General knowledge crossword

ACROSS

6. What word describes a break or interruption in a series? (6)

7. Which river rises in Turkey, flows through Baghdad, then joins the Euphrates? (6)

10. Which German school of architecture founded in 1919 was closed by the Nazis in 1933? (7)

11. Who did Pat Phoenix play in TV’s Coronation Street? (5)

12. What is a wooden crosspiece for the necks of two draft animals? (4)

13. Plymouth is in which English county? (5) 16. Which duck friend of Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig was modelled on Harpo Marx? (5)

17. What is to exult, especially over someone vanquished or humiliated? (4)

20. Formed from two letters, what word describes the compere at a public occasion? (5)

21. What is a substance that triggers the production of antibodies? (7)

22. Inspector Frost solves crimes in which town? (6)

23. Which country is also known as the Hellenic Republic? (6)

DOWN

1. Twiggy sang and danced in which 1971 movie? (3,3,6)

2. What traditional Polish dance is performed in triple time? (7)

3. Who (Joseph ___) produced a bicycle lamp in 1875, and later became a major manufacturer of auto electrical parts?

4. What hinged flap on an aircraft’s wing provides lateral control? (7)

5. Captain Macmorris in Henry V is Shakespeare’s only character of what extraction? (5)

8. Who wrote and recorded “My Cherie Amour”? (6,6)

9. Manx is an almost extinct language of which island?(4,2,3) 14. In legend, where was King Arthur’s court and palace? (7) 15. In the early 1900s, which chewing gum manufacturer was the US’s biggest advertiser? (7)

18. Which coronation stone was taken from Scotland in 1296 and returned in 1996? (5)

19. What bird sometimes features on cards of congratulations to a baby’s parents? (5)