STAR SEEKER General Knowledge Quiz
Can you find the celebrity name hidden in this crossword? Complete the crossword in the normal way, then make a note of the letters contained in all the squares which are marked with shaded stars. These letters will make an anagram of the name you are trying to discover.
ACROSS
1. 4. 9. 10. 11. 12. 14. 18. 19. 21. 22. 23.
Sour (6)
Scarcity (6)
Callow (13)
Handbill (7)
Dig (5)
Walks lamely (5)
Viper (5)
Allude (5)
Entwine (7)
Butt of ridicule (8,5)
Stable (6)
Flavour (6)
DOWN
1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 13. 15. 16. 17. 20.
A curb (6)
Mozart opera (3,5,5)
Oust (5)
Corrected (7)
Reminiscences (13)
Concealed (6)
Angry (5)
Dried up (7)
Bores (6)
Due (5)
Count (6)
Follow as a result (5) 1. Who wrote the opera Hary Janos? A Zoltan Kodaly B Bedrich Smetana C Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart D Bela Bartok 2. In which century was Mary I Queen of England? A 16th B 15th C 14th D 17th 3. Who was the first Roman emperor? A Caesar B Caius C Augustus D Lepidus 4. What were the Transformers? A Mutants B Monsters C Ghosts D Robots 5. In which English county is the country house Dorneywood? A Hertfordshire B Northamptonshire C Leicestershire D Buckinghamshire 6. Which new ITV crime drama based on the novels of Peter James stars John Simm and Richie Campbell? A Traces B Grace C Keeping Faith D Finding Alice 7. Which Australian-born actor wrote the autobiography My Wicked Wicked Ways? A Paul Hogan B Barry Humphries C Errol Flynn D Warren Beatty 8. Of which South American republic is Paramaribo the capital? A Guyana B Venezuela C Suriname D Honduras 9. Which composer’s Adagietto from his 5th Symphony was used in the film Death In Venice? A Gustav Mahler B Ludwig van Beethoven C Andrea Gabrieli D Antonin Dvorak 10. Which nation have been the football World Cup’s runners-up the most times? A England B Brazil C West Germany/Germany D Italy 11. What does CJD stand for? A Cranium-Joinery Disease B Caspian-Johnson Disease C Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease D Crusoe-James Disease 12. What is the capital of Fiji? A Guava B Suva C Maka D Java 13. In what town is the Australian soap Home and Away set? A Summer Bay B Erinsborough C Oakey D Pleasure Beach 14. What name is given to a boat whose hull is raised out of the water by foils when moving at speed? A Speed Boat B Hydrofoil C Hydrojet D Wavebreaker 15. Who wrote the opera Aida? A Puccini B Bizet C Verdi D Mozart