THE BIG QUIZ

The 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 – horse

1 Which actress starred as a 12-year-old in the 1944 horse-racing movie National Velvet, before starring in Butterfield 8, Cleopatra and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in the 60s? (9, 6) 2 What was the surname of comedy brothers Groucho, Chico and Harpo, who starred in the 1930s horse-racing comedy A Day at the Races? (4) 3 Which Hollywood superstar starred in The Electric Horseman and The Horse Whisperer, having previously been seen riding across the Wild West as the Sundance Kid? (6, 7)

Where in the World? Mount

4 Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain on which continent? (6)

5 What’s the name of the range of mountains that separates France and Spain? (8)

6 Which large Italian island’s home to the active volcano Mount Etna? (6)

BAY

7 Which ‘Bay’ is the name of the 70m-long embroidered wall hanging, telling the story of the Norman invasion of Britain in 1066? (6, 8) 8 What was the name of the Indian city of Mumbai, before it adopted its current name in 1995? (6)

9 Which word precedes … Bay, to complete the name of the place in Australia where Captain James Cook anchored his ship HMS Endeavour, and which was so-named because of its abundant plant life? (6)

cart

10 What was the surname of the US President Jimmy …, who held office between 1977 and 1981? (6)

11 Which ‘cart’ is the name of the gymnastic movement involving a sideways somersault onto the hands and back upright onto the feet? (9)

12 Which ‘cart’ is the name of the charter which King John was forced to sign in 1215, and is often seen as the first declaration of personal freedoms and rights? (5, 5)

county

13 Which county completes the name of the … Cat – a character from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and noted for its very wide grin? (8)

14 Which county is the surname of the journalist at the Daily Planet who is also Superman’s alter ego? (4)

15 What’s the surname of actress Sarah …, who played ditzy blonde Raquel Watts in Coronation Street before starring in romcom Last Tango in Halifax and the hard-hitting, Bafta-winning police drama Happy Valley? (10)