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. See page 56 for entry details.
THE SILVER SCREEN – ELIZABETH 1 The 2012 Ridley Scott film Prometheus, starring Noomi Rapace as Elizabeth Shaw, takes its name from a Titan of Greek mythology who stole what from the gods? (4)
2 Which Elizabeth played the Devil in the 2000 film Bedazzled? (6)
3 Who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love, despite being on screen for just eight minutes? (4,5)
WHERE IN THE WORLD? BETH
4 In which Middle Eastern town can you find the Church of the Nativity, Rachel’s Tomb and the Palestinian Heritage Center? (9)
5 The London Underground stations Bethnal Green, Bond Street and Bank may all be found on which line, coloured red on the Tube map? (7)
6 In Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women, Beth March and her sisters live in which US state?
BETTY
7 Which British singer had top 10 hits in 1990 with Where Are You Baby? and Doin’ the Do? (5,3)
8 What was the surname of Frank and Betty in the 1970s sitcom Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em? (7)
9 What is the name of the US comedy drama in which America Ferrera played a young Mexican American woman working at trendy fashion magazine Mode? (4,5)
LIZZIE/LIZZY
10 According to the rhyme, which Lizzie ‘took an axe and gave her mother 40 whacks’? (6)
11 The flowering garden plant impatiens is also known as the __ Lizzie? (4)
12 Which Lizzy won gold medals for Great Britain in the skeleton at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympic games? (7)
ELIZA
13 What is the surname of Elizabeth, also known as Eliza or Lizzie, and her sisters Jane, Mary, Kitty and Lydia in the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice? (6)
14 Eliza is a character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s _? (5)
15 In which 1964 film do Eliza Doolittle, Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering sing The Rain in Spain? (2,4,4)