Across
- 6. Which famous artist was a suspect in the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa? -7
- 8. What would traditional xmas scents (e.g. cinnamon and clove) have reminded Shakespearean audiences of? -6
- 11. Which royal popularised Christmas trees in England? (not the one you might think...)-9
- 12. The first permanent English settlement in America -9
- 16. The 'xxx' craze. A period between 1720-1751 in London -3
- 17. What famous resident got married in St Marys Church, Hampstead? -6
- 18. What happened in April 1986 in Ukraine? -9
- 20. Xmas flower originally used medicinally by Aztecs and Mayans -10
Down
- 1. A traditional Christmas dinner in Japan - 3
- 2. People with highest levels of RH- blood type in Europe -7
- 3. What foreign film genre was a hit in the USSR? -9
- 4. Area in Manchester where legendary historian Michael Wood was born
- 5. What future war-time leader spent time living on Frognal? -2,6
- 7. Who had the longest reign of a Scottish monarch in Scotland? -5
- 9. The man who carried the King’s hunting birds to the hunt carried them on a wooden frame called a ‘xxxxx' -5
- 10. Where is the 9th biggest city in Spain? (HINT: its not in the mainland...)-3,6
- 13. indigenous language from which we derive the word hurricane -5
- 14. What was the first song played on instruments in space? -6,5
- 15. Largest lake by surface area in Latin America -8
- 19. What does the Tower of London keep 6 of, for superstitious reasons? -6