| “If you always want the latest and greatest, then you have to buy a new iPod at least ____” (Steve Jobs) |
Once a year |
| 15A was appointed to this office of state in 1536 |
Lord Privy Seal |
| A drinking place for animals |
Water hole |
| Asian volcano with a famously symmetrical cone |
Mount Fuji |
| Author of The Love and Lives of a She-Devil, who died on January 4 |
Fay Weldon |
| BBC programme which celebrated its 40th anniversary in January |
BREAKFAST |
| Behaved irritatingly, like a young child |
Played up |
| Coronation Street actor who plays the owner of Roy’s Rolls |
David Neilson |
| Countdown’s “Dictionary Corner” star for over 30 years |
Susie Dent |
| Creatures held to have spread the bacterium causing bubonic plague |
Black rats |
| Doing absolutely nothing |
bone-idle |
| Eric Morecambe was a supporter and director of this football club |
Luton Town |
| Formula One commentator famed for gaffes such as “Do my eyes deceive me, or is Senna’s car sounding a bit rough?” |
Murray Walker |
| Freeview TV channel with content including medical and crime programmes |
REALLY |
| Geographical feature created by the rain shadow of the Himalayas |
gobi desert |
| Henry VIII’s chief advisor, who drafted most of the Reformation legislation |
thomas cromwell |
| High-energy particle physics research organisation based in Geneva |
CERN |
| In a German zoo, this kind of building is a Voliere |
AVIARY |
| Indian mixed rice dish which originated among Muslims as a variety of pilaf |
BIRYANI |
| Insects with a large head, long body and iridescent wings |
DRAGONFLIES |
| Invaders, probably from Palestine, who ruled Egypt from c 1650BC to c 1550BC |
HYKSOS |
| Large bird of prey noted for a “sky dance” courtship display |
GOSHAWK |
| Largest lake in Italy; an Irish police officer |
GARDA |