GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

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6. What blossom for a bride is said to indicate the hope of fruitfulness? (6)

7. Which Dane (Vitus ___) explored the water routes between Siberia and North America? (6)

10. What is a group of three related

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11. Louis Mountbatten was 1st Earl Mountbatten of where? (5)

12. What is the smallest, weakest young animal in a litter? (4)

13. Gaucher’s disease causes fragility of what? (5)

16. What common word was derived from the word for a bell that was regularly sounded? (5)

17. What is harvested from the bark of $ ! %' ! ' ' !"

20. In the classic 1964 pop song by Twinkle, who “rode into the night, accelerated his motorbike...”? (5) 21. Which city was buried in 79AD? (7) 22. What is a sum of money demanded by a kidnapper? (6)

23. What heavy base supports a statue? (6)

Down 1. In a rhyme, who stepped in a puddle, right up to his middle? (6,6)

2. Which famous writer was christened Alan Alexander? (1,1,5)

3. What word is from Inuit for “house”? (5)

4. On TV, who is Fred and Wilma Flintstone’s daughter? (7)

5. What is another name for saltpetre? (5)

8. Which American rhythm ‘n’ blues singer performed from 1952 to the 1980s with her group the Pips? (6,6)

9. What device allows a ship’s compass to indicate true, geographic north rather than magnetic north? (9)

14. In 1983, Joan Collins at age 50 appeared in which magazine? (7)

15. What drug depresses the cough centre of the brain and is often added to cough mixtures? (7)

18. What was the central part of a Roman amphitheatre, usually covered with sand? (5)

19. Aunt Nell is rhyming Cockney slang for what? (5)