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 – LIBRARY
1 What is the name of the University of Oxford’s main research library, which has appeared in the first two Harry Potter films and in The Golden Compass? (8)
2 The 1985 film starring Emilio Estevez as one of a group of students spending a day’s detention in a high school library was entitled The _ Club? (9)
3 In a scene from which 1984 film do Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis have a memorable encounter with a spectral librarian? (12)
WHERE IN THE WORLD? HALL
4 Sibelius Hall, Tampere Hall and Kulttuuritalo are all concert venues in which country? (7)
5 Hall Place, Leeds Castle and Chartwell, once home to Sir Winston Churchill, may all be found in which English county? (4)
6 Bergen, the birthplace of Edvard Grieg, composer of In the Hall of the Mountain King, is in which country? (6)
STUDY
7 Entomology is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of what? (7)
8 Which famous author’s study may be visited at his Sussex family home Bateman’s, now in the hands of the National Trust? (7)
9 Which fictional detective made his first appearance in the novel A Study in Scarlet? (8,6)
BALLROOM
10 Who directed the 2001 musical film Moulin Rouge! and the 1992 film Strictly Ballroom? (3,8)
11 The original Come Dancing series, and some episodes of Strictly Come Dancing, have been filmed in the ballroom of which Lancashire landmark? (9,5)
12 The 2012 film in which Bradley Cooper enters a ballroom dancing competition with Jennifer Lawrence is called Silver Linings _? (8)
KITCHEN
13 The 1948 Dodie Smith book which begins, ‘I write this sitting in the kitchen sink,’ is entitled I Capture the _? (6) 14 Who is the main host of the BBC cookery programme Saturday Kitchen? (4,7)
15 Which John wrote the 1956 kitchen sink drama play Look Back in Anger? (7)