GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 What is the practice of deep-freezing a human corpse, hoping to restore it later? (8)

7 The song “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” is from which musical? (5)

8 An aircraft exceeding the speed of sound causes what noise? (5,4)

9 What is someone who has achieved a level of advanced proficiency in judo or karate? (3)

10 What is a player’s stake put up before the deal in poker? (4)

11 What is aged in caves in Roquefort, France? (6)

13 The Douglas fir is the state tree of which US state? (6)

14 What might a large solid cushion used as a seat be called? (6)

17 What is a low, soft, felt hat with the crown creased lengthways? (6)

18 What insect can jump 200 times its body length? (4)

20 What jelly-like substance is used for setting the hair? (3)

22 In what style of architecture was St Mark’s, Venice, built? (9)

23 What is the main vessel in the body’s arterial network? (5)

24 What is a neuralgia along the nerve from the back of the thigh down the calf of one leg? (8)

DOWN

1 What is the medical name for a rib? (5)

2 Which river is China’s longest? (7)

3 From which city in south-east France does a ferry run to Corsica? (4)

4 What is a bell-shaped cover used to protect young plants? (6)

5 What two-terminal semi-conductor allows the flow of current in one direction only? (5)

6 What describes a person of power and rank, especially in industry? (7)

7 In 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte assumed what title? (7)

12 What is the standard monetary unit of Nicaragua? (7)

13 In football, what does “o g” mean? (3,4)

15 Who (Frederico ____) directed the 1960 film La Dolce Vita? (7)

16 The antidepressant drug fluoxetine is better known by what trade name? (6)

17 What bright distress device is carried in a boat? (5)

19 What is the central part of an amphitheatre? (5)

21 Which empire established its capital at Cuzco, Peru, in the 12th Century? (4)