DIVERSIONS
QUIZWORD by Alan Shuker
Puzzle No 1602
Clues across
7. What is a person for whom a discovery, place, invention, item is named? (6)
8. Which country’s flag features an eagle with a snake in its beak? (6)
10. Between 1508 and 1512, Michelangelo painted the ceiling of which chapel? (7)
11/12. Who introduced the word “taboo” into the English language? (5,4)
13. Which Mary gave the miniskirt its name? (5)
17. Which city has the world’s highest building? (5)
18. From Yiddish, what is a snack or light meal? (4)
22. From Latin “how many”, what is a fixed quantity officially allowed? (5)
23. Guayaquil is which country’s largest city? (7)
24/25. The epitaph on whose tomb in Westminster Abbey reads simply “Queen of England. Born 1515 Died 1557”? (4,2,6)
Clues down
1. The logo of which fashion company2. Which ballet and opera theatre is named after a Russian word for “great, large, grand”? (7)3. What is the lofty nest of an eagle? (5)4. Planning to host the Winter Olympics in 2022, which city will become the first to host both a summer and winter Olympic Games? (7)5. Which US city is most famous for its Art Deco architecture? (5)6. 1973’s Xerox Alto is regarded as the first personal computer to utilise a what? (5)9. From a poem by William Blake, which English patriotic song begins “And did those feet in ancient time”? (9)14. What is a person in charge of a museum or other collection? (7)15. Which country’s flag features an eagle with a cross in its beak? (7)16. What 1979 film with Bette Midler was loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin? (3,4)19. What is a large solid cushion for a chair or couch? (5)20. What nickname had Charles L Liston? (5)21. Tom Hanks plays an airliner captain in which 2016 film? (5)
