GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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Rare breed of small sheep, usually black and white in colour (5)
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8. “Where words fail, __ speaks”: Hans Christian Andersen (5)
11. Female reproductive cells (3)
12. Someone who objects to something being done in their own neighbourhood, but not elsewhere (5)
13. Capital city of Honduras (11)
14. First black tennis player to win the ,$.=22(.&+$2 3 (, +$#/.8(. 8 died 1993 (4)
15. An image or representation of a god or divinity used as an object of worship; a false god (4)
16. French manufacturer of ski equipment and acccessories, %/4.#$# " -
18. Historically, a freeman or citizen /% /1/4&' " -
20. Musical about the life of an American Founding Father (8)
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24. 60km tramping track in the South Island, lying between Lake Te Anau and Lake Manapouri (6)
26. Masked character created in a 1930s radio show who also appeared (. ; 2$1($2 .# 2$5$1 +
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29. German Jewish banking family 6'(!' (. 3'$ + 3$ 3' $.3419 2 6 5$ 1/3'$12 2$3 40 42(.$22$2 (. /.#/.8 1(28 1 .*%4138 ($.. .# Naples (10)
30. Small town on State Highway 2, south of the Firth of Thames (6)
31. Spoiled youngest daughter of the March family in the novel Little Women (3)
32. Australian/American singer whose hits included I Am Woman and Angie Baby (5,5)
33. Formation used by Roman legions where shields were overlapped above their heads, %/1,(.& 3/13/(2$ 2' 0$ " -
37. Small medical device implanted in the chest to help control abnormal heart rhythms (9)
47. Short French verse of 15 lines 6(3' 36/ 1'93',2 " -
48. Toast of Scandinavian origin, said before starting an alcoholic drink (4)
49. Middle name of English mechanical and civil engineer
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50. Magical fruit in the title of a 1961 Roald Dahl children’s novel (5)
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1. Military group who rule a country after seizing power by force (5)
2. 798 ,, +$ 31 .20 1$.3 2/+(# with strong aroma, used in liniment
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3. Pattie __, English model who was married to Eric Clapton and George Harrison (4)
4. Large goose-like duck which was *./6. 3/ /1( 2 0 3 .&(3 .&( " -
5. Leader of NZ’s Labour Party from ; 8 6'/ 1$2(&.$# 3/ ++/6 Jacinda Ardern to take over (6)
6. Product with sizes called Corona, Churchill and Pyramide (5)
7. American singer/songwriter who )/(.$# +$$36//# ! (. " -
8. International brand of seasonings and instant soups, founded in
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9. Christmas carol composed in Austria in 1818 (6,5)
10. Jewish braided bread containing eggs, eaten on the Sabbath and
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17. Currency of Peru, made up of
41. Area of mostly calm weather at 100 centimos (3) the centre of a cyclone (3) 18. Street in London’s Marylebone
42. Traditional Arabian sailing ship where Sherlock Holmes lived (5) with lateen sails and long thin hulls (4) 19. Roy ____, Australian tennis
46. “Logic will get you from A to B. player who won 12 Grand Slam ___ will take you everywhere”: Albert singles and 16 Grand Slam doubles Einstein (11) 3(3+$2 $36$$. .# " -
20. American jazz singer known as < #9 9= " -
21. According to a nursery rhyme, this day’s child was fair of face (6)
22. Chemical weapon used in riot control which causes the eyes to water (4,3)
25. English singer who had a 1965 hit with Downtown (6,5)
27. All-purpose creamy skinned potato (3)
28. .2314,$.3 %$ 341$# /. 3'$ hit The Devil Went Down to Georgia (6)
32. Mary ____, Welsh folk singer best known for her 1968 song Those Were the Days (6)
33. An idea that has previously been #$,/.231 3$# 3/ $ 314$ " -
34. Old English name for a fox (3)
35. Latin: to, for, or with God (3)
36. Alcoholic drink made in France, 5/41$# 6(3' .(2$$# .# 424 ++9 mixed with water (6)
38. Technique that uses a magnetic $+# 3/ 01/5(#$ . (, &$ /% (.2(#$ 3'$ body (1,1,1)
39. “Stupidity has a __ of getting its way”: Albert Camus (5)
40. The __ of Terror: period of the 1$.!' 1$5/+43(/. %1/, ;
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43. Carrion-feeding African carnivore, with a long thick neck and sloping body, which hunts in packs (5)
44. Surname of Australian brothers 6'/8 (. 8 $! ,$ 3'$ 123 36(.2 to play cricket together for their country (5)
45. One of the cartoon mascots of Kellogg’s Rice Krispies (4)