Solutions to Crossword and Thomas Eaton’s quiz

Answers to quiz

1 Ninoy Aquino.

2 Red panda. 3 Opening a champagne bottle. 4 Bleak House (Esther Summerson). 5 Nottingham Forest. 6 Jared (Genesis). 7 Tudor (she married

Owen Tudor).

8 Opera North.

9 New car number plates issued (age identifier). 10 Stranded on islands: inspired Robinson Crusoe; in second world war; author of Castaway. 11 Haribo Starmix contents.

12 Nicknames of US’s

Pacific states:

California;

Oregon;

Washington;

Alaska.

13 Sued for libel and lost. 14 COP climate conferences (2018-22).

15 Only two sportsmen to win an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.