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 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 1 Who wrote, co-directed and starred in the 1977 film High Anxiety, a parody of Alfred Hitchcock films? (3,6) 2 Starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, what type of film is the 1952 Oscar-winning
High Noon? (7) 3 Name the actor who co-starred with Vanessa Hudgens in the High
School Musical films? (3,6)
Where in The World? 4 Lower Saxony is a state in the north-western part of which country? (7) 5 Lower East Side is an area in which borough of New York City? (9) 6 In which English county can the coastal town of Lowestoft be found? (7) TAll
7 Tallinn is the capital of which European country? (7)
8 Which American actor starred in the 1989 film with Rowan Atkinson The Tall Guy? (4,8) 9 Opened to the public in 2013, what is the name of London’s tallest building which has 95 storeys? (3,5)
ShorT 10 Commonly referred to as short sight, what is the medical term for the inability to see distant things clearly? (6) 11 Which country in the UK is generally associated with the shortbread biscuit? (8) 12 Which group reached the top 10 in 1980 with their debut single To Cut a Long Story Short? (7,6)
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13 ‘Midi’ is the term for the southern part of which European country? (6) 14 Who plays the character Doctor Patrick Turner in the popular TV series
Call the Midwife? (7,6) 15 What is the surname of the author who created Middle-Earth, setting for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings? (7)