GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Which 1930s screen star has her name in the dictionary? (3,4)

4 If C is Charlie and G is golf, what is A? (5) 7 On music, what symbol on the left-hand end of a stave indicates the pitch of the music? (4)

8 What describes someone who speaks several languages? (8)

10 What is Bugs Bunny’s catchphrase? (5,2,3)

12 Who was head of the servants in TV’s Upstairs, Downstairs? (6)

13 What is the capital of Turkey? (6)

15 An estimated three million stray dogs roam the streets of which city? (6,4)

18 In an old song, which racetrack is five miles long? (8)

19 Sally Lunn was a baker in which English city? (4)

20 Niamey is the capital of which country in Africa? (5)

21 What electric generator produced the spark for early car engines? (7)

DOWN

1 The hyacinth species of which bird is the world’s longest parrot? (5)

2 Colombia is the world’s major source of which gemstones?(8)

3 What is a company of travelling entertainers? (6)

4 Who was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia? (3,7)

5 What cloth is spread over a coffin? (4)

6 St Johns is the largest town on which of the Leeward Islands? (7)

9 Whose novels feature Captain Horatio Hornblower? (1,1,8)

11 What is a spiced liquid mixture in which meat or fish is soaked before cooking? (8) 12 What large tuba preceded the sousaphone? (7)

14 What dwelling of Native Americans consists of skins spread over a set of tied arched poles? (6)

16 David Filo and Jerry Yang founded which Internet company? (5)

17 In December 1952, what killed thousands of Londoners? (4)