| Francis Xavier ____ is the protagonist of four comic novels by Anthony Burgess |
ENDERBY |
| General of the Volscian army in Coriolanus |
Tullus Aufidius |
| Geological theory which made Alfred Wegener’s concept of continental drift widely accepted |
plate tectonics |
| Himalayan region, also called Little Tibet, to the south of K2 |
baltistan |
| Iconic Star Wars line delivered by Obi-Wan Kenobi |
use the force Luke |
| Informally, in a helpless position |
over a barrel |
| Of a cow, pregnant |
in calf |
| Of a nerve, conveying impulses towards the brain or spinal column |
afferent |
| One who has abandoned their religion |
APOSTATE |
| Opening track of the Beatles album Abbey Road |
Come Together |
| Poetic word for a male lover or suitor |
SWAIN |
| Presenter of BBC News at Six since 2003 |
George Alagiah |
| Short railway tracks used for shunting or storage |
SIDINGS |
| Soviet Russia’s news agency, created in 1925 |
TASS |
| Sykurmolarnir, the group which launched the career of Björk |
The Sugarcubes |
| Tennyson’s name for cicadas, apparently a mistranslation from German |
balm-crickets |
| The extreme sport of jumping into the sea from a cliff |
tombstoning |
| The penultimate collaboration of Gilbert and Sullivan |
Utopia Limited |
| The quality of being meagre or scarce |
EXIGUITY |
| The ____ is also known as Custer’s Last Stand |
Battle of Little Bighorn |
| Those which consisted of ten asses in ancient Rome |
DENARII |
| To succeed, or to bribe |
pay off |
| Traditional Christmas desserts |
plum puddings |