| In Greek myth, a son of Temenus, and the eponymous subject of a play by Euripides |
ARCHELAUS |
| In this Oscar Wilde play, Mrs Erlynne is revealed to be the main protagonist’s mother, not a love rival |
Lady Windermere's Fan |
| Informal description of “duple time” |
in two |
| Labour MP for Hartlepool, 1992-2004 |
Peter Mandelson |
| Masculine given name in both Welsh and Japanese |
DAI |
| More shy |
TIMIDER |
| Music magazine which ceased publication in 2000 and was incorporated into NME |
Melody Maker |
| Named after the Latin name for Copenhagen, the last of the stable elements to be discovered |
HAFNIUM |
| Old name for a domestic bovine animal |
NEAT |
| Philip Schofield played Thomas More in stage and film versions of Robert Bolt’s ____ |
A Man For All Seasons |
| Player of a kind of saxophone often used by beginners |
ALTOIST |
| Russian historian and philosopher who championed reforms by Alexander II, including the emancipation of the serfs |
Boris Chicherin |
| Samurai with no master; 1998 film starring Robert De Niro |
RONIN |
| Sitcom in which the often mimicked “Ooh, Betty” was only said once |
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em |
| Six of the poems used in Schubert’s Schwanengesang are by Heinrich ____ |
HEINE |
| Substance used in baking, and to treat indigestion |
bicarbonate of soda |
| Taoiseach of Ireland from 1997 to 2008 |
Bertie Ahern |
| Technical expert advising in a trial or inquiry |
ASSESSOR |
| The act of rowing, or associated equipment |
OARAGE |
| The clerk of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol |
Bob Cratchit |
| The Night Watch is one of ____’s best-known paintings |
REMBRANDT |
| The orbital cavity |
eye socket |
| Two-humped beast of burden native to the steppes of Central Asia |
Bactrian camel |
| Type of mirage, its name derived from Arthurian legend |
Fata Morgana |
| Type of read-only memory which can be erased and overwritten |
EPROM |
| Vague knowledge or suspicion |
INKLING |
| Wilhelm ____ discovered X-rays |
ROENTGEN |
| Wolfsbane, or the poison derived from it |
ACONITE |
