General Knowledge Crossword

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3. Tourist centre in Morocco housing the Koutoubia Mosque (9) 8. Idi, Ugandan dictator and head of state 1971-79 (4) 9. Lady ---, character in Farquhar’s play The Beaux’ Stratagem (9) 10. See 16. 11. In Jewish legend, an artificially created human (5) 14. African mammal with white stripes on the legs (5) 15. In Hindu mythology, the incarnation of the god Vishnu on earth (4) 16 and 25, 10. Name given to the murder of Ernst Röhm and others by the SS on Hitler’s orders (5,2,3,4,6) 18. Large extinct flightless bird, one of Mauritius (4) 20. 1992 biographical film starring Jack Nicholson as a U.S. union leader (5) 21. Series of six U.S.

artificial satellites (5) 24. African republic whose capital is Luanda (6) 25. See 16. 26. Period of seven

days (4) 27. 1995 James Bond film featuring Pierce Brosnan (9)

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1. Korean martial art (9) 2. 1984 world Formula

One champion (4,5) 4. 8c B.C. prophet, a herdsman and fig grower (4) 5. Mr. Starr, drummer

with ‘The Beatles’ (5) 6. Title assumed in 1870 by the Prussian king Wilhelm I following the unification of Germany (6) 7. Biblical king, first to be elected by the Israelites (4) 9. Menachem, Israeli politician awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1978 (5) 11. Nikolai, Russian author of Dead Souls (5) 12. Ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed in 1620 (9) 13. Russian stringed

musical instrument (9) 17. “The ---”, John Carpenter film set in Antarctica (5) 19. Perennial plant whose varieties include the lady’s slipper (6) 22. Miss Terry, English actress associated with Henry Irving (5) 23. Hairstyle consisting of

thick bushy curls (4) 24. Mr. North, 1985

U.S. Open golf champion (4)