The big quiz

T he answers to all but one of these quiz questions can be found hidden in this wordsearch grid, reading forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonally. To help you, we’ll tell you that the answers in each section are in alphabetical order. However, one answer can’t be found in the grid. This is your prize answer.

The Silver Screen – nationality

1 Which nationality completes the movie titles … Pie, An … Werewolf in London and … Beauty? (8) 2 Which nationality completes the movie titles The … Connection, … Kiss and The … Lieutenant’s

Woman? (6) 3 Which Blackadder actor plays the title role of a bumbling secret agent in the Johnny English spy movies? (5,8)

Where in The World? north

4 Northern Territory, capital Darwin, is a federal territory in which country? (9) 5 What ‘North’ is the usual name of the east Asian country whose capital is Pyongyang? (5,5) 6 What ‘North’ is the most northerly county in England, bordering on County Durham, Tyne and Wear, Cumbria and the Scottish Borders, and including the towns of Berwick-upon-tweed and Alnwick? (14)

napoleon

7 Saint Helena, the small volcanic island to which Napoleon was eventually exiled and where he died, is in the southern part of which ocean? (8) 8 What was the first name of Napoleon’s first wife, as mentioned in the famous phrase that is probably incorrectly attributed to Napoleon, ‘Not tonight …’? (9) 9 At which battle in 1815 was Napoleon’s army finally defeated, eventually leading to his capture? (8)

nicks

10 What is the surname of the actress Nicole …, who starred in the movies Cold Mountain and Bewitched? (6) 11 What is the surname of the actor Nicholas …, who links the TV characters Raymond Fletcher, Rodney Trotter, Gary Sparrow and Dan Griffin? (9) 12 What is the surname of the politician Nicola …, who is the First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party? (8)

nuts

13 Which ‘nut’ can follow the words water, sweet and horse to make two edible foods and a tree? (8) 14 Which ‘nut’ is the fruit of a palm tree and provides the white cream or milk used in making a pina colada? (7) 15 Which ‘nut’ is a popular snack often sold as ‘salted’ or ‘dry roasted’ and is also processed into the spread … butter? (6)