GES MASTERMIND 2025

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Across
  1. 2. What was the ancient Roman garment?
  2. 4. What was Cleopatra's last name?
  3. 7. Writer whose dystopias cast long shadows from Canada
  4. 11. Which element of music tells musicians how they should play a note, e.g. staccato, legato, or accented?
  5. 12. What was the Egyptian writing system?
  6. 14. A twist where words mean the opposite of intent
  7. 15. Who did Lee Harvey Oswald assassinate in 1963?
  8. 16. What musical word means 'speeding up'?
  9. 20. Which dynasty built the Great Wall of China?
  10. 21. What ship did Charles Darwin sail on?
  11. 22. What is the musical term used to tell performers to play very quietly?
  12. 24. Which family of instruments includes the xylophone, glockenspiel, and marimba?
  13. 26. The playwright whose characters depend on the kindness of strangers
Down
  1. 1. Which family of instruments does the Cor Anglais belong to?
  2. 3. Who was the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare?
  3. 5. What is the word used to describe a tune associated with a particular character in film music and opera?
  4. 6. Which composer wrote the opera 'The Magic Flute'?
  5. 8. What was the capital of the Aztec Empire?
  6. 9. A joke relying on sound judgment?
  7. 10. What is the name of a musical scale which uses only five notes?
  8. 12. The comical fluid once thought to shape temperament
  9. 13. Which famous composer managed to compose many pieces, such as his famous Ninth Symphony, despite being completely deaf?
  10. 17. Punctuation mark that introduces what follows
  11. 18. An author who gave us “hard times”
  12. 19. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin?
  13. 23. Which Russian composer composed The Rite of Spring, which caused riots when it premiered in Paris in 1913?
  14. 25. Who was the first U.S. President?