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General Knowledge Quiz

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Vincent
Published date13 September 2021
Publication titlePaisley Daily Express
Complete the crossword in the normal way, then make a note of the letters contained in all the squares which are marked with shaded stars. These letters will make an anagram of the name you are trying to discover.

STAR SEEKER 1. Which flat race run at Newmarket was the last of the Classics to be instituted? A The Grand National B The Derby C One Thousand Guineas D Royal Ascot 10. Which US duo asked you to Walk Right Back in 1961? A Simon & Garfunkel B Everly Brothers C Johnny Cash & June Carter D Bob Dylan & Joni Mitchell 12 3 4567

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H 11. Which U.S. poet and essayist wrote the transcendentalist creed Nature in 1836?

H 2. With which theatrical genre are Eugene Ionesco and Arthur Adamov associated? A Theatre of Comedy B Theatre of the Catastrophic C Theatre of the Absurd D Theatre of Tragedy

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A Ralph Waldo Peterson B Ralph Waldo Richardson C Ralph Waldo Harrison D Ralph Waldo Emerson 89 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

H 12. Who wrote Northanger Abbey?

Harrison Ford See Question 6.

A Jane Austen B George Eliot C Mrs Gaskell D William Thackeray 3. Which German novelist won the 1972 Nobel prize for literature? A Jaroslav Seifert B Czeslaw Milosz C Heinrich Böll D Claude Simon

H H 7. Which architect designed the rebuilt St Paul's Cathedral? A Sir Richard Arkwright B Arthur Young C Isambard Kingdom Brunel D Sir Christopher Wren 22 23

H 4. What is the third book of the Old Testament?

13. Which rock guitarist was the first to be honoured with an English Heritage blue plaque? A Eric Clapton B Jimi Hendrix C Brian May D Joe Satriani

A Genesis B Exodus C Leviticus D Job 8. What name is given to the three wars between Rome and Carthage that gave Rome control of the Mediterranean? A The Crimean Wars B Punic Wars C The Napoleonic Wars D The Turin Wars 5. On which channel could The Jack Docherty Show be seen? A Channel 4 B BBC2 C Channel 5 D ITV 14. Which female singer teamed up with Johnny Mathis on the 1978 hit, Too Much Too Little Too Late? A Lulu B Cyndi Lauper C Cheryl Baker D Deniece Williams

ACROSS 1. Applaud (4) 3. Trustworthy (8) 8. Observe (4) 9. Mark in degrees (8) 11. White-hot (12) 13...

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