The big quiz
The answers to all but one of these quiz questions can be found hidden in this wordsearch grid, reading forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonally.
To help you, we’ll tell you that the answers are in alphabetical order in each section. However, one answer can’t be found in the grid. This is your prize answer.
THE SILVER SCREEN – MOLE
In the 2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Simon McBurney says, ‘There’s a mole, right at the top of the Circus’ to Gary Oldman, who plays which main character? (6,6)
2 A running gag, in which a mole appears in different positions on Prince John’s face throughout the film, features in Mel Brooks’ 1993 spoof Robin Hood: Men in _? (6)
3 Who directed the 2009 animation Fantastic Mr Fox, which includes the characters
Phil Mole, Clive Badger and
Stan Weasel?
(3,8)
WHERE IN THE WORLD? RAT 4 In which country is the city of Hamelin, or Hameln, made famous by the tale of the Pied Piper, who lured the rats from the town with his music? (7)
5 The Karni Mata Temple, known as the Temple of Rats and home to more than 20,000 black rats, is located in which country? (5)
6 The 2007 Pixar animation Ratatouille was set in which
capital city? (5)
BADGER
7 The Old English for badger, brock, features in the name of the New Forest’s largest village by population, Brockenhurst, in which English county? (9) 8 Who voiced Trufflehunter the badger in The Chronicles of
Narnia: Prince Caspian, and played DI John Rebus in the TV series Rebus? (3,5) 9 What name is given to the underground network of tunnels and chambers in which a badger lives? (4)
TOAD
10 Mr Toad’s Wild Ride is one of the attractions at which Californian theme park, which opened in the city of Anaheim in 1955? (10)
11 The hypnotoad is a minor character in which Matt Groening TV animation, which follows the exploits of Fry, a 20th-century pizza delivery boy in the 31st century? (8) 12 Who played Mr Toad in the 2007 live-action TV film The Wind in the Willows, and Tweedledee/ Tweedledum in the 2010 film Alice in Wonderland? (4,5)
THE WIND IN
THE WILLOWS
13 Which Kenneth wrote The Wind in the Willows in 1908? (7) 14 Which Monty Python member, who died in January 2020, directed and starred in a 1996 film of The Wind in the Willows with Steve Coogan and Eric Idle? (5,5) 15 In The Wind in the Willows, what is the name of Mr Toad’s home? (4,4)