Books of Knowledge January Crossword
Across
- 1. Sodium Chloride
- 6. Element used in creating atomic energy
- 7. French, tactless comment. Commit a _____
- 10. Oldest inhabited city in the world
- 11. The only animal to sleep on its back
- 13. Spirit of Russia
- 16. The study of organic tissues
- 18. Queen Elizabeth II's father
- 21. Superman's planet
- 22. A group of geese
- 25. Bird on South Australian flag
- 27. Living bird with the longest wingspan
- 32. Number of sides on dodecagon
- 34. Largest planet in the solar system
- 35. Aries symbol
- 36. World's second highest mountain
- 37. Ferrous metal mineral
- 38. A Cartographer makes them
- 41. Napoleon's empress
- 43. Italian city famous for leaning tower
- 44. Largest animal without a backbone
- 47. Christian name of Queen Victoria's consort
- 49. Dutch Guiana today
- 52. Number of fiddlers Old King Cole had
- 53. The First Emperor of Rome in 27 B.C.
- 56. Makes up 75% of our brain
- 59. Picasso's nationality
- 60. Plant that silk worms feed on
- 61. Played James Bond in the 1966 film 'Casino Royale'
- 62. Largest ocean on earth
- 64. International distress signal
- 65. 0.125 as a fraction
- 67. Repeatedly
- 68. Hard of hearing
- 69. Resin
- 70. A group of ants
Down
- 2. Nordic god of thunder
- 3. Second largest country on earth
- 4. Old Istanbul
- 5. Mickey Mouse has this many digits on each hand
- 7. Longest bone in the human body
- 8. The Taj Mahal stands on the banks of this river
- 9. Measured in reams
- 12. A young swan
- 14. Former name of Ho Chi Minh City
- 15. Colour of an Emerald
- 17. Number of violin concertos composed by Beethoven
- 19. A spider has this many legs
- 20. An eastern philosophy and religion
- 22. Cleopatra's nationality
- 23. Goods & Services Tax
- 24. Indigo
- 26. Cathedral in Paris
- 28. Married Portia in Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice'
- 29. Two of the Marx brothers left the act. Gummo and _____
- 30. Henry VIII's third wife
- 31. National bird of New Zealand
- 33. Largest lake in Australia
- 38. Roman god of war
- 39. Work of art
- 40. Common name for the canis familiaris
- 42. City in which the movie 'Sound of Music' is set
- 44. The highest clouds
- 45. Tallest building in Australia
- 46. Composed the 'Pastoral' symphony
- 48. Dance of Cuban origin
- 50. Greek goddess of love
- 51. The city in which John F. Kennedy was assassinated
- 54. Name of the rabbit in 'Bambi'
- 55. The Statue of Liberty stands here
- 57. City with the largest population in the world
- 58. Tarzan's girlfriend
- 63. A vixen
- 66. Number of people who ride a tandem