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 – initials
1 What does ET stand for in the 1982 film of the same name? (5-11) 2 In the book by Roald Dahl and the two movie adaptations in 1989 and 2016, what does the F in BFG stand for to complete Big … Giant? (8) 3 For what does the I stand in the 2001 science fiction movie A.I. Artificial …? (12)
Where in The World? in
4 What In is the Midwestern US state in the Great Lakes region, the name of whose capital begins with the name of the state? (7) 5 What In is the Southeast Asian country that comprises many islands including Java, Sumatra, Bali, Lombok and part of Borneo? (9) 6 What In is the city, situated on the Moray Firth, that is the administrative centre of the Highlands region of Scotland? (9)
inn
7 What Inn is the area of the body responsible for sound detection and balance and is home to the organ called the cochlea? (5, 3) 8 What Inn is the time at bat for a single cricketer and the time batting for the whole side? (7) 9 What Caribbean island completes the title of the classic novel ... Inn by Daphne du Maurier? (7) 10 What is the English name for the vegetable which, in Indian cuisine, is called gobi, as in the side dish aloo gobi, where it’s combined with potatoes? (11) 11 What was the surname of the explorer Christopher …, who sailed from Spain across the Atlantic in 1492 hoping to find a western route to India and the spice islands of Asia but, instead, landed on a Caribbean island? (8) 12 What word follows Indian … to make the name of a period of unexpectedly warm and sunny weather experienced in the autumn? (6)
internet
13 What fruit is the name of the computer and internet company founded partly by and run by Steve Jobs until his death in 2011? (5) 14 Which social-media networking service was cocreated in 2004 by the then 19-year-old Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg, who is now its chairman and CEO? (8) 15 For what does the www stand at the start of most website addresses? (5, 4, 3)