Crossquiz

(For solution see page 95)

Across

I. —What is the largest state in India? 7- —For what does an actress wait? 8- What fair was famous for its fighting

and debauchery?

9.—What plant is cultivated for its use in salads? 11. What is the largest canton in Switzerland? 12.—What prefix means new?

Carthage?* 1 at WafS W<?re between Rome and

17;—Which Australian helped to develop the atomic bomb? 18. What does an elephant have in common with a walrus? 19. What famous Indian stone is the property of the Royal Family? a ns°‘~ W^ h °* m f < i le Bath a resort for fashion and ru ed it like a monarch?

Down

element? 1 iS the ' ighteSt known ch emical

2.—Who discovered a comet that was last seen in 1858? . 3.—-Wbieli British battleship was torpedoed and sunk while at 1939? f ' n $CaPa FI ° W in 4. —Who wrote the controversial book "Eves on the Ashes"? 5. What was the surname of the hero of Dickens' unfinished novel? 6. is another name for cavies? 10.-What is the term for the process by wh,ch an electric current magnetises a nearby body? 13.-What are com pounds with oxygen? .. Who discovered Newfoundland? 16 r— What is usually tne highest room? 17.—W here did ? a u * attack the French fleet in World War II?