The name game
Hidden in the grid is the name of a long-distance runner. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name.
BOX1: Which Roman emperor once drowned guests in a sea of rose petals?
Caligula (I) Heliogabalus (D) Nero (R)
BOX2: What is the collective noun for goldfinches?
Fleet (O) Gaggle (A) Charm (M)
BOX3: Petrology is the study of what?
Ceramics (P) Rivers (S) Rocks (A)
BOX4: Darrell Rivers is the heroine of which Enid Blyton series?
St Clare’s (M) Malory Towers (T) The Young Adventurers (I)
BOX5: Which band reformed in 1991 three years after their initial split?
The Stone Roses (L) Dire Straits (S) The Police (E)
BOX6: Which of these is a station on the Paris metro system?
Villiers (I) Girona (R) Moliere (G)
BOX7: The main island of which country is called Luzon?
Puerto Rico (P) Japan (S) The Philippines (A)
BOX8: When was the Battle of Maida?
1795 (L) 1806 (I) 1941 (X)
BOX9: Zayn Malik (pictured) shares his birthday with which other pop group star?
Nadine Coyle (W) Rochelle Humes (S) Melanie Chisholm (H)
BOX10: How many of English rugby player Manu Tuilagi’s siblings have played for Leicester Tigers?
Two (Y) Three (U) Five (E)