Crossquiz —No. 243

Across

I. —Who first crossed the Atlantic in a sole flight from West to East? 7. —What is the general name for a workers’ association? 8. —What is the name of the gold colour sur rounding the whole figure in sacred pictures? 9. —What is the name of the science of house hold management? 10. Which Gilbert & Sullivan princess con ducted a ladies’ seminary? 11. —What shields a horse’s eye to prevent him looking sideways? 12. —Which town in Nebraska, on the Missouri, is famous as a meatpacking centre? 13. —W ho is the national hero of Spain who drove the Moors out of that country? 15.—W hat overcoat must come from Northern

Ireland? 18.—What is the name of the eastern coast of the Mediterranean including Greece and Egypt? 20. —Who discovered antiseptic treat ment? 21. —Which plant is cultivated for its young shoots which are esteemed as a table delicacy?

Down

1. —Which film star is known as “The Look”? 2. —Which city in Kenya is the centre for big game shooting? 3. —Where did Bruce gain his famous victory over Edward II? 4. —By what chart do astronomers predict the future of a man’s life?

5. —Of which State is Tallahassee the capital city? 6. Which is the “Cotton State” of the

U.S.A.?

B.—What name is given to a person who keeps bees? 14.—Which Elizabethan explorer dis covered a channel between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, after whom it was

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16.—Which wars were ended by the marriage of Henry VII to the daughter of Edward IV? 17 _what hard metal is an alloy of iron, and carbon? 19. —what substance, obtained from pine-trees, can be a sailor? 20. —What is the record of a ship’s progress?