GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

ACROSS

4 Name another term for a clique (7) 8 What is the intoxicating principle of fermented liquors (7)

9 What do we call trips, used to convey messages (7)

10 One who plays the percussion instruments is the what (7)

11 Which science deals with the earth and its rocks (7)

12 Name the wooden shoes worn by peasants in France, Belgium, etc (6) 14 Which midmorning meal serves as both breakfast and lunch (6)

18 In geometry, which solid has a square base and triangular sides which meet in a point (7)

21 To have called upon someone socially, is to have done what (7)

22 Name the large, often destructive sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake (7)

23 To be curved like the interior of a hollow sphere is to be what (7)

24 What is an alternative term for a beach (7)

DOWN

1 Name the males of the goose family (7)

2 Which movement was founded by Sir Robert Baden-Powell (5)

3 What is another word for a pharmacist (7)

4 Name the body of ministers in the Christian Church, ordained for religious duties (6)

5 What do we call the trunk of the human body (5)

6 To make adverse criticism of a person, is to do what (3,4)

7 What is a short literary composition (5)

13 Hamilton is the capital of which Atlantic group of islands noted for its triangle (7)

15 Name the Italian composer whose major operas include The Barber of Seville and William Tell (7)

16 The symbol for which cardinal number is C (7)

17 What is an opinion offered as worthy to be followed (6)

18 Which other word describes courses of action, conduct or procedure (5)

19 Name a popular US winter beach resort in SE Florida (5)

20 What is another name for the ermine (5)