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