General knowledge crossword

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7 What lodges were formed after a 1795 clash in Ireland between Catholics and Protestants? (6) 8 La Guardia and John F Kennedy airports are in which New York borough? (6) 10 What is the capital of Ontario? (7) 11 Georges Rémi published his Tin-Tin books under what pseudonym? (5) 12 Which city near the Red Sea was once an important coaling station for Suez Canal ships? (4) 13 In which country was Salman Rushdie born? (5) 17 In TV’s Fawlty Towers, who is Connie Booth’s character? (5) 18 Which saint is the patron saint of doctors? (4) 22 In snooker, which ball scores three points? (5) 23 Which city of Cyprus was first known as Ledra? (7) 24 What are the sheets of rock that are thought to form the Earth’s outer crust? (6) 25 What style of architecture, decoration and furniture making prevailed in Louis XV’s time? (6)

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1 General Motors used the name of which Native American chief for a car introduced in 1926? (7) 2 What is a person who shoes horses? (7) 3 What is someone who buys or sells for another for a commission? (5) 4 Which Russian poet is to Russian literature what Shakespeare is to English? (7) 5 Which German bacteriologist has a laboratory dish named after him? (5) 6 Which former silver-mining town is now a Colorado skiing resort? (5) 9 Who orbited the Earth in 1962 and 1998? (4,5) 14 What is a circular identifying mark on a military aircraft? (7) 15 In which film did Marilyn Monroe sing “That Old Black Magic”? (3,4) 16 What word describes a crustacean such as a shrimp or crab, with ten legs? (7) 19 Who is Libya’s eastern neighbour? (5) 20 Which US state executed a woman in 1998, the first time since 1863? (5) 21 What is a story reported ahead of rival publications? (5)