STAR SEEKER General Knowledge Quiz
Can you find the celebrity name hidden in this crossword? Complete the crossword in the normal way, then make a note of the letters contained in all the squares which are marked with shaded stars. These letters will make an anagram of the name you are trying to discover.
ACROSS
1. Light (12) 7. Lobby (5) 8. Guide (5) 9. Charge (3) 10. Instability (9) 11. Disinter (6) 12. Carrier (6) 15. Enmity (9) 17. Serpent (3) 18. Supple (5) 19. Even (5) 21. Avowal (12)
DOWN
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 10. 13. 14. 16. 20.
Unbearable (12)
A month (3)
Usual (6)
Evidence (9)
Corpulent (5)
Recipe (12)
New (5)
Sleepy (9)
Track (5)
Names (6)
Bury (5)
By way of (3) 1. Who wrote The Ginger Man? A A.A. Milne
B C.S. Lewis
C Robert Louis Stevenson
D J.P. Donleavy
2. From which tree does the chewing gum ingredient chicle come?
A Elm tree
B Palm tree
C Ash tree
D Sapodilla tree
3. Which party did Herbert Asquith represent as leader and Prime Minister?
A Conservatives
B Liberals
C Labour
D Irish Nationalists
4. Which Oscar-winning actor was born Reginald Truscott-Jones?
A Robert DeNiro
B Richard Dreyfuss
C Peter Finch
D Ray Milland
5. Of which planet are Titania and Oberon satellites?
A Jupiter
B Uranus
C Saturn
D Mars
6. Tim Healy and Kevin Whately were among the stars of which 1980s comedy-drama about construction workers living and working overseas?
A Au Revoir, Hen
B Adios, Chuck
C Do Svidanya, Duck
D Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
7. Kirsten Dunst plays which character in the Spider-Man films directed by Sam Raimi?
A Mary Jane
B Aunt May
C Louise
D Gwen
8. What sort of creature is a pipistrelle?
A A frog
B A bird
C A bat
D A lizard
9. The Scottish writer James Boswell is primarily remembered for his 1791 biography of which writer?
A Robert Burns
B William Shakespeare
C Chaucer
D Samuel Johnson 10. Which sport is played on a pitch 22 yards long?
A Football
B Cricket
C Rugby
D Tennis
11. Which Shakespeare play features the character Polonius? A Measure for Measure
B Macbeth
C Hamlet
D The Tempest
12. In which story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle did Sherlock Holmes first appear?
A The Hound of the Baskervilles B The Sign of Four
C Introducing Holmes
D A Study in Scarlet
13. Which statesman who presided over Athens’ golden age is the subject of a play by Shakespeare? A Pericles
B Lucrece
C Adonis
D Troilus
14. Which Spanish city holds an annual fiesta in which bulls are driven through the streets?
A Madrid
B Pamplona
C Malaga
D Barcelona
15. What was the profession of entertainers Edgar Bergen and Ray Alan?
A Ventriloquists
B Singers
C Mime artists
D Comedians