THE BIG QUIZ
T he answers to all these general knowledge questions – except one – are in the grid in various
directions. To be this week’s Chat Big Quiz champion, work out which answer is missing. This is your prize answer. Answers are in alphabetical order in each section.
The Silver Screen – Greats
1 In the classic POW movie The Great
Escape, who plays the ‘Cooler King’ and is recaptured attempting a motorcycle jump to freedom? (5, 7) 2 What ‘Great’ movie, based on the novel by F Scott Fitzgerald, was made into a movie in 1974 starring Robert Redford and again in 2013 starring Leonardo Dicaprio? (3,5, 6) 3 What’s the recent fantasy monster movie starring Matt Damon, which is both based around, and takes its title from the huge barrier built across the northern areas of China? (3,5, 4)
Where in The World? Greece
4 What’s the name of the body of water that separates Greece from Turkey? (6, 3) 5 What’s the name of the capital and largest city of modern-day Greece (6) 6 What is the name of the largest of the islands in the Greek state, lying south and east of the mainland, and with the capital of Heraklion? (5)
Grand
7 What’s the name of both the main spectator area at a sporting venue and the name of a Saturday afternoon BBC sports series that ran from 1958 to 2007? (10) 8 Which musical instrument might be a ‘concert grand’, a ‘parlour grand’, or a ‘baby grand’? (5) 9 What’s the name of the motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire that hosts the British Grand Prix F1 race in July? (11)
George
10 What’s the surname of the actor George who links the movies Ocean’s Eleven, The Monuments Men
and Gravity? (7) 11 What is the surname of the George who was the lead guitarist with the Beatles and who had a solo hit with My Sweet Lord? (8) 12 What’s the surname of the George who wrote Animal Farm and The Road to Wigan Pier? (6)
Georgia
13 What surname (and colour) completes the jazz standard Sweet Georgia ..., adopted as the theme tune of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team? (5) 14 Who wrote the stories about a girl called George and her friends Julian, Anne, Dick and their dog Timmy, The Famous Five? (4, 6) 15 What time of day completes the Gladys Knight & The Pips hit ... Train To Georgia? (8)