SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No316
We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS: 1. What was the most popular name given to girls born in Ireland last year? (5) 4. Defeated by VHS in the “video format wars”. (7) 7. What was the most popular name given to boys born in Ireland last year? (5) 8. Jeffrey Donaldson is the MP for _____ Valley. (5) 9. In politics, what is the opposite of a dove? (4) 10. Which instrument did Ravi Shankar play? (5) 13. Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own. (6) 16. & 19. Character who is shorthand for an ordinary person who daydreams of personal triumphs. (6,5) 22. Saint Jarlath is synonymous with which Irish town? (4) 23. Who wrote Address To A Haggis? (5) 24. & 25. Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser. (5,7) 26. The _____ of Venus: Botticelli’s best-known painting. (5)
DOWN: 2. David Beckham is setting up a football team in which US city? (5) 3. ___ ___ Cleef: Spaghetti western star. (3,3) 4. Sacha Baron Cohen character from Kazakhstan. (5) 5. Who wrote The Hobbit? (7) 6. George Clooney’s wife. (4) 10. What is the name of Tintin’s dog (in English)? (5) 11. Cricket: when a batsman is dismissed because the umpire believes the ball would have hit the stumps if the batsman’s pads/body had not obstructed it. (1,1,1) 12. RTE’s Washington correspondent. (5) 14. What are the initials of the GAA in Irish? (1,1,1) 15. Which world leader kept Albert Reynolds waiting at Shannon Airport in 1994? (7) 17. Irish brand name created in the 1920s by the company Mineral Water Distributors. (6) 18. Senegalese capital and destination for many years of a famous rally from Paris. (5) 20. On which river is Nottingham built? (5) 21. Film starring Michael Caine which depicts the Battle of Rorke’s Drift. (4)
Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 315 ACROSS: 6. Dawson’s Creek. 8. San Jose. 9. Vaduz. 10. Eton. 12. Attlee. 14. Gerry. 15. Dodder. 16. Audi. 19. Rapid. 21. Mae West. 22. Sam Warburton. DOWN: 1. Swinford. 2. Honor. 3. Essex. 4. Gravity. 5. Lead. 6. Düsseldorf. 7. Uzbekistan. 11. Der. 12. Art. 13. Laureate. 14. Get Down. 17. Smurf. 18. Lexus. 20. Piaf.
Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 315 Marion Meyer, Glengormley, Co Antrim James O’Connor, Whitehall, Dublin 9 Phil Carroll, Cabra, Dublin 7
Post your entries to Sunday Independent Quizword No 316, Sunday Independent, 27-32 Talbot Street, Dublin D01 X2E1, to arrive by Thursday morning next. Faxes are unacceptable. Prizes will be awarded to the first three all-correct entries opened. Please allow up to six weeks for receipt of your prize, and would entrants also remember to include a phone number with their address, simply as an extra aid to contacting winners. If you are a winner and have any queries in relation to your prize, please ring our dedicated hotline on: (01) 705-5333