Coffee Break

How many words of three letters or more can you make from the letters in this grid? There are at least 80 words, including one nine letter word.

Do you know the answers to these questions about the '80s?

1.    In what year was the first space shuttle launched into space?

2.    What new music format was developed by Philips and Sony in the early 1980s

3.    What celestial body could be viewed from earth in 1986.

4.    What were the BBC Micro, Oric, Dragon 32 and Atmos?

5.    What sort of pollution generated in northern Europe caused devastation of forests and lakes in Scandinavia in the 1980s?

6.    The first wrist-watch-TV went on sale in 1984, 1986 or 1988?

7.    Which sunken ship was discovered by robot technology in 1985?

8.    Which Microsoft computer program was first introduced in 1987: Word, Excel, Internet Explorer or Paint?

9.    What object did ‘Time’ magazine name Machine of the Year in 1982?

10.    What mechanical body part was first successfully transplanted in 1982?

Grammar Spod answers: 11) a phone call 2) profit 3) dinner 4) friends 5) noise 6) a cup of tea 7) cry 8) angry 9) a mess 10) feel

'80s quiz: 1- 1981; 2- The compact disc; 3- Halley’s Comet; 4- early home computers; 5- Acid Rain; 6- 1984; 7- Titanic; 8- Excel; 9- The Personal Computer; 10- A mechanical heart

Word Square: again, agaze, age, ageism, ages, aim, aims, amaze, amazes, amazing, amen, amens, amnesia, anime, animes, anise, easing, ems, enigma, enigmas, gain, gains, game, games, gamin, gamine, gas, gasman, gasmen, gaze, gazes, gem, gems, gin, gins, image, images, ins, magazine, magazines, magnesia, main, mains, maize, man, manage, manages, mane, manes, mange, mania, manias, manse, maze, mazes,mean, means, men, mien, mine, mines, nae, nag, nags, name, names, sag, saga, sage, same, sane, sea, seam, seaman, seaming, seg, sigma, sign, sin, sine, sing, singe, size, snag, zing