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Question |
Answer |
001 |
M |
What 'M' is the saint to which a London church said to be In the fields' is dedicated? |
Martin |
002 |
O |
What 'O' goes before glory, fashioned and maid? |
Old |
003 |
K |
What 'K' is a baby cat? |
Kitten |
004 |
D |
What 'D' are the curved uprights that carry a ship's lifeboat? |
Davits |
005 |
J |
What 'J' is known to its inhabitants as Nippon? |
Japan |
006 |
P |
What 'P' was an Egyptian ruling dynasty that came from Macedonia? |
Ptolemy |
007 |
H |
What 'H' is a stew nominally associated with Lancashire? |
Hotpot |
008 |
W |
What 'W' is the merry-thought or breast bone of a roast bird? |
Wishbone |
009 |
F |
What 'F' is a note played or sung below true pitch? |
Flat |
010 |
B |
What 'B' is a lawyer raised to when he becomes a Judge? |
Bench |
011 |
L |
What 'L' is made in the form of bobbin, pillow and needle point? |
Lace |
012 |
S |
What 'S' is a secret agent? |
Spy |
013 |
T |
What 'T' is a jewelled head-dress worn by women on grand occasions? |
Tiara |
014 |
R |
What 'R' is demanded after kidnap? |
Ransom |
015 |
C |
What 'C' do you strike when you take down tents and move off? |
Camp |
016 |
E |
What 'E' was the pen-name of the author of 'The Mill on the Floss'? |
Eliot |
017 |
A |
What 'A' is the sea, of which Venice is called the queen? |
Adriatic |
018 |
V |
What 'V' are the thirty-three essential parts of the spinal column? |
Vertibrae |
019 |
G |
What 'G' is a state that has had political figures called Bishop, Braithwaite, Hudson-Austin, and Scoon? |
Grenada |
020 |
N |
What 'N' goes with pamby? |
Namby |
021 |
C |
What 'C' can be alimentary, Regent's or Panama? |
Canal |
022 |
I |
What 'T' is an island republic, south-east of Greenland, and 500 miles north-west of Scotland? |
Iceland |
023 |
N |
What 'N' is a Canadian province, or a breed of dog? |
Newfoundland |
024 |
O |
What 'O' was the ancient Greek king whose name is given to a neurotic relationship with the parent? |
Oedipus |
025 |
F |
What 'F' comes before dog, lighter and alarm? |
Fire |
026 |
K |
What 'K' is an Australian marsupial related to the wallaby? |
Kangaroo |
027 |
A |
What 'A' is a famous 20th century poet with the first names Wystan Hugh? |
Auden |
028 |
P |
What `P' is the smallest and least valuable piece in chess? |
Pawn |
029 |
D |
What 'D' means 'become wider or larger', and is often applied to the pupil of the eye? |
Dilate |
030 |
W |
What 'W' is a little tool for beating eggs or cream to a froth? |
Whisk |
031 |
B |
What 'B' had been on a bread-fruit collection expedition when his crew mutinied? |
Bligh |
032 |
G |
What `G' was one of the seven dwarfs? |
Grumpy |
033 |
H |
What 'H' is tiny, sips nectar on the wing, and lives in hot countries? |
Hummingbird |
034 |
L |
What 'L' is the river that flows through the château country of France? |
Loire |
035 |
S |
What 'S' goes before plate, fir tree and lining? |
Silver |
036 |
R |
What 'R' wrote a history of the world while imprisoned in the tower in the early 17th century? |
Raleigh |
037 |
E |
What 'E' is a phone number that is deliberately left out of the book? |
Ex Directory |
038 |
M |
What 'M' is the lace veil worn by Spanish women over the head and shoulders? |
Mantilla |
039 |
T |
What 'T' is another word for lukewarm? |
Tepid |
040 |
U |
What 'U' are you on, when you're so poor that you've worn away the soles of your shoes? |
Uppers |
041 |
G |
What 'G' is divided in two and produces hock and sauerkraut? |
Germany |
042 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a tree often planted in graveyards? |
Yew |
043 |
A |
What 'A' is a fruit known also as an alligator pear? |
Avocado |
044 |
T |
What 'T' is a rose prickle? |
Thorn |
045 |
W |
What 'W' was responsible for the design of fifty-one London churches? |
Wren |
046 |
S |
What 'S' is the wire fastener that holds a booklet together through the centrefold? |
Staple |
047 |
U |
What 'U' is a little ragamuffin and is applied to a type of short haircut? |
Urchin |
048 |
B |
What 'B' is a kind of coarse fern that infests heath, moorland and mountain? |
Bracken |
049 |
E |
What 'E' comes after electric, sand and conger? |
Eel |
050 |
N |
