GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 What is the scientific study of ferns? (11)

8 What pungent sauce is named after a state of Mexico? (7)

9 The game of snakes and ladders originated in what country? (5)

10 An eft is a juvenile what? (4)

11 What is the business of providing services to travellers? (7)

12 What was Tokyo named before 1868? (3)

13 What four-letter word is shouted in an easy card game? (4)

15 Which river, whose name means “dysentery” in German, provides good drinking water? (4)

17 On a trading floor, what does a palm inwards hand signal mean? (3)

19 What fast sailing ship plied internationally in the 19th Century? (7)

20 Who is the Norse god of thunder? (4)

23 What wood is much used for violin pegs? (5)

24 Which movement formed in 1897 sought the re-establishment of a Jewish nation? (7)

25 Which West Side Story song includes the line “It’s alarming how charming I feel”? (1,4,6)

DOWN

1 What is a sheen on wood from age and handling? (6)

2 Where is your olecranon? (5)

3 What abbreviation in business letters means “of the current month”? (4)

4 Which city in Portugal is famous for its port wine? (6)

5 What death notice usually includes a short biography? (8)

6 In 1915, New York had five daily newspapers in what language? (7)

7 Whose lullaby is a popular tune for cot-side music boxes? (6)

12 What type of plant grows nonparasitically on trees? (8)

14 Which city replaced Mombasa as capital of Kenya? (7)

16 Hydrocortisone is commonly used for what skin condition? (6)

17 What is South America’s largest country? (6)

18 In Australia, what is a wild or unbroken horse? (6)

21 What word might be used in the US for “robbery”? (5)

22 How many quarts make a gallon? (4)