Trivia #3 - by Symptomatic
Across
1 Who was "World War I
Flying Ace" Snoopy's
nemesis? (3,3,5)
7 What is the fifth element
in order on the periodic
table? (5)
10 Which word, stemming
from French for "forget",
is a kind of dungeon with
only one entrance in its
ceiling? (9)
11 Which post-Impressionist
artist painted Breton
Girl? (7)
12 Which kind of building,
popular in the military,
has a corrugated iron
body and a cement floor?
(6,3)
14 Which West Midlands
city lends its name to a
yellow property in the
board game Monopoly?
(8)
16 What is the title of The
Benny Hill Show's
closing theme? (6,3)
20 What word describes a
marketing model where
software is provided
without charge, but
features may be unlocked
with money? (8)
22 What is the sixteenth
letter of the Greek
alphabet? (2)
23 Which martial arts
organisation was founded
in the US in 1993? (3)
25 What is the world's
seventh-longest river? (2)
26 What class of animal lays
eggs on land, or retains
fertilised eggs within the
mother? (7)
27 What type of eye
infection is often
characterised by a red
bump on or near the edge
of the eyelid? (4)
28 In mathematics and
computer science, what
is another term for "with
respect to differences
accounted by (the
following term)"? (6)
29 Which god is the Roman
equivalent of the Greek
god Dionysus? (7)
32 What is a shorter and
more common name for a Down
promissory note? (1.1.1.)
Symptomatic
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32
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34 What coffee is made by
"staining" espresso with
a small amount of milk?
(9)
35 Informally, which royal
house was founded by
Henry VII? (6)
36 Which logical operator is
false exactly when both
of its operands are false?
(2)
37 Which martial art is
characterised by the aim
to avoid harm? (6)
38 What thickening agent is
a combination of flour
and fat? (4)
39 What deep, guttural
sound is also a word for
someone at the bottom of
a hierarchy, usually a
menial worker? (5)
40 Which word comes after
"Flying" to create a New
Zealand-based record
label? (3)
41 What creatures could be
horses, swans, gulls, or 13
spiders? (4)
42 What mostly feminine
first name links wives of
Henry VIII and William 15
Shakespeare? (4)
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1 What imaginary line of
latitude passes through
ten countries? (6,2,9)
2 Which river formed part 18
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12
15
16
21
27
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35
36
38 39
41
of the Iron Curtain and
discharges into the North
Sea? (4)
3 Which inventor held over
one thousand patents,
including the nickel-iron
battery? (6)
4 What is the capital of the
US state of Louisiana?
(5,5)
5 Which inventor was the
founder and first editor-
in-chief of German
magazine Hörzu? (5)
6 Which Japanese city was
attacked by the US on
August 9, 1945? (8)
7 A person with brown hair
is colloquially referred to
as a what? (8)
8 What is the golfing term
for grass cut longer and
coarser than the fairway?
(5)
9 What is the one-word
term for a nine-piece
musical group? (5)
Which acronym could be
a North American
military as a whole, or its
aerial division? (1.1.1.1.)
What is the capital city
of Austria? (6)
Which dinosaur was
formerly (until 2015 CE)
scientifically
synonymous with the
brontosaurus? (11)
What is another term for
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11
13
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24 25
28
37
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"bringing someone or
something under
control"? (11)
19 Which special DNA
molecule was first
studied by Hermann
Henking? (1,10)
21 What is another name for
muscle tissue of the
heart? (10)
24 What is the term for a
person who supports
"rule-of-the-people"
governments? (8)
30 What is the better-known
acronym for the
European Organisation
for Nuclear Research? (4)
31 Which onomatopoeic
sound of doubt is also
Air Zimbabwe's IATA
code? (2)
33 What is the colloquial
term for rotation of a
vehicle by 180°? (1-4)
36 What band, omitting the
word "the", is known for
A Huge Ever Growing
Pulsating Brain That
Rules From The Centre
Of The Ultraworld? (3)
39 The study of which board
game led to the creation
of a class of numbers
known as "surreal
numbers"? (2)