THE BIG QUIZ
The answers to all but one of these quiz questions can be found hidden in this wordsearch grid, reading forwards, backwards, up, down or diagonally. To help you, we’ll tell you that the answers are in alphabetical order. However, one answer can’t be found in the grid. This is your answer.
The silver screen – high
1 Who wrote, co-directed and starred in the 1977 film High Anxiety, a parody of Alfred
2 Hitchcock films? (3,6) Starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly, what type of film is the 1952 Oscar-winner
3 High Noon? (7) Who co-starred with Vanessa Hudgens in the High School Musical films of 2006, 2007 and 2008? (3,5)
Where in the world? Low
4 Lower Saxony is a state in the northwestern part of which European
5 country? (7) Lower East Side is an area in which borough of New York City? (9)
6 In which English county is the coastal town of Lowestoft? (7)
Tall
7 Tallinn is the capital of which European country?
8 (7) Which American actor starred in the 1989 film The
9 Tall Guy? (4,8) Opened to the public in 2013, what is the name of London’s tallest building? (3,5)
Short
10 Commonly referred to as short sight, what is the medical term for the inability to see
11 distant things clearly? (6) The shortbread biscuit is associated with which country
12 of the UK? (8) Which group reached the top 10 in 1980 with their debut single To Cut a Long Story Short? (7,6)
Middle
13 ‘Midi’ is the term for the southern part of which European
14 country? (6) Who plays Dr Patrick Turner in the TV series Call the Midwife?
15 (7,6)
What is the surname of the author who created Middle-earth, the setting for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings? (7)