The Independents Jumbo General Answer List – 15-October-2022
The Independents Jumbo General – Solution List – 15-October-2022
1.National Trust property in West Sussex in which H G Wells spent part of his boyhood, as his mother was housekeeper between 1880 and 1893 UPPARK
2.The capital of Kenya NAIROBI
3.___ Records, American record label founded in 1974, whose biggest selling recording artist was Whitney Houston ARISTA
4.Raymond ___, crime writer who created the private detective Philip Marlowe CHANDLER
5.US state that was the 19th admitted to the Union INDIANA
6.One of the sons of Noah, along with Ham and Japheth SHEM
7.Small lake on top of the Black Forest mountain range in southwestern Germany WILDSEE
8.Oscar-nominated 2006 film featuring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett BABEL
9.1978 Top 10 hit for Funkadelic ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE
10.1881 novel by Thomas Hardy featuring the character Paula Power A LAODICEAN
11.A place where bees are kept APIARY
12.An immature form of many creatures that develops into a different adult form by metamorphosis LARVA
13.Luxury car launched by Opel in 1964 DIPLOMAT
14.Compact car launched by Honda in 1972 CIVIC
15.Scottish footballer nicknamed “The Tin Man” whose clubs included Rangers, Sevilla, Derby County and Birmingham City TED MCMINN
16.American stand-up comedian who co-hosted the 2022 Academy Awards with Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes AMY SCHUMER
17.A wind of force 12 or more on the Beaufort scale HURRICANE
18.In Greek mythology, a Titan who stole fire from Olympus to give to mankind PROMETHEUS
19.The capital of Peru LIMA
20.Cyprus resort that has become a ‘party capital AYIA NAPA
21.Clive ___, American author of thrillers featuring the character Dirk Pitt CUSSLER
22.1967 Top 10 hit for The Jimi Hendrix Experience PURPLE HAZE
23.1979 play by Peter Shaffer, loosely based on the lives of Mozart and Salieri AMADEUS
24.The most north-westerly of the Canary Islands LA PALMA
25.Word that forms part of the official names of Iran and Mauritania ISLAMIC
26.A deep red transparent precious variety of corundum RUBY
27.In surveying, the horizontal angle of a bearing clockwise from a standard direction AZIMUTH
28.African republic whose capital is Maputo MOZAMBIQUE
29.See 7
30.Department of SW France whose capital is Auch GERS
31.Instrumental by Mason Williams that won three Grammy Awards in 1969 CLASSICAL GAS
32.A legendary Irish hero and bard of the 3rd century AD OSSIAN
33.A flock of quails, for example BEVY
34.The capital of Senegal DAKAR
35.25 April, a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand: ANZAC DAY
36.Epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1869WAR AND PEACE
37.In Greek mythology, a Titan compelled to support the sky on his shoulders as punishment ATLAS
38.The original name for a nuclear reactor ATOMIC PILE
39.1892 farce in three acts by Brandon Thomas CHARLEY’S AUNT
40.Historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921 SCARAMOUCHE
41.The local name for the River Thames at Oxford ISIS
42.White powder, composed primarily of calcium phosphate, used in fertilisers, polishing compounds, and in making ceramics BONE ASH
43.Studio album recorded by John Coltrane’s quartet in February 1965 A LOVE SUPREME
44.Another name for the trepang or sea-slug, a food delicacy in China BECHE-DE-MER
