SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No506
We are offering a €50 One4all Gift Card to three Sunday Independent readers with this Quizword, compiled by John Murphy
ACROSS: 1. Which ocean liner was torpedoed by a U-boat off the Irish coast on May 7, 1915? (9) 8. Who sings the theme song for the much-delayed James Bond film No Time To Die? (6) 9. 1970s TV series starring David Carradine. (4,2) 10. Large Hadron Collider organisation. (4) 12. RTÉ’s environment & science correspondent. (3) 13. Which German act had a hit with Da Da Da? (4) 16. Star sign Sagittarius is “The ______”. (6) 17. The deepest point on the Earth’s surface is in the Mariana ______ in the Pacific Ocean. (6) 18. Antonio Banderas’s character in Shrek films. (4) 21. Movie company with a famous roaring lion logo. (1,1,1) 22. ____ Head is at the end of Dingle Peninsula. (4) 24. Irish act whose album Wasteland, Baby! topped the US charts in 2019. (6) 25. Citizen Kane was inspired by the life of this media magnate. (6) 26. What is Joe Biden’s middle name? (9) DOWN: 2. One of the sides in the American Civil War. (5) 3. Group fronted by Bono’s son Elijah. (7) 4. Winner of three consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cups in the 1960s. (5) 5. __ ___ In Love: 10cc hit. (2,3) 6. & 7. Novel and movie featuring a tiger on a lifeboat. (4,2,2) 10. Traditional Irish potato dish. (5) 11. The _____ of Castlebar: battle of 1798. (5) 14. Adjective meaning “related to the kidneys”. (5) 15. Who plays Eamon to Jennifer Zamparelli’s Bridget? (5) 17. President Richard Nixon visited which Co Kildare village in 1970? (7) 19. “I will wear my heart ____ my sleeve for daws to peck at,” Shakespeare, Othello. (4) 20. Which company introduced electronic timekeeping to the Summer Olympics in 1964? (5) 21. _____ Pellow sang with Wet Wet Wet. (5) 22. Archetypal “Blaxploitation” movie with a memorable theme song. (5) 23. What did fans of wrestler Big Daddy chant? (4)
Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 505 ACROSS: 4. SSIA. 6. Navalny. 8. Murdoch. 9. Mark. 10. Knopfler. 13. Aria. 14. Hard. 15. IRS. 17. Graz. 19. Kirk. 20. Bunclody. 22. Hyde. 24. Roderic. 26. Hermits. 27. Aged. DOWN: 1. Cava. 2. Rackard. 3. Wyman. 4. Script. 5. I Go. 7. Chorizo. 10. Kai. 11. Lark. 12. Rhubarb. 13. Arán. 16. Sky. 17. Grahame. 18. Alfred. 21. Dyche. 23. Date. 25. Dig.
Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 505
n Elizabeth Charlton, Ballyhooly, Co Cork n Gerard O’Connor, Tullamore, Offaly n Ann Hearne, Nenagh, Co Tipperary
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