker player to make a World Championsh­ip 147 break?

Steve Davis (A) Cliff Thorburn (O) Alex Higgins (U)

BOX6: Boris Johnson’s first novel was called Seventy-two what?

Bicycles (V) Politician­s (C) Virgins (L)

BOX7: The Simplon Tunnel connects which two countries?

Italy and Switzerlan­d (N) Belgium and Germany (H) Austria and Hungary (J)

BOX8: What is the zodiac sign of someone born on Bonfire Night?

Scorpio (A) Aquarius (I) Aries (U)

BOX9: Which fashion designer directed the 2009 film A Single Man?

Karl Lagerfeld (Y) Tom Ford (I)

Donatella Versace (O)

BOX10: In which continent is the Gobi Desert?

Asia (P) Africa (F) Europe (M)

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