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 in each section. However, one answer can’t be found in the grid. This is your prize answer.
THE SILVER SCREEN – GREAT
1 What was the name of the solitary confinement block of which Steve McQueen’s character was the ‘king’ in the 1963 film The Great Escape? (6) 2 Charlie Chaplin played the dual roles of Adenoid Hynkel and a Jewish barber in the 1940 comedy drama
The Great _? (8)
3 The 1990 film Great Balls of Fire! was a biopic of which American rock ’n’ roll star? (5,3,5)
WHERE IN THE WORLD? BRITISH
4 Which
British Overseas Territory – located off the Iberian Peninsula and home to a wild population of Barbary macaques – is known as ‘the Rock’? (9)
5 The British Grand Prix has been held annually at which Northamptonshire race circuit since 1948? (11) 6 Which Dutch city, home to foreign embassies including the British Embassy, is the seat of government of the Netherlands? (3,5)
BAKE
7 Which ice cream-based dessert did contestant Iain Watters present to the judges in a bin after it had melted in The Great British Bake Off 2014? (5,6) 8 The market town of Bakewell, which gives its name to both a pudding and a tart, is located in which English county? (10) 9 How old was Peter Sawkins when he won The Great British Bake Off in 2020? (6)
OFF
10 Which Michael wrote the 1982 farce
Noises Off? (5)
11 Which Chinese-born Hong Kong filmmaker directed Face/Off, and Mission: Impossible II? (4,3) 12 What was the name of Robin Williams’ eponymous alien, who moved in with Mindy in the spin-off show from an episode of Happy Days? (4)
TENT
13 What two-word name is given to the main large round tent in a travelling circus?
(3,3)
14 Matt Lucas, who joined the Bake Off tent in 2020, released a charity single about what baked item to raise money for NHS workers in April of that year? (6)
15 What name is given to a circular tent of felt or skins used by nomads in Siberia, Mongolia and Turkey? (4)