STAR SEEKER GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
Can you find the celebrity name hidden in this crossword? Complete the crossword, then rearrange the letters marked with shaded stars to reveal the name of a celebrity.
ACROSS
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Kind (4)
Power (8)
Soon (4)
Identical (4-4)
Weakening (12)
Sluggish (6)
Chant (6)
Disobedient (12)
Secretarial (8)
Quote (4)
Longer (8)
Tilt (4)
DOWN
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Burlesque (8)
Offer (7)
Threefold (6)
Womanish (10)
Corn (5)
Regard (4)
Devotion (10)
Conscious (8)
Musical toy (7)
Abrade (6)
Upright (5)
Pain (4) 1 Who played Joey in TV’s Friends?
A Mathew Perry
B Matt LeBlanc
C David Schwimmer D George Clooney
2 Who wrote the novel Dr Zhivago?
A Boris Kamenev
B Boris Zinoviev
C Boris Pasternak
D Boris Tolstoy
3 What sort of creature is a taipan?
A Monkey
B Salamander
C Cobra
D Spider
4 Which poet and artist wrote The Book of Nonsense and popularised the limerick? A C.S. Lewis
B Rudyard Kipling
C Dylan Thomas
D Edward Lear
5 Which great Greek dramatist wrote the plays Medea; Electra and The Trojan Women? A Homer
B Aeschylus
C Euripides
D Sophocles
6 Andrea Riseborough and Gabriel Byrne are among the stars of which drug-trafficking drama on Sky Atlantic? A TenTenTen
B ZeroZeroZero C ThreeThreeThree D OneOneOne 7 Which Neighbours character was played by Eliza Szonert? A Lucy Robinson
B Libby Kennedy
C Hannah Martin
D Danni Stark
8 Which breed of dog has border and bearded varieties? A Alsatian
B Terrier
C Collie
D Spaniel
9 What was the title of the last album released by the Australian rock band INXS before the death of their lead singer Michael Hutchence? A Beautifully Wilted B Delicately Falling C Elegantly Wasted
D Finely Balanced 10 Who painted the Rokeby Venus?
A Hals
B Lebrun
C Mantegna
D Velazquez
11 In Greek mythology which nymph was in love with the shepherd Acis?
A Vesta
B Tithonus
C Galatea
D Eurus
12 Which British composer wrote The Midsummer Marriage and The Knot Garden?
A Sir William Schwenck Gilbert B Sir Michael Tippett
C Sir Arthur Sullivan
D Andrew Lloyd-Webber
13 What is the name of Mario’s green brother in Nintendo’s popular computer game? A Wario
B Ricardo
C Pablo
D Luigi
14 What is the general name for a fungus that forms a thin white coating on plants? A Fairy Mist
B Cuckoo spit
C Mildew
D Ragwort
15 Who wrote the wartime elegy For the Fallen? A Laurence Mignon B Laurence Lee C Laurence Binyon D Laurence Blake