GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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1. French dame-jeanne is thought to be the origin of the name of what large bulbous bottle? (8)

7. What oil is used in pesto? (5)

8. types of white paper from Japan? (9)

9. What pale, blind, eel-like salamander lives in limestone caves in SE Europe? (3)

10. What hard white fat from around animal kidneys is used in cooking? (4)

11. The male of the boa and which other snake retain vestiges of two hind limbs? (6)

13. Proverbially, what delights a shepherd? (3,3,2,5)

15. What substance stains teacups? (6) 16. What name is shared by some mountains in Australia, Jamaica and Oregon? (4)

18. Odin is the Norse god of what? (3) 20. What did Tom Sawyer dupe his friends into applying to a fence? (9)

21. What is the popular abbreviation for Rastafarian? (5)

22. What is a shrub or fruit tree that has Down 1. Double top scores 40 points in what game? (5)

2. Who, with Banting, shared the Nobel prize in 1923 for discovering insulin? (7)

3. Which Scotland Yard DI pops up in many Agatha Christie whodunnits? (4)

4. In which card game would you encounter Mr Bun the baker? (6,8) 5. resign? (5)

6. Which is the US’s “Green Mountain State”? (7) 7. Oliver Twist, Jane Eyre and Harry Potter were all what? (7) 12. Which Japanese island was under US control from 1945 to 1972? (7)

13. ! " !" # weed is toxic to livestock? (7) 14. Which Italian anatomist (Luigi ___) is best known for his discovery of the twitching of frogs’ legs in an $$ %

15. What is a private, romantic rendezvous between lovers? (5)

17. In 1846, dentist William Morton demonstrated the use of what as an anaesthetic? (5)

19. What white salty Greek cheese is made from the milk of ewes or goats? (4)