NAME GAME
HIDDEN in the grid is the name of a British athlete. Answer the questions, then re-arrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name. Solution on Monday.
BOX 1: How many times has retired track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy (pictured) been a world champion? Seven (B) Nine (D) Eleven (E)
BOX 2: Which new film stars Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland as a runaway couple on a road trip? The Vacation Finder (P) The Leisure Seeker (C) The Holiday Hopefuls (I)
BOX 3: U.S. film-maker Noah Baumbach was married to which actress from 2005 to 2013? Jennifer Jason Leigh (C) Jennifer Grey (E) Jennifer Love Hewitt (T) BOX 4: What type of weapon is a carbine? A throwing stick (A) A blade designed for thrusting (N) A light short-barrelled rifle (L) BOX 5: In what year did the TV show Countryfile first air? 1984 (S) 1988 (Y) 1992 (U)
BOX 6: The Tappan Zee Bridge, which was rebuilt in 2017, can be found in which U.S. state? Virginia (K) Colorado (S) New York (A)
BOX 7: Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee wrote detective fiction under which pseudonym? Ellery Queen (N) Benjamin Black (A) Ellis Peters (Z)
BOX 8: In the 1994 Disney film The Lion King, what type of animal is Pumbaa? Meerkat (W) Hyena (E) Warthog (D)
Yesterday’s answer: PAM AYRES ( 1P, 2Y, 3E, 4A, 5S, 6M, 7R, 8A)