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LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS QUICK ACROSS: 1 Manufacture; 9 Robbery; 10 Train; 11 Evens; 12 Utilise; 13 Occult; 15 Reveal; 18 Amnesty; 20 Prang; 22 Lasso; 23 Iranian; 24 Table tennis. DOWN: 2 Amble; 3 Utensil; 4 Asylum; 5 Tutti; 6 Realise; 7 Irrevocable; 8 Intelligent; 14 Canasta; 16 Explain; 17 Typist; 19 Stool; 21 Alibi. CRYPTIC ACROSS: 1 Promptitude; 9 Counter; 10 Khaki; 11 Order; 12 Sunburn; 13 Nobody; 15 Thwart; 18 Austere; 20 Satin; 22 Thing; 23 Growler; 24 Undertaking. DOWN: 2 Round; 3 Motored; 4 Thrust; 5 Token; 6 Dracula; 7 Accountants; 8 Piano tuners; 14 Bastion; 16 Hassock; 17 Weight; 19 Eagle; 21 Talon.
ACROSS 1. Impartial (9) 8. Flee (3) 9. Derange (5,6) 11. Unscrambler (7) 12. Earlier (5) 13. Buccaneering (6) 15. Nullify (6) 17. Rule (5) 18. Designate (7) 20. Impassive (11) 22. Baton (3) 23. Insipid (9)
DOWN 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 10. 11. 14. 16. 19. 21.
Taboo (3) Dogma (5) Disregard (6) Specimen (7) Fear (11) Experienced (9) Doubt (11) Leaving (9) Satisfied (7) Renowned (6) Cost (5) Donkey (3)
L EA D E R T R I V I A Q U I Z DOWN 2. Has destroyed a tree (3) 3. Artist leaving the party gives a reason to sue (5) 4. Stop for a b-breather (6) 5. Awfully pleased to have passed (7) 6. Sure no coins can fool the expert (11) 7. Wine turns up with ease (9) 10. Monarch is an awful person from another time (11) 11. Heavenly tiles Alec makes (9) 14. Two men get extremely touchy with the Queen's family (7) 16. Dreads discovering snakes (6) 19. Scope to changed the thicket (5) 21. Are going back in time (3)
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 23
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ed. What time did his world come to an end on that fateful morning? (plus or minus 1 min) 8. Name the four countries in the world starting with the letter T that are Red Crescent Societies. 1 pt for each correct answer 9. The RMS Titanic picked up passengers in which three ports before its ill fated collision with an iceberg? 1 pt for each correct answer 10. The Italian pasta named farfalle is derived from the Italian word farfalla. A farfalla is what kind of animal in Italy? a. Bumblebee, b. Ladybird, c. Butterfly 11. As of 2007, which country has the fastest growing population in Europe? a. Ireland, b. Sweden, c. Portugal, d. Holland 12. Which two symbols are found on the Red Cross flag in Russia? 13. Depending on how it is pronounced, which low or edible strait separates Tasmania from mainland
Australia? 14. Russia and European Overseas Territories excluded, in which six European countries would you find active volcanoes? 1 pt for each correct answer 15. With 75,600 km, which continent has the longest coastline? 16. If one includes Russia, what are the three longest rivers in Europe? 17. The Drake Passage separates which two continents? 18. Plus or Minus 5 %, what procentage of the planet Earth is covered by land? 19. The highest tides in the world are found in which Canadian Bay? 20. Which remote and hostile place starting with the letter A is considered to be the largest desert in the world?
QUIZ ANSWERS 1. The snake. Swallowing its own tail. 2. Abba, 3. Three Answers: a. M:A.S.H, b. Jurassic Park, c. Planet of the Apes, 4. Two answers. a. Papa was a rolling stone and b. Ode to Billie Joe, 5. In the Ghetto, 6. Animism, 7. 8:15 (am) 8.15. 57 sec exactly, 8. Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey and Turkmenistan, 9. Southampton, Cherbourg and Queenstown (Cobh), 10. c. Butterfly, 11. a. Ireland, 12. The Red Cross and the Red Crescent, 13. Bass Strait, 14. Iceland, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Norway. 15. North America, 16. Volga, Danube and Ural, 17. Antarctic and South America. 18. 29 %. 19. Bay of Fundy. 20. Antarctic
ACROSS 1. Arm a domineering woman (6-3) 8. Love to go to the museum for eggs (3) 9. Former prime minister had lain next to the room (11) 11 and 18Ac. Author writing about children's cakes (7,7) 12. Took a scarf (5) 13. Henry returns with a mineral from a Pakistan city (6) 15. Broken nose I'd given to the inventor (6) 17. Tale of a holy man or youth leader (5) 18. See 11 Ac. 20. I'm Peter Dell and I'm awfully irritable (3-8) 22. Animal found on a ship (3) 23. Time for a Beatles record (9)
1. Which animal is usually used to depict the eternal Ouroboros symbol? 2. A very very successful band and the name given to a Coptic bishop. One word. 3. In which films would you find the following doctors? a. Dr. John MacEntyre, b. Dr. John Hammond, c. Dr. Zira 4. The following are the first words to which songs? a. It was the 3rd of September, that day I'll always remember, b. It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy dusty delta day 5. "As the snow flies" are the first words to which sad mega hit from 1969? 6. Which spiritual, religious or philosophical 'ism' claims everything, including your pint of Guinness, has a soul? First letter "A" 7. There is a famous photograph of Hiroshima resident Kengo Nikawa's broken pocket watch. The watch stopped the moment the atom bomb explod-