Pim Crossquiz No. 40

Solution on p. 85.

Across

1. —Which European capital city gave its name to a vegetable? 2. —Where was Napoleon first interned? 9. —Which famous French sculptor created the statue “The Thinker”? 10. —Which famous Irish poet’s name could be used with very little change for brewing beer or raising bread? 11. —What was one of Rider Haggard’s famous books?

12. —What is the art of cultivating land? 13. —What is a part per formed by an actor? 14. —What empty container makes the most sound?

Down

1. —What is the boat-song of a Venetian gondolier? 2. —Whose business is marine in surance? 3. —What was the name given to any rabid republican during the French Revolution? 4. —Who founded the Jesuit order? 6. —Who built the Suez canal? 7. —Who was the mother of Queen Elizabeth the First? 8. —What was the name of the rod carried by Mercury, messenger of the gods? 15.—What drawing is made with coloured crayons? 18. —What did Shakespeare make much of about nothing? 19. —Who is the queen of the fairies? 20. —What old cloth measure is equal to iy 4 yards? 21. —What word of respect is used in addressing a man?

16. —What was the name of Paris in Roman times? 17. —What Hook projects into the lower bay of New York? 18. Where was the base of British operations against Lille during the first World War? 22. Who was the servant of Shylock? 23. —What was the name of a follower of John Wycliffe?