What 'N' do you mean to hit with a hammer, but also often hit by mistake? |
Nail |
051 |
C |
What 'C' is the type of crow that feeds on dead animals? |
Carrion |
052 |
L |
What 'L' are you not in when you are fancy-free? |
Love |
053 |
P |
What 'P' is Scottish or American for the little finger, or a character in 'Brighton Rock'? |
Pinkie |
054 |
O |
What 'O' is Des, whose best known song was 'Careless Hands'? |
O Connor |
055 |
H |
What 'H' is an eleven-a-side game played with curved sticks? |
Hockey |
056 |
F |
What 'F' is the art of planting, managing, and tending great numbers of trees? |
Forestry |
057 |
D |
What 'D' comes before horse, ages and continent? |
Dark |
058 |
M |
What 'M' is a book which gave clues to the whereabouts of a jewelled hare? |
Masquerade |
059 |
J |
What 'J' is the profession of collection and writing news? |
Journalism |
060 |
R |
What 'R' is where you can occasionally find a stationary taxi? |
Rank |
061 |
C |
What 'C' is the game in which Emmanuel Lasker was supreme? |
Chess |
062 |
E |
What 'E' is the period between afternoon and night? |
Evening |
063 |
H |
What 'H' is the largest of London's Royal parks? |
Hyde |
064 |
N |
What 'N' had an ark and led animals in two by two? |
Noah |
065 |
R |
What 'R' is mass for the repose of the souls of the dead? |
Requiem |
066 |
W |
What 'W' is the family of trees to which the osiers and sallows belong? |
Willow |
067 |
D |
What 'D' is usually shown by a red signal and means beware? |
Danger |
068 |
K |
What 'K' is an Australian bear? |
Koala |
069 |
B |
What 'B' is the colour that in this country signifies mourning? |
Black |
070 |
V |
What 'V' is a tax? |
VAT |
071 |
F |
What 'F' is the tree that shows your genealogy? |
Family |
072 |
T |
What 'T' in Staffordshire gave its name to Peel's manifesto in 1834? |
Tamworth |
073 |
S |
What 'S' is a post for marking out territory, or is money placed in a bet? |
Stake |
074 |
O |
What 'O' was called Daniel and was the early 19th century leader of Irish Nationalism? |
O Connell |
075 |
L |
What 'L' are German songs? |
Lieder |
076 |
G |
What 'G' has a district called 'Pollock'? |
Glasgow |
077 |
P |
What 'P' is a hundredth part of a German Mark? |
Pfennig |
078 |
M |
What 'M' did Burns address as a 'Wee, sleekit, cowering, timorous beastie'? |
Mouse |
079 |
J |
What 'I' is part of the Channel Islands, a breed of cattle and an article of clothing? |
Jersey |
080 |
A |
What 'A' is kept in an urn at Lords? |
Ashes |
081 |
F |
What 'F' is an ordinal of one? |
First |
082 |
O |
What 'O' is a child without parents? |
Orphan |
083 |
I |
What 'I' lights up? |
Illuminate |
084 |
R |
What 'R' is commemorated on Easter Sunday? |
Ressurection |
085 |
T |
What 'T' is thirteen plus fourteen minus fifteen? |
Twelve |
086 |
A |
What 'A' is the science, or art, in which the adjective `palladian' is used? |
Architecture |
087 |
E |
What 'E' are two and two and two and two? |
Eight |
088 |
B |
What 'B' includes the Medulla oblongate, the pons and the cerebellum? |
Brain |
089 |
P |
What 'P' was Marshal of France and head of Vichy Government during the last war? |
Petain |
090 |
D |
What 'D' borrowed four million pounds to buy shares in the Suez Canal Company? |
Disraeli |
091 |
N |
What 'N' is a sandbank with a lightship near Sheerness that was the scene of a famous mutiny? |
Nore |
092 |
J |
What 'J' is the bone in which teeth are set? |
Jaw |
093 |
S |
What 'S' is what you are told to pull up when your performance has been substandard? |
Socks |
094 |
H |
What 'H' is the opposite of perpendicular? |
Horizontal |
095 |
V |
What 'V' does something do when it quivers and shakes? |
Vibrate |
096 |
G |
What 'G' is the ham of a hog and goes proverbially with spinach? |
Gammon |
097 |
M |
What 'M' is a single block of stone like a menhir? |
Monolith |
098 |
W |
What 'W' are you when you are tired? |
Weary |
099 |
C |
What 'C' is the BBC's teletext service? |
Ceefax |
100 |
L |
What 'L' was the name of three kings of Belgium? |
Leopold |
101 |
M |
What 'M' is a northern town once known as 'Cottonopolis'? |
Manchester |
102 |
O |
What 'O' is the surname of Scarlett in 'Gone with the Wind'? |
O Hara |
103 |
K |
What 'K' is an instrument for winding, turning, tightening and locking? |
Key |
104 |
D |
