General Knowledge Crossword

ACROSS

1. September 1854 battle in the Crimean War (4)

3. Emma, Best Actress Oscar winner for Howards End (8)

9. King of the Belgians who surrendered to the Nazis in 1940 (7)

10. Mel, Pop Art painter movement whose works include Lola Cola (5)

11. 2000 film starring Helen Hunt (3,2,7)

13. Steve, comedian who starred in the 2001 film The Parole Officer (6)

15. Ancient poetical name for Britain (6)

17. 1972 film satire starring Robert Redford (3,9)

20. The Republic of --is a group of islands in the western

Pacific Ocean whose capital is Ngerulmud (5)

21. Mythological founder of Rome (7)

22. Symbol adopted as the emblem of Nazi Germany (8)

23. ‘Phineas ---’, 1869 novel by Anthony Trollope (4)

DOWN

1. Tropical American tree, Pimenta officinalis, whose berries have seeds which are used as a spice (8)

2. Ron, Best Actor Oscar nominee for the 1968 film Oliver! (5)

4. --- Bay is an inland sea of E. central Canada (6)

5. 2000 world professional snooker champion (4.8)

6. Japanese warrior caste from the

11th to the 19th centuries (7)

7. ‘The ---’, threeact opera by Shostakovich (4)

8. Seaport in S.E. Nigeria on the Niger delta (4,8)

12. Gillian, actress who played Dana Scully in The X Files (8)

14. Daughter of

Polonius in

Hamlet (7)

16. Waterproof hiplength jacket originally worn in polar regions (6)

18. Bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, having small greenish flowers (5)

19. Omar, actor whose roles include Denny in the 2000 film Brother (4)