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LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS QUICK ACROSS: 6 Strange; 7 Jewel; 9 Stiff; 10 Flatter; 12 Ill-mannered; 14 Controversy; 18 Stamina; 19 Adage; 21 Greet; 22 Shatter. DOWN: 1 State; 2 Lawful; 3 Age; 4 Seethe; 5 Referee; 8 Blunder; 11 Impound; 13 Posture; 15 Temper; 16 Sedate; 17 Agree; 20 Shy. CRYPTIC ACROSS: 6 Caravan; 7 Cello; 9 Booby; 10 Stretch; 12 Betting shop; 14 Trying times; 18 Rampant; 19 Stall; 21 Quail; 22 Box-tree. DOWN: 1 Wagon; 2 Gamble; 3 Gag; 4 Recess; 5 Elector; 8 Stencil; 11 Staging; 13 Break up; 15 Impair; 16 Estate; 17 Blues; 20 Ton.
ACROSS 1. Faculty (10) 7. Bedeck (5) 8. Funny (7) 10. Interrogate (8) 11. Robe (4) 13. Guarantee (6) 15. Hurtle (6) 17. Fever (4) 18. Forceful (8) 21. Turkish title (7) 22. Above (5) 23. Heat unit (10)
DOWN 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 9. 12. 14. 16. 19. 20.
Idler (5) Burst (8) Logic (6) Savage (4) Disgusting (7) Pretence (10) Benevolence (10) Landscape (8) Melee (7) Predilection (6) Sea-air (5) Insect (4)
L EA D E R T R I V I A Q U I Z DOWN 1. Italian city in which father carries a weapon (5) 2. Sportsmen allowed in new heats (8) 3. Possibly dad was in the lead and got confused (6) 4. Love to employ this runner? (4) 5. Falls over in North America? (7) 6. Draws least teams out (10) 9. In which the relatives branch out? (6,4) 12. Suggested a trick was written down (8) 14. Salesman on a bike, say? (7) 16. Partially treating rot to reveal a cave (6) 19. Some remember an old flame! (5) 20. Only a lake? (4)
SUDOKU CHALLENGE Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9. Solution on Page 22
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: As you get older three things happen. First you lose your memory and then...I can’t remember the other two....Sir Norman Wisdom
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Tuesday Euromillions jackpot 13 million euro Wednesday UK Lottery jackpot 9 million euro
with Jimi Hendrix? 9. In antiquity, what name was given to the headlands that flank the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar? 10. The following lyrics are all beer related. Can you name the song? a. And the microphone smells like a beer. b. Well I woke up this morning and got myself a beer. c. And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad so I had one more for dessert. d. John Stewart Mill of his own free will on half a pint of shandy was particularly ill. e. I like a good beer buzz early in the morning 11. Why was 'Cool hand Luke' sent to prison? 12. Who is the most infamous Seraph? 13. What are the two most populated cities in each of the following countries? a. Argentina. b. Pakistan. c. Vietnam
14. What is the number of the dreaded room in the book 'Nineteen Eighty Four'? 15. In which book and film is room 237 a frightening place? 16. What is the name of the 8mm colour film which records the assassination of JFK? 17. In song, where does Terry meet Julie? 18. In song, where does Gordon meet Julie? 19. According to the human rights organisation Freedom House, which two G8 countries have the least 'freedom of the press'? 20. An archaic expression of surprise or shock and a contraction of the term refering to the nails used in the crucifixion. Eight letters, second letter 'a', last letter 's'.
QUIZ ANSWERS 1. The wreck of the Titanic. Argo was Robert Ballard's unmanned undersea video sledge, 2. Godzilla, 3. Nelson Mandela. His birth name is Rolihlahla (trouble maker), 4. Jack Nicholson and Laurence Olivier, 5. Sri Lanka, 6. Coffee, 7. Starting with the most corrupt, they are in order: Somalia, Myanmar, Iraq, Haiti, Afghanistan, Sudan, Chad, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo. 8. Fender Stratocaster, 9. Pillars of Hercules, 10. a. Piano man (Billy Joel), b. Roadhouse Blues (The Doors), c. Sunday morning coming down (Kris Kristofferson), d. Bruce's philosophers song (Monty Python), e. All I wanna do (Sheryl Crow) 11. For cutting the heads of parking meters, 12. Satan, 13. a. Buenos Aires and Cordoba, b. Karachi and Lahore, c. Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. 14. Room 101. 15. The Shining. 16. The Zapruder film. 17. Waterloo station. 'Waterloo Sunset'. 18. At the bus stop (outside the chip shop). 'Jilted John'. 19. Russia and Italy. 20. Gadzooks! (from Gods' hooks)
ACROSS 1. Take part in horseplay at the golf club? (4,6) 7. Church on a hill seen with flashlight (5) 8. Girl takes on personnel on her side (7) 10. Time off for a man having got a rise? (8) 11. Plant on the hand (4) 13. Men keeping quiet concerning trees (6) 15. Delivery with which a cricket match cannot start (2-4) 17. Fuss concerning what's not yet accomplished (2-2) 18. Patterns used for part of a church (8) 21. Enlist a revolutionary for striking (7) 22. List of furniture (5) 23. Sponger at liberty before terrible ordeal (10)
1. Which immense tragedy did the Argo discover in the early hours of September 1st, 1985? 2. Minilla is the son of which infamous heavyweight? 3. The actual first name of which Nobel Peace Prize winner means 'trouble maker' when translated? 4. Which two men have been nominated a record 10 times for the Oscar as best actor or best actor in a supporting role? 5. The word serendipity stems from the old Persian word 'serendib', which was once the name of which present day country with a lion on its flag? 6. Kopi Luwak sells for more than 100 US dollars per pound making it one of the most expensive examples of what in the world? 7. Based on the 2009 list from Transparency Int., name two of the ten most corrupt countries in the world. 8. Which famous guitar does one usually associate