The Independents Jumbo General Answer List – 29-October-2022
The Independents Jumbo General – Solution List – 29-October-2022
1.Irish county whose county town is Tullamore
OFFALY
2.A medicinal preparation of hydrated magnesium sulphate
EPSOM SALTS
3.Chimpanzee that was the first to be launched into orbit, in 1961
ENOS
4.First name of the lead singer of the Irish sibling group The Corrs
ANDREA
5.A French-built anti-ship missile
EXOCET
6.The bassist and primary lyricist of Black Sabbath
GEEZER BUTLER
7.English metaphysical poet appointed Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral in 1621
JOHN DONNE
8.1882 play by Victorien Sardou that gave its name to a soft felt or velvet hat
FEDORA
9.Any of a group of enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of RNA
RIBONUCLEASE
10.Long-barrelled muzzle-loading shoulder gun used by infantry soldiers between the 16th and 18th centuries
MUSKET
11.Stand-up comedian and actor who hosted the Academy Awards in 2005 and 2016
CHRIS ROCK
12.City in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, on the Po di Volano
FERRARA
13.English actress who married Trevor Nunn in 1994
IMOGEN STUBBS
14.Genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants or monkey cups
NEPENTHES
15.Wealthy suburb in NE Athens that is the third-smallest municipality in Greece, after Nea Chalkidona and Ymittos
NEO PSYCHIKO
16.The Inter-Cities ___ Cup was a European football competition played between 1955 and 1971
FAIRS
17.King of Wessex from 871 to 899, known as “the Great”
ALFRED
18.Unit of angular measure equal to one sixtieth of a degree
MINUTE
19.Island nation in Micronesia formerly known as Pleasant Island
NAURU
20.First name of the German composer Gluck
CHRISTOPH
21.Syrup derived from the dried rhizome and roots of a Brazilian plant that is used as an emetic
IPECAC
22.River in eastern Serbia that is a 129 km long right tributary of the Danube
PEK
23.In Britain, another name for hawthorn, cowslip or marsh marigold
MAYFLOWER
24.1969 John Sturges film starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna and Gene Hackman, based on a novel by Martin Caidin
MAROONED
25.King of Mercia from 757 associated with an earthwork between England and Wales
OFFA
26.Charity that developed out of a pioneering alcohol project in South East London founded by Barry Richards in 1964
TURNING POINT
27.Actor born Michael Demitri Shalhoub in 1932
OMAR SHARIF
28.Copper alloy also known as paktong or alpacca
NICKEL SILVER
29.Widow of John Lennon
YOKO ONO
30.Former Radio 1 DJ named Radio Broadcaster of the Year at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards in 2008
SIMON MAYO
31.Restaurant whose signature dish is black cod with miso
NOBU
32.Central character in a series of children’s stories by Angela Rippon
VICTORIA PLUM
33.Local government district established in 2019 whose main towns include Aldeburgh, Felixstowe and Lowestoft
EAST SUFFOLK
34.Autobiographical manifesto by Adolf Hitler, published in two volumes in 1925 and 1926
MEIN KAMPF
35.2013 Guillermo del Toro film starring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba and Rinko Kikuchi
PACIFIC RIM
36.Latin term meaning “Ten Men” which designates any such commission in the Roman Republic
DECEMVIRI
37.Legendary Irish hero and bard of the 3rd century AD
OSSIAN
38.US Secretary of State in the Truman administration from 1949 to 1953
DEAN ACHESON
39.Small ornamental bag, typically used to hold sewing articles
ETUI
40.Device in the carburettor of a petrol engine that enriches the petrol-air mixture by reducing the air supply
CHOKE
41.Former English name for the Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer and orator Cicero
TULLY
42.In the Old Testament, a priest of Shiloh who taught Samuel
ELI
43.A potent strain of cannabis originating in Mexico
ACAPULCO GOLD
44.French word for “house”
MAISON
45.New Zealand striker who joined Newcastle United from Burnley in 2022
CHRIS WOOD
46.A sand-burrowing bivalve mollusc of the family Cardiidae
COCKLE
