The name game

Hidden in the grid is the name of an astronomer. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name.

BOX1: Which Beatles song was once claimed by Guinness World Records to be the most covered song ever? Yesterday (C) Ticket to Ride (K) Twist and Shout (M)

BOX2: Carlos Menem was the president of which country from 1989-99?

Portugal (I) Argentina (R) Venezuela (S)

BOX3: By what name is the American hip-hop artist Eric Whitney better known? Phaaantomtail (C) Ghostemane (P) Devillcrest (S)

BOX4: Which US state is sometimes known as the Old Line State? Delaware (Y) Virginia (Z) Maryland (U)

BOX5: Mark McGrath is the lead singer of which of these bands?

Sugar Ray (N) Barenaked Ladies (V) Blink-182 (Z)

BOX6: Who wrote the 1939 play Arsenic and Old Lace?

Joseph Kesselring (E) Thornton Wilder (C) Tennessee

Williams (V)

BOX7: What name is given to the demographic cohort succeeding the Millennials?

Echo Boomers (B) Generation XY (W) Generation Z (S)

BOX8: Palladium is which of the following?

A chemical

element (O) A type of Greek

theatre (C)

A silky material (U)

BOX9: Who wrote the 1888 utopian novel Looking Backward? Samuel Butler (U) William Morris (Y) Edward Bellamy (I)

BOX10: Clare Balding (pictured) was appointed president of which sports governing body in 2020?

British Horse Racing

Authority (G) Rugby Football

League (C) England Hockey (J)

Solutions in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror