THE BIG QUIZ
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. See page 57 for entry details.
THE SILVER SCREEN – THE MUPPETS
1 The (real life) International Criminal Police Organization, which features in the 2014 film Muppets Most Wanted, is commonly known by which abbreviation? (8) 2 Jim Parsons, who appeared as a human version of Walter the Muppet in the 2012 film The Muppets, played which character in The Big Bang Theory? (7,6) 3 Who played the villainous Long John Silver in the 1996 film Muppet Treasure Island, and Doctor Monro in the 2010 black comedy Burke & Hare? (3,5)
WHERE IN THE WORLD? ANIMAL
4 The proboscis monkey is native to which large island in the Malay Archipelago, politically divided between Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia? (6) 5 Frank Oz voiced monster drummer Animal and various other characters as well as directing the 1984 musical film The Muppets Take _? (9) 6 Which country’s national rugby union team is commonly known as the Springboks, after a native antelope? (5,6)
SCOOTER
7 David Rudman, who voices The Muppets’ Scooter, also voices the biscuit-obsessed _ Monster
on Sesame Street? (6)
8 Which 1979 film starred Phil Daniels and Sting as scooter-riding Mods and Ray Winstone as a rival rocker? (12) 9 Which iconic Italian scooter’s name means ‘wasp’ in Italian and Latin? (5)
KERMIT
10 Which part was played by Kermit the Frog in The Muppet Christmas Carol and voiced by Gary Oldman in the 2009 animation A Christmas Carol? (3,8) 11 Rapper Paul ‘Kermit’ Leveridge performs with the English rock band Black _, who have had top ten hits with In the Name of the Father and England’s Irie? (5) Originally performed by Jim Henson in the 1970s, Kermit the Frog’s signature song begins; It’s not easy bein’ _? (5)
MISS PIGGY
13 Which martial art, whose name comes from the Japanese for ‘empty hand’ is practised by Miss Piggy when she’s angry? (6) 14 Which American jazz singer, who had 1950s hits with Mr. Wonderful and Fever, was the inspiration for Miss Piggy? (5,3)
15 In the 2012 film The Muppets, Miss Piggy is working as the plus-size editor for the French edition of which real-life New York-based fashion magazine? (5)