DM1ST(^34) DAILY MIRROR SATURDAY 17.08.2019
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General
knowledge quiz
POT LUCK
1 In the Peanuts cartoon strip,
Schroeder plays which musical intrument?
2 Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are
adopted sisters in which children’s book?
3 Cuba libre is a cocktail
made with which alcoholic spirit?
4 The foundation of which international
organisation was inspired by a speech
given by Mrs Adelaide Hoodless
in Stoney Creek, Ontario in 1897?
5 Born in Poland, Barbara Hulanicki
created which fashion brand from a boutique
founded with her late husband in 1964?
6 What number comes next in the
following sequence: 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31...?
BELIEFS
7 Which of Christ’s disciples
was the brother of Simon Peter?
8 Tom Cruise and John Travolta are among the
members of which religious organisation?
9 In Ancient Greek mythology, the god Helios
was the personification of which heavenly bo
10 In which African country, according to
Rastafarians, will Zion, or paradise, be create
11 The Maha Mantra is most closely identified
with which movement, established by
A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada?
12 Which evangelical Protestant association,
formed in 1899, is dedicated to the distributio
of bibles throughout the world?
SPORT
13 Which famous footballer was sent
home from the 1994 World Cup in disgrace
after testing positive for ephedrine?
14 The remains of which Grand National-winning
horse are buried alongside the winning
post at Aintree racecourse?
15 Which fast bowler, former star of the England
team, left Yorkshire to join Leicestershire in 2
16 The Iffley Road track, now named after Roge
Bannister who broke the four-minute mile
there, is in which English city?
17 Which golf club staged the
Open Golf Championship in 2019?
18 Which sport takes its name from a
large country house in Gloucestershire,
the home of the Dukes of Beaufort
since the late 17th century?
LANGUAGE
19 Nadsat is a fictional language invented by
Anthony Burgess in which dystopian novel of
20 Which European country is formally known
in its own language as Republika e Shqiperise
21 What name is given to the two dots sometime
placed over a vowel in German language
to indicate a change in pronunciation?
22 Assassinated in 1968, which civil rights activi
defined a riot as ’the language of the unheard
23 In cockney rhyming slang, what is a pig’s ear?
24 Tagalog is a language spoken by
over 20 million inhabitants of which country?
FILM
25 Forky is a character in which 2019 children’s f
26 Who appeared in and sang the title song for
the 1967 Sidney Poitier movie To Sir with Lov
27 Regis Toomey shared a three minute-long kis
with which actress, the first wife of Ronald Re
in the 1941 film You’re in the Army Now?
28 Jim Broadbent appeared on screen
in 2001 as the father of which diarist?
29 Which American actor, star of the 1967
film In Cold Blood and the TV series Baretta,
was acquitted in 2005 of murdering his wife?
30 Which actor voiced Scrooge and the ghosts o
Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come in
the 2009 animated version of A Christmas C
Solutions in Monday’s Daily Mirror
ACROSS
1 Equestrian sport with
obstacles to clear... (11)
7 ... and footwear
required (6, 5)
12 Army officer (5)
13 Proscenium, eg (4)
15 Student’s allowance (5)
16 Prone, inactive (5)
17 Half open (4)
19 Blueprint (5)
20 Forgive (6)
21 Ooze (4)
23 In the thick of (4)
25 Number in
a cricket team (6)
28 Musical
performance (7)
29 Opera singer (7)
32 Sorceress (5)
33 Permit (5)
34 Notice (7)
37 Lure, draw (7)
39 Taking neither side (7)
41 Anaesthetise (6)
42 Apartment (4)
44 Duty, job (4)
46 Holiday
destination (6)
49 Immoderate (7)
50 Mine shaft (3)
51 Female bird (3)
53 Political reprieve (7)
55 Bishop’s hat (5)
56 Fossilised resin (5)
57 North African country (7)
58 Space, opening (3)
60 Racetrack circuit (3)
61 Bright red (7)
62 Fictional sailor (6)
64 Tabor or bodhran, eg (4)
66 Plant stalk (4)
67 Teacher’s assessment (6)
70 Go bang (7)
71 Apple tree grove (7)
73 Wealthiest (7)
75 Implore, entreat (5)
77 Ancient artefact (5)
79 Spouse (7)
81 Word made
from another (7)
84 Cower (6)
85 Romantic appointment (4)
87 Bakewell —, pastry (4)
89 Novelist (6)
91 Drinks tube (5)
92 Brink, verge (4)
93 Flavour (5)
95 Tiny neon fish (5)
97 Snatch, seize (4)
98 Uncooked bread (5)
99 Workers who
muck out and look
after mounts... (6, 5)
100 ... and equipment
they use for
brushing, eg (8, 3)
DOWN
1 Acute (5)
2 Pressingly
important (6)
3 Shade of green? (3)
4 Saltpetre (5)
5 Police search
document (7)
6 Own up (7)
8 Colloquial
saying (5)
9 Frozen water (3)
10 Assemble (6)
11 Warning device (5)
14 Root vegetable (6)
18 Merry (6)
21 Cream tea treat (5)
22 Stop from
happening (7)
23 Tarmac (7)
24 One giving
to charity (5)
26 Cutlass (5)
27 Push (5)
30 Turning
machine (5)
31 Sugary (5)
35 Two pints (5)
36 Soup (5)
38 Going faster
than a trot (9)
40 Item a farrier
might fit (9)
43 Tanned hide (7)
45 Initial growth
of a beard (7)
47 Evil spirit (5)
48 Military tune (5)
49 Tree species (3)
50 Wooden pin (3)
52 Snooze (3)
54 Japanese currency (3)
59 Young dog (5)
60 — curd, preserve (5)
62 Gradient (5)
63 Residence (5)
65 Help resolve
a dispute (7)
66 Domestic
employee (7)
68 Additional (5)
69 Lorry (5)
72 Hunting dog (5)
74 Centre, core (5)
76 Concluding part (6)
78 Soapy suds (6)
80 Annihilate (7)
81 Organise (7)
82 Come to rest (6)
83 Spicy cold sausage (6)
84 Board game (5)
86 Patterned surface
of a tyre (5)
88 Sacred table (5)
90 Android (5)
94 Mineral spring (3)
96 As well (3)
Solutions in Monday’s
Daily Mirror
Colossal Crossword
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