NAME GAME

HiDDen in the grid is the name of an ex-footballer. Answer the questions, then re-arrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name. SOLUTION ON MONDAY

BOX 1: Which football club was managed by former striker Alan Shearer (pictured) for the last eight games of the 2008-09 season?

Blackburn Rovers (S) Southampton (Y) Newcastle United (L)

BOX 2: Which english king’s forces were defeated at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314?

Edward II (O) Richard II (T) Henry II (P)

BOX 3: in which decade was former Prime Minister tony Blair born?

1940s (R) 1950s (I) 1960s (F) BOX 4:

the British pop-rock band McFly took their name from a character in which 1980s film?

Back To The Future (D) Die Hard (G) Rambo (H)

BOX 5: Launched in 1997, the Cassini spacecraft’s mission was to investigate which planet and its system?

Saturn (N) Venus (W) Mars (M)

BOX 6: to what does the adjective foliar relate?

Hair (A) Mice (B) Leaves (E)

BOX 7: Historically, a vambrace was a piece of armour for protecting which part of the body?

Throat (C) Forearm (E) Thigh (K)

BOX 8: What is the real name of Pink, the American singer, songwriter and actress?

Alecia Beth Moore (X) Anna Mae Bullock (J) Eilleen Regina Edwards (U)

THURSDAY’S answer: DIANA RIGG (1D, 2I, 3I, 4G, 5G, 6R, 7A, 8A, 9N).