General knowledge crossword

ACROSS

6 In the card game Five Hundred, which suit scores the highest number of points? (6)

7 What is a long-necked glass container used for distilling liquids? (6)

10 What are small squares of pasta containing a savoury meat mixture? (7)

11 What religion has an estimated 1000 million followers? (5)

12 What is the Irish name for the Republic of Ireland? (4)

13 What commonly used Spanish word means “to God”? (5)

16 What is the part of a tooth projecting from the gum? (5)

17 Kaolin is a type of what? (4)

20 Whose Skytrain project failed in 1982? (Sir Freddie __) (5)

21 What is a cell specialised to conduct nerve impulses? (7)

22 On what do circus clowns sometimes walk? (6)

23 What type of canoe is made from a hollowed trunk? (6) DOWN 1 By what name was body builder Angelo Siciliano (1894- 1972) better known? (7,5)

2 Which is the oldest university in the US? (7)

3 What is the distinctive character or guiding beliefs of a people, culture or group? (5) 4 What is deer’s flesh, used as food? (7) 5 What is a French interjection for “there it is!” or “there you are!”? (5) 8 Who gained fame singing “Stand by Your Man”? (5,7)

9 Which book by Jung Chang is subtitled Three Daughters of China? (4,5)

14 What Latin expression means “in proportion”? (3,4)

15 In the European Union “35 percent volume” is roughly equal to “61° proof “. What substance is being measured? (7)

18 What is a loosely coiled bundle of yarn? (5)

19 In what type of musical composition is a short melodic theme introduced by one part, then successively taken up by others? (5)