General Knowledge Crossword
ACROSS
1. Actor who appeared in the films
Seven and True Romance (4,4) 5. John, motor racing driver killed when attempting the world water speed record in 1952 (4)
9. Fifth book of the
New Testament (4) 10. Actor who starred in the 1930 film
All Quiet on the Western Front (3,5) 11. Small mammal closely related to the weasel (5)
12. Mr. Pavarotti,
Italian tenor born in Modena (7)
13. Irish boxer who became WBA world featherweight champion in
1985 (5,8)
18. Person who manufactures or repairs firearms (8) 19 and 20 Ac. 1973 film set in Venice based on a Daphne du Maurier story (4,4,3) 21. Arabian emirate whose capital is Doha (5)
22. Province of Pakistan whose chief towns include Karachi (4) 23. Joseph, English actor who died in 1837, noted as a clown in pantomime (8)
DOWN
2. Soft white unsalted cheese made from sheep’s milk (7) 3. Giant ---, owner of Doubting
Castle in Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress (7)
4. 1975 P.D. James
novel (3,5,5)
6. Group of American child actors of the 1930s-40s which included Tommy Bond and Joe
Cobb (3,4) 7. Woodwind instrument, the tenor of the oboe family (7)
8. ‘Dr. Fu ---’, novel by
Sax Rohmer (6)
13. Airman created by
Capt. W.E. Johns (7) 14. Former name of former capital of Myanmar (7)
15. Sheikh Ahmed
Zaki, Saudi Arabian politician born in 1930 (6)
16. American state whose capital is Indianapolis (7)
17. Author of The
Fountainhead (3,4)
WORD WISE
The word may sound familiar, but do you know what it means?
CENTILLION
A B
C
Centre of the universe The hundredth power of a million
Central pillar of a building
DUENNA
A B
C
An operatic duet A box-like stringed instrument A chaperon