What 'D' was Britain's first Jewish Prime Minister? |
Disraeli |
105 |
J |
What 'J' is applied to a prejudiced eye that sees only faults like that of a person with an upset liver? |
Jaundiced |
106 |
P |
What 'P' goes before chair, bike and button? |
Push |
107 |
H |
What 'H' is that part of Hispaniola that isn't Dominica, and is the home of voodoo? |
Haiti |
108 |
W |
What 'W' is a battle that forms the backdrop of episodes in Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair'? |
Waterloo |
109 |
F |
What 'F' is an ancient implement for threshing corn? |
Flail |
110 |
B |
What 'B' was the youngest and favourite son of Jacob? |
Benjamin |
111 |
L |
What 'L' is the milky fluid produced by many plants, such as poppies and lettuce, but specially by the rubber plant? |
Latex |
112 |
S |
What 'S' is the sport with which Australian Geoff Hunt is chiefly associated? |
Squash |
113 |
T |
What 'T' is the Republic whose capital city is T'ai-pei? |
Taiwan |
114 |
R |
What 'R' do you 'bring up' when you are right at the back? |
Rear |
115 |
C |
What 'C' is the red pepper made from chillis? |
Cayenne |
116 |
E |
What 'E' is the age at which you can vote in Britain? |
Eighteen |
117 |
A |
What 'A' was the wife of silly Billy, who succeeded George and preceded Victoria? |
Adelaide |
118 |
V |
What 'V' was the name of Britain's entry in the 1984 Americas Cup race? |
Victory |
119 |
G |
What 'G' was eighty in 1984, wrote 'Our Man in Havana' and was christened Graham? |
Greene |
120 |
N |
What 'N' was the place where Charles 1 lost the Midlands to Fairfax? |
Naseby |
121 |
C |
What 'C' is the country with the second largest area in the world? |
Canada |
122 |
I |
What 'I' is the peninsular which was a theatre of war against the French? |
Iberian |
123 |
N |
What 'N' is the acid whose formula is HNO3? |
Nitric |
124 |
O |
What 'O' supplies the feathers for the Prince of Wales' crest? |
Ostrich |
125 |
F |
What 'F' was the saint associated with Assisi? |
Francis |
126 |
K |
What 'K' from Australia is called a 'laughing Jackass'? |
Kookaburra |
127 |
A |
What 'A' was the Liberal leader whose second wife was called Margot? |
Asquith |
128 |
P |
What 'P' is where one sometimes has to put one's pride? |
Pocket |
129 |
D |
What 'D' live in columbarium? • |
Doves |
130 |
W |
What 'W' goes before pepper, lie and elephant? |
White |
131 |
B |
What 'B' do mammals have platelets or thrombocytes? |
Blood |
132 |
G |
What `G' is the network of lines used for locating points on a map? |
Grid |
133 |
H |
What 'H' did John Jorrocks call 'The sport of Kings - the image of war without its guilt'? |
Hunting |
134 |
L |
What 'I,' is a self-propelled vehicle, particularly a railway engine? |
Locomotive |
135 |
S |
What 'S' goes before man, line and jacket? |
Straight |
136 |
R |
What 'R' is another name for the breakdance called 'The Mannequin'? |
Robot |
137 |
E |
What 'E' do you raise as a sign of surprise or shock? |
Eyebrows |
138 |
M |
What 'M' was Uncas, the last chief, according to Fennimore Cooper? |
Mohicans |
139 |
T |
What 'T' was the Sherpa who first climbed Everest? |
Tensing |
140 |
U |
What 'U' is the special bread eaten by the Jews which contains no yeast? |
Unleavened |
141 |
G |
What 'G' do you do in a betting shop? |
Gamble |
142 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a television programme about a group of students? |
Young |
143 |
A |
What 'A' is wilful setting-on-fire of property, often with the object of gain from the insurance? |
Arson |
144 |
T |
What 'T' is the hero of a world famous comic strip for children created by Herge? |
Tintin |
145 |
W |
What 'W' is the site of the Thames flood barrier? |
Woolwich |
146 |
S |
What 'S' do you use to catch a mackerel? |
Sprat |
147 |
U |
What 'U is where a female goat or sheep keeps its milk? |
Udder |
148 |
B |
What 'B' is where your heart goes when you get that sinking feeling? |
Boots |
149 |
E |
What `E' is a way of identifying something you intend for a special purpose - like one of your own animals? |
Earmark |
150 |
N |
What 'N' is what a baby wears that needs constant changing? |
Nappy |
151 |
C |
What 'C' is the standard unit of heat? |
Calorie |
152 |
L |
What 'L' provides bits called 'best end' and 'saddle'