The big quiz
The 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 are in alphabetical order. however, one answer can’t be found in the grid. this is your prize answer.
THE SILVER SCREEN – RUN
1 Which actor, who played Han Solo in
Star Wars, also played replicantchaser Rick Deckard in the classic 1982 sci-fi movie Blade Runner? (8, 4) 2 What’s the surname of the actor and former Governor of California Arnold ..., who played Ben Richards in the 1987 sci-fi movie
The Running Man? (14) 3 Who played the title role in the 1994 movie Forrest Gump, during which the title character runs across America, gathering a following as he goes? (3, 5)
WHERE IN THE WORLD? FLOW
4 In which country is the mouth of the river Amazon, where it flows into the South Atlantic Ocean? (6)
5 Which river rises in South Lancashire, runs through the city of Glasgow and empties into the North Sea through its own firth in North Ayrshire? (5) 6 Which river rises in the Rocky Mountains in the US state with which it shares a name, runs through the Grand Canyon and into Lake Mead in Arizona? (8)
FLEE
7 Which ‘flee’ is the name for the woollen coat of a sheep when it’s been sheared? (6) 8 Which ‘Flee’ is the London thoroughfare that was once the home of many national newspapers and is still used as a collective name for those papers? (5, 6) 9 Which ‘Flee’ is the longrunning rock band whose 1977 album Rumours is one of the biggest-selling albums ever? (9, 3)
RACE
10 At which race course is the famous Grand National Steeplechase run every spring? (7) 11 Which cycling race will start this year in Brussels on 6 July and end, 3,460km later, in Paris on 28 July? (4, 2, 6)
12 What is the name of the race that includes a swim, a cycle ride and a run? (9)
FLY
13 Which animal completes the phrase, ‘as the ... flies’, meaning in a straight line between two places? (4) 14 What completes the phrase, ‘to fly off the ...’, meaning to lose your temper in an uncontrolled way? (6) 15 Which household item completes the phrase, ‘flying ...’, to create an alternative name for a UFO, especially one described as disc-shaped? (6)