The name game

Hidden in the grid is the name of an author. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name.

BOX1: Which English seaside resort is on the Fylde?

Blackpool (E) Skegness (U) Scarborough (D)

BOX2: Which tube connects the kidney to the bladder?

Bronchial (W) Fallopian (I) Ureter (N)

BOX3: In which year did the Wars of the Roses start?

1355 (H) 1405 (E) 1455 (M)

BOX4: What colour is known in French as ‘jaune’?

Green (S) Red (Y) Yellow (H)

BOX5: Which artist is famous for his statue The Thinker?

Constantin Brancusi (G) Auguste Rodin (R) Gian Lorenzo Bernini (D)

BOX6: Which is known as Belgium’s ‘Flower City’?

Ostend (B) Liege (T) Ghent (A)

BOX7: Which of these films did Wes Anderson NOT direct?

This is 40 (J) Fantastic Mr Fox (M) Moonrise Kingdom (S)

BOX8: Chablis comes from which French wine region?

Burgundy (Y) Champagne (O) Loire (W)

BOX9: What animal do Inuits call a nanook?

Penguin (F) Polar bear (E) Whale (O)

BOX10: Actress Emma Stone (pictured) played which character in The Amazing Spider-man films?

Mary Parker (P) Mary Jane Watson (L) Gwen Stacy (S)