GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Across

1. Italian brandy served as an after-dinner drink (6) 5. Chemical element which has the atomic number 17 (8) 9. Reading is to the mind what __ is to the body: Joseph Addison (8) 10. Queen of Persia, first wife of Ahasuerus, in the Book of Esther, part of the Hebrew bible (6) 11. Austrian/American film actress, 19142000, who also co-invented a guidance system for torpedoes (4,6) 12. Surname which is among the 100 most common in Britain (4) 13. Kim ___: actress who played Cadet Karen Thompson in the 1984 film Police Academy (8) 16. 2007 song by New Zealand band Opshop (3,3) 17. William S __, Milwaukee-born engineer who in 1901 established an automotive partnership with a childhood friend (6) 19. Board game created by Alfred Mosher Butts in 1938 (8) 21. Domesticated cattle of South Asia which have a shoulder hump (4) 22. Lengthy training exercise undertaken by soldiers (5,5) 25. Constellation on the celestial equator (6) 26. Inflammation of the spinal cord (8) 27. Person who steers a ship (8) 28. I __ __, 1978 song by Split Enz (3,3)

Down

2. Principal character in the musical Chicago (5) 3. Alcoholic drink made from fermented pears (5) 4. Woodcutter character in the stories One Thousand and One Nights (3,4) 5. The white, in snooker or pool (3,4) 6. Italian port city in Tuscany (7) 7. Female villain in the 1963 James Bond film From Russia with Love (4,5) 8. One of the 12 disciples, most often known as Bartholomew (9) 14. Classical ballet position (9) 15. Chemical element with the atomic number 52 (9) 18. Either end of a spar on a sailing ship (7) 19. Song released by Sam & Dave in 1967 (4,3) 20. Refrigerated containers used on cargo ships (7) 23. Female character created by Charles Dodgson in an 1865 novel, written under a pseudonym (5) 24. Country which is the world’s fifth largest wine exporter and largest copper producer (5)