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PUZZLES
Test your knowledge with our range of brain-teasing questions and crossword…
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
MUSIC
Gaynor Hopkins in June 1951?
1 Carl and the Passions changed
band name to what?
1. Which musical duo had
the albums ‘Rockney’ and ‘A
Christmas Knees-Up’?
8. Whose 2013 world tour was
called ‘The Mrs Carter Show’?
2 How many rings on the
Olympic flag?
3 What colour is vermilion a
shade of?
4 King Zog ruled which country?
5 What
colour is
Spock’s
blood?
10. Which country pop singer
was born Eilleen Regina
Edwards?
3. Which singer is married to
Trudie Styler?
4. Which British reggae bandy
are best remembered for their
successful 1982 single ‘Pass the
Dutchie’?
6 Where
in your body is your
patella?
7 Where can you find London
Bridge today?
8 What spirit is mixed with ginger
beer in a Moscow mule?
9 Who was the first man in
space?
10 What would you do with a
Yashmak?
PRIZE CROSSWORD
9. What was Madonna’s first UK
top ten single?
2. Which Radiohead album has
been cited by musicians as one
of the greatest albums of all
time?
5. True or
False. Miley
Cyrus is the
daughter
of country
singer Billy
Ray Cyrus?
WHO AM I?
• I was born in Oxfordshire in
1874
• I was a famous British
politician
• I was often pictured smoking
large cigars
ANSWERS ON
PAGE 5
6. Stewart Copeland was the
drummer with which band?
7. Which Welsh singer was born
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CLUES
Across
1 Ease (7)
8 Lie back (7)
9 Feature — item (7)
10 Accumulate (5,2)
11 Add fuel to (5)
13 Lost for words (9)
15 Socialise a lot (3,6)
18 Vandalise (5)
21 Support — strengthen (7)
22 Slacken gradually (4,3)
23 Inquisitive (7)
24 Because of that (7)
Down
1 Totally disordered state (5)
2 Favourite saying of a group (5)
3 Scoring (13)
4 Small earthquake (6)
5 Liking for something that
comes only after experience (8,5)
6 Fixed grin (6)
7 Assisted (6)
12 Seize (4)
14 Finishes (loose or dead,
perhaps?) (4)
15 Return (to) (2,4)
16 Lister (anag) (6)
17 Disquiet (6)
19 Superior to (5)
20 Big and strong (5)