Who Said?

“A lot of the time, when you do math, you’re stuck. But you feel privileged to work with it: you have a feeling of transcendence and feel like you’ve been part of something really meaningful.” (9)

INSTRUCTIONS

Put the answers to each of the clues in columns from 1 to 9. Row VI reveals the answer.

CLUES AND COLUMNS

1 What is gold, tantalum or platinum? (5,5)

2 What is also known as the Age of Reptiles? (8)

3 Which branch of astronomy deals with the magnitudes and positions of celestial bodies, especially in fixed stars? (10)

4 Literally meaning “one kernel”, what is the strain of wheat Triticum monococcum of the family Poaceae? (7)

5 Coming from the Greek, what is another word for earache? (7)

6 Applied to two small cartilages at the top of the larynx, what anatomical term means “ladle or cup shaped”? (9)

7 For computers, what is the repetition of a series of steps that are controlled by a conditional? (9)

8 What is a name for the northern constellation which contains the Little Dipper and the Pole Star? (6,4)

9 Which organic compound is the most widely produced in the world and is used in the manufacture of plastic? (8)