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
1 Original (5)
4 Armed vessel (7) 8 Disparage (3,4)
9 Stratum (5)
10 Enthusiastic (4) 11 Site (8)
13 Space (4)
14 Run away (4)
16 Languishing (8) 17 Abandoned (4) 20 Giver (5)
21 Stretchable (7) 22 Factor (7)
23 Kingly (5)
DOWN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 13 15 18 19
Prescience (13)
Scope (5)
Implement (4)
Casement (6)
Trustworthy (8)
In confusion (7)
In brackets (13)
Preserve (8)
Income (7)
Receive (6)
Way in (5)
Couple (4) 1 Which EastEnders character was played by Anita Dobson? A Bianca Jackson
B Angie Watts
C Carol Jackson
D Theresa De Marco
2 With which keyboard instrument is George Malcolm primarily associated? A Harpsichord
B Xylophone
C Piano
D Organ
3 Peter Nicol became British national champion at which sport in 1996?
A Fencing
B Judo
C Squash
D Sailing
4 Which characters in Greek mythology were conceived as winds and later portrayed as vultures with ugly women’s faces?
A Harpies
B Eyries
C Muses
D Gorgons
5 Who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
A C.S. Lewis
B A.A. Milne
C J.K. Rowlings
D Roald Dahl
6 Of which ocean is the White Sea a gulf?
A Atlantic
B Pacific
C Indian
D Arctic 7 Which historical drama film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as real-life Cold War spy Greville Wynne?
A The Messenger
B The Delivery Man
C The Courier
D The Postman
8 What are the legless larvae of houseflies and blowflies called? A Worms
B Caterpillars
C Blowlarvae
D Maggots
9 Which Ukrainian town was the scene of a nuclear reactor explosion in 1986?
A Vinnista
B Kherson
C Chernobyl
D Odessa 10 Which African country do Rastafarians look on as their spiritual homeland? A Ethiopia
B Nigeria
C Zambia
D Mozambique
11 What sort of creature is a kiang?
A A wild ass
B Afish
C A bird
D Aninsect
12 Which English Romantic poet wrote Endymion and The Eve of St Agnes?
A WB Yeats
B Rudyard Kipling
C Percy Bysshe Shelley D John Keats
13 What is the title of the American remake of the drama series Cracker?
A Burger
B Leroy
C Fitz
D Sammy
14 Which ventriloquist was famous for Orville the duck and Cuddles the monkey?
A Rod Hull
B Karl Harris
C Keith Harris
D Keith Chegwin
15 What was the title of Gary Barlow’s solo debut album released in 1997?
A Empty Highway B Roller-coaster Ride
C Open Road
D Road to your Heart