GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

6 Henry Ford hated what and was determined to keep them out of his car plants? (6)

7 What document grants protection to an inventor? (6)

10 US space probes of which series were launched between 1958 and 1973? (7)

11 What fossil resin from the Baltic Sea region is prized for jewellery making? (5)

12 What is the basic monetary unit of China? (4)

13 What milky fluid exudes from cut rubber trees? (5)

16 In which city is composer Chopin buried? (5) 17 What are baby seals? (4)

20 Which make of transparent soap has hardly changed in content in over 200 years? (5)

21 Based in Henley-on-thames, which amateur rowing club is the world’s oldest? (7) 22 In motor racing, competitors must not pass others while what colour flag is showing? (6) 23 Meaning “jumping flea”, from where does the word ukulele come? (6)

DOWN

15/1 1 When first published in 1810, which rhyme was a riddle, the answer being “an egg”? (6,6) 2 What is a temporary encampment for soldiers or mountaineers? (7)

3 Hamlet’s father’s ghost was described with a countenance more in sorrow than in what? (5) 4 Medically speaking, what is a dead body? (7) 5 What is a bowler hat known as in the US? (5) 8 What separates Australia from New Guinea? (6,6)

9 A charango is a small Andean guitar traditionally made from the shell of a what? (9) 14 What is a watertight chamber in which underwater construction work can be carried out? (7)

15 On what would you find a gnomon? (7)

18 What bird appears on the coat of arms of Germany? (5)

19 What country is known by its residents as Nippon or Nihon? (5)