The name game

Hidden in the grid is the name of a capital city. Answer the questions, then rearrange the letters corresponding to your answers to fill in the name.

BOX1: Lesser horseshoe and Natterer’s are both species of what? Rats (J)

Toads (A)

Bats (G)

BOX2: Who wrote the famous 1899 novella Heart of Darkness? Joseph Conrad (L)

John Steinbeck (Q)

Italo Calvino (U)

BOX3: Barkhad Abdi (pictured) made his debut in which film?

Eye in the Sky (H)

Captain Phillips (I)

Blade Runner 2049 (R) BOX4: What is the alcoholic ingredient in a Bloody Mary cocktail?

Gin (O)

Tequila (M)

Vodka (N)

BOX5: In what year did Rosa Parks’ famous Montgomery Bus

Boycott occur?

1955 (T)

1960 (P)

1965 (R)

BOX6: TI is the chemical symbol for which element? Thallium (C)

Titanium (L)

Thorium (B)

BOX7: A replica of the Dr Who Tardis can be found outside which London Underground station? Charing Cross (U)

Earl’s Court (E)

Baker Street (I)

BOX8: What is the main ingredient in Harissa paste?

Lemon (N)

Chilli peppers (W)

Cassava (Y)

BOX9: In music, how many notes are there in the major scale? Five (D)

Six (S)

Seven (O)

BOX10: In the UK, ‘real tennis’ was formerly referred to as what? Proper tennis (V)

Regal tennis (P)

Royal tennis (N)