The name game

Hidden in the grid is the name of a soap actress. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name.

BOX1: In which city were the Scandinavian pop group ABBA formed?

Uppsala (K)

Stockholm (N)

Oslo (R)

BOX2: Who stood against John Major (pictured) for the Tory Party leadership in 1995?

John Redwood (N)

Michael Heseltine (T)

Michael Portillo (C)

BOX3: Which novelist wrote Brideshead Revisited and Scoop?

Joseph Heller (U)

Evelyn Waugh (A)

Virginia Woolf (O)

BOX4: Suzi Perry used to regularly present coverage of what?

Motorsport (D)

Swimming (P)

Rugby (X)

BOX5: Which band’s albums include Some Girls and Aftermath?

The Rolling Stones (O)

The Jam (I)

Def Leppard (E)

BOX6: Brahma is a senior god under which religion?

Christianity (O)

Judaism (A)

Hinduism (E)

BOX7: Who has played the detectives Bergerac and Tom Barnaby on TV?

John Nettles (S)

John Thaw (W)

John Alderton (V)

BOX8: The word ‘Flughaven’ means ‘airport’ in which language?

French (S)

Swedish (T)

German (J)

BOX9: When did the first ascent of Everest take place?

1923 (M)

1953 (N)

1983 (Y)

BOX10: Which of the following presenters appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2005?

Jeremy Paxman (I)

Bill Turnbull (A)

Jon Snow (E)