GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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10. Soft white metallic element which has the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal (6) 11. Description of a movie star at the top of their career (1-6) 12. “Revenge is a dish best served ___” (4) 13. ____ Ketchum, main character of the Pokémon franchise (3) 14. Type of distilled spirit, especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes (8) 15. Small West African country, between Nigeria and Togo, whose official language is French (5) 16. Coronation Street character played by Cherylee Houston (4) 17. Song released by Spandau Ballet in April 1983 (4) 18. In Norse mythology, a group of gods with the ability to see the future (5) 20. Fast-growing tree of the willow family (6) 21. Style of dance and music which is associated with a southern European country (8) 23. “The welfare of the people in particular has always been the __ of tyrants”: Albert Camus (5) 24. 26th Prime Minister of Australia, who was fluent in the Mandarin language (4) 26. Light form of theatrical entertainment combining music, dance and sketches (5) 27. Popular children’s game also known as Grandma’s Footsteps (7) 29. London theatre built in 1599 and destroyed by fire in 1613 (5) 32. Period lasting from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday (4) 34. Elastic fabric used in sportswear (5) 36. Road cut into the edge of a cliff, especially along a coast (8) 38. Ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey (6) 39. In Judaism, seven-branched candelabrum which represents the seven days of Creation (7) 40. Patriarch of the Heke family in Once Were Warriors (4) 41. In Scotland, a narrow channel between islands (4) 42. Seek to deceive by hiding a weakness or the true situation, especially when playing cards (5) 44. City which has hosted the Canadian F1 Grand Prix since 2016 (8) 45. Wife of Argentine president Juan Peron (3) 46. “It is better to buy a wonderful company at a __ price than a ___ company at a wonderful price”: Warren Buffett (4) 47. Singer and guitarist who recorded Layla and Tears in Heaven (7) 48. Medieval association of craftsmen or merchants (5)
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1. Type of body fat stored within the abdominal cavity (8) 2. ____ Q, musical comedy featuring three human characters and 11 puppet characters (6) 3. Method by which gossip spreads (9) 4. Parade which takes place after the completion of a military basic training course (7,3) 5. Any main branch of a tree, or each of the branches of a cross (4) 6. 100 of these make one Bulgarian lev (8) 7. Title used for events both in motor racing and horse racing (5,4) 8. Craters on Mars and the moon, both named after an Italian astronomer (12) 9. Severe snowstorm with strong winds (8) 19. Long trucking vehicle used to move freight in Australia (4,5) 21. Description of a domesticated animal living wild (5) 22. Rocky ____, Canadian rail-tour company which is the busiest privately owned rail service in North America (11) 25. John __, Illinois blacksmith (1804-1886), who founded one of the world’s largest makers of agricultural and construction equipment (5) 28. Steep slope or long cliff, usually formed as a result of erosion (10) 30. Sudden, vivid memory of an event in the past (9) 31. Institution run by Miss Hannigan in the musical Annie (9) 33. ___ I Write the Book: 1983 song by Elvis Costello and the Attractions (8) 35. Areas of a house or block of flats whose use is shared by tenants (8) 37. One of the four main islands of Japan (8) 40. Barrett brother who plays for the Hurricanes (6) 43. “Remember upon the conduct of each depends the ___ of all”: Alexander the Great (4)