Quiz Crossword

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1 Which machine with spikes breaks up matted vegetation on a lawn? (9)

6 What is the title of both a 1922 and 1979 vampire film? (9)

14 What was the name of Roy Rogers’ horse? (7) 15 What is a closed conic section, shaped like a flattened circle? (7)

16 Which herb can also be a boy’s name? (5) 17 Who was the second son of Adam and

Eve? (4)

18 What completes the title of ___ Lost, the epic poem by John Milton? (8)

19 Which comic strip hero was the enemy of the Mekon? (3,4)

20 Which California town at the foot of Mount Wilson features in the title of a 1948 Humphrey Bogart film? (6,5)

22 What is the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival? (5,3)

25 By what name is a resident physician in a US hospital known? (6)

27 Which coins are spent in Israel? (7)

28 Which flowers gave their name to a series of 15th‑century English civil conflicts? (5) 31 In which fairground game are wooden balls thrown at a dummy? (4,5)

32 What branch of linguistics is concerned with the meanings of words? (9)

36 What is the crime of pyromania? (5) 37 What is the name for a church service held in the evening? (7)

38 Formerly known as Salisbury, what is the capital of Zimbabwe? (6)

40 What was the first name of the Italian artist who painted Mona Lisa ? (8)

42 What name is given to a member of an old French desert army? (11)

46 What is the type of long, narrow pillow, often seen on a chaise longue? (7) 48 What is a member of an ancient people of western Italy? (8)

49 Which city was the capital of West Germany before reunification? (4)

51 What is the first name of actress Ms Zellweger, star of the Bridget Jones films? (5)

52 What title is given to the supreme commander of a navy? (7)

53 Which Vanessa Redgrave film was a biopic of the dancer, Miss Duncan? (7) 54 What name is given to supporters of the monarchy? (9)

55 Of which US state is Nashville the capital? (9)

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2 Which language has the greatest number of speakers? (7)

3 What is the capital of the Baltic state of Latvia? (4)

4 Which body parts include the ulna and the radius? (8)

5 What is the rich green variety of beryl, accepted by many as the birthstone for May? (7)

7 Which large bird with long narrow wings is also called a fish hawk? (6) 8 What is the highest rank in the British Army? (5,7)

9 What is the name of Batman’s sidekick? (5)

10 What was the surname of the woman who founded a London waxworks museum? (7)

11 In a maritime vessel’s name, for what does ‘SS’ stand? (9)

12 What is an instrument for measuring heights? (9)

13 The state of Kentucky is known by which nickname? (9)

21 What is the name of the imaginary kingdom in Anthony Hope’s The Prisoner of Zenda ? (9)

23 What was the pen‑name of American writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens? (4,5)

24 Lover of the Carthaginian queen Dido, in Greek and Roman mythology (6)

26 Which French city on the Loire lies south‑east of Le Mans? (5)

27 Daryl Hannah played a mermaid in which 1984 film? (6)

29 What was the first name of the 1960s/70s French singer of Raindrops Keep Falling on My

Head ? (5)

30 Which Spanish Surrealist painted The Persistence of Memory? (8,4) 33 Who, according to the proverb, catches the worm? (5,4)

34 In bridge, who are the dummies’ partners? (9)

35 What is a flower that blooms year after year? (9)

39 What is a calling to a specific career? (8)

41 Which tourist resort in Florida is home to Disney World? (7)

43 What is the title of the popular ballet composed by Adolphe Adam? (7) 44 What is an alternative form of an element called? (7)

45 What is the name of the Sesame Street frog? (6)

47 Which letter of the Greek alphabet precedes iota? (5)

50 Apart from the Derby, which classic is raced at Epsom? (4)

ACROSS: 1 Scarifier 6 Nosferatu 14 Trigger 15 Ellipse 16 Basil 17 Abel 18 Paradise 19 Dan Dare 20 Sierra Madre 22 Palme D’Or 25 Intern 27 Shekels 28 Roses 31 Aunt Sally 32 Semantics 36 Arson 37 Vespers 38 Harare 40 Leonardo 42 Legionnaire 46 Bolster 48 Etruscan 49 Bonn 51 Renee 52 Admiral 53 Isadora 54 Royalists 55 Tennessee

DOWN: 2 Chinese 3 Riga 4 Forearms 5 Emerald 7 Osprey 8 Field marshal 9 Robin 10 Tussaud 11 Steamship 12 Altimeter 13 Bluegrass 21 Ruritania 23 Mark Twain 24 Aeneas 26 Tours 27 Splash 29 Sacha 30 Salvador

Dali 33 Early bird 34 Declarers 35 Perennial 39 Vocation 41 Orlando 43 Giselle 44 Isotope 45 Kermit 47 Theta 50 Oaks