WIN £500 Puzzle 18
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 – A HARD DAY’S NIGHT
1 The 1964 Beatles film A Hard Day’s Night
begins with the Fab Four boarding a train heading for which city? (6) 2 Which Beatle inadvertently coined the term ‘a hard day’s night’, which became the title of a No.1 album and single as well as the 1964 film? (5)
3 The late actor Wilfrid Brambell, who plays Paul McCartney’s grandfather in the film A Hard Day’s
Night, is known for playing which miserly sitcom rag- and-bone man? (7)
WHERE IN THE WORLD? LADY MADONNA
4 The 1968 Beatles hit
Lady Madonna was recorded just before the group went to which country to study meditation? (5) 5 The pop star Madonna famously adopted four of her children from which East African country? (6) 6 The 2015 film Madonna and 2020 Oscar-winning film Parasite both originate from which country? (5,5)
YESTERDAY 7 Who plays Jack Malik, a musician who finds himself the only person who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate timeline in the 2019 comedy film Yesterday? (6,5) 8 Which English ska band’s hits include Yesterday’s Men, Tomorrow’s (Just Another Day) and Grey Day? (7)
9 Which Italian actor stars in the film Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, and also co-stars in The Millionairess
with Peter Sellers? (6,5)
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
10 Which Gemma plays consulate worker Strawberry Fields in the 2008 Bond film Quantum
of Solace? (8)
11 After John Lennon’s death, a section of which famous New York park was made into a memorial for him named Strawberry Fields? (7,4)
12 The Beatles song title Strawberry Fields Forever was inspired by Strawberry Field, a Salvation Army children’s home in which city? (9)
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
13 The Beatles single All You Need Is Love begins with a clip from which country’s national anthem? (6)
14 In which 2003 Richard Curtis film do guests at a wedding unexpectedly pull out instruments and accompany a gospel choir singing All You Need Is Love? (4,8) 15 Which 1960s sci-fi series, featuring Patrick McGoohan as Number Six, uses The Beatles’ All You Need Is Love in its final episode? (3,8)