GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

Across

1. What might a conjuror utter while performing a trick? (11) 8. What soft white Italian cheese is used in ' * + (7) 9. Which motor car company was founded by Colin Chapman? (5) 10. What common stinger belongs to the genus Vespula? (4) 11. Historically, what is reversion of property to the state in the absence of legal heirs? (7) 12. What, according to playwright Tom ** * & & / + (3) 13. What is an elaborate vocal solo in an opera? (4) 15. What percussion devices are used in toy guns? (4) 17. * $ ; & ; & + (3) 19. What (___ Dam) was the Hoover Dam called for a while? (7) 20. What type of hairdo is shaped in a wide frizzy bush? (4) 23. An antimacassar is a piece of cloth put over the back of a what? (5) 24. What property of matter causes it to resist any change of its motion? (7) 25. “An aisle grab” is an anagram of what retail event? (7,4)

Down

1. What is carried in a quiver? (6) 2. Petrogenesis is the formation of what? (5) 3. Which show was Broadway’s longest running, starting in 1987 and ending in 2006? (4) 4. A baby’s nappy in the US (6) 5. What is a valve which automatically tops up a cistern when liquid is drawn from it? (8) 6. Which Belgian city plays the role $ & * & & + !<# 7. From German for “replacement”, what is a product made as an imitation of a better one? (6) 12. Originally from Latin, what type of person is a vagabond? (8) 14. What word is repeated by background actors to simulate conversation? (7) 16. What calculating device evolved from a sand-covered wax tablet? (6) 17. A preparation from what daisy plant is used to treat bruises and injuries? (6) 18. A thick vegetable soup, often creamy (6) 21. What is a decision on a point of Islamic law, usually written, given by a mufti? (5) 22. What type of diagram represents mathematical or logical sets as overlapping circles? (4)