SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No307
We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS:
4. Metal added to steel, iron, etc to make it galvanised. (4) 6. Dutch businessman who was kidnapped and held hostage in Monasterevin in 1975. (7) 8. Word to describe a fast, lively piece of music. (7) 9. Ancient name for Israel. (4) 10. The three statues on top of the GPO are called Hibernia, Mercury and ________. (8) 13. Which social network was one of the most popular websites in Ireland 10 years ago? (4) 14. Who plays the current landlord of the Queen Vic in EastEnders? (4) 15. One of golf ’s four majors. (1,1,1) 17. 27 is the ____ of 3. (4) 19. How Augusto Pinochet came to power. (4) 20. In which city are the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee? (8) 22. ____ Juniors: a top Argentine football club. (4) 24. Professor Van _______: Dracula’s archenemy. (7) 26. Who is the most recent Irish winner of the Man Booker Prize? (7) 27. Scottish river famous for salmon and whisky. (4)
DOWN:
1. The Last ____: next Star Wars film. (4) 2. Actor who won an Oscar for The King And I. (7) 3. Who designed Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia? (5) 4. On which instrument was the theme to The Third Man played? (6) 5. Union led by Arthur Scargill for 20 years. (1,1,1) 7. The Roman Catholic Church’s administrative and legislative body. (4,3) 10. Old term for a man excessively interested in his clothes and appearance. (3) 11. “__ __ all night to get lucky”, Daft Punk”. (2,2) 12. What was the name of the Dublin venue the Beatles played in November 1963? (7) 13. ____ Geste: novel about the Foreign Legion. (4) 16. Term for a combat pilot who has brought down at least five enemy planes. (3) 17. In which English county is the Lake District? (7) 18. Roddy Doyle TV drama which introduced the characters Charlo and Paula Spencer. (6) 21. Country that borders Algeria and Nigeria. (5) 23. Mountain range on the Beara peninsula. (4) 25. 400m in outdoor athletics, 200m indoor. (3)