Big X Su-doku
The rules for Big X Su-doku vary only slightly from the standard su-doku rules. The 9x9 su-doku at the centre of the X shares four of its 3x3 boxes with those of the outer su-doku. None of the 9x9 su-dokus can be solved individually, you must cross-reference between the intersecting grids. Solutions at the end
ART & LITERATURE
1 Which US composer wrote Rhapsody in Blue
and An American in Paris? 2 Which Welsh poet wrote the popular radio
play Under Milk Wood? 3 Which 19th-century French author wrote the
novel Les Misérables? 4 Which Norwegian playwright and poet wrote
Peer Gynt? 5 Which US science-fiction author wrote the
novel Fahrenheit 451? 6 Which British novelist wrote The Time
Machine?
GEOGRAPHY
7 Mount Everest is part of which mountain range? 8 What is the capital of Argentina? 9 Which city is known as Napoli in Italian? 10 Which river flows through Paris to the English Channel? 11 Of which group of islands is Funchal the capital? 12 The Costa Brava is a coastal region of which country?
NATURE
13 Which small round beetles are mainly yellow
or red with black spots? 14 What sort of creature is a Russian Blue? 15 Which class of animals includes crocodiles,
turtles, lizards and snakes? 16 Which red dye is obtained from the shrub
Lawsonia inermis? 17 By what name is the plant Solanum tuberosum, supposedly introduced into England by Sir Walter Raleigh, better known? 18 Which carnivorous mammal has striped,
spotted and brown varieties?
SPORT & LEISURE
How many pieces does each player start a game of draughts with? Which long-distance race is run over 26 miles 385 yards? Which British athlete won Olympic gold medals in 1980 and 1984 for the decathlon? 22 With which sport is Nigel Mansell associated? 23 To what did the late boxer Cassius Clay change his name? At which sport did Johan Cruyff represent the Netherlands? 19 20 21 24
POT LUCK
On which island did Theseus fight the Minotaur? 26 Which French military force has its
headquarters at Aubagne, near Marseille? 27 Which residential district of Richmond-uponThames contains the English Rugby Football Union ground? 28 Which country was formerly known as
Southern Rhodesia? 29 What sort of vegetable is a chanterelle? 30 Which bird is the national emblem of New
Zealand? Solutions at the end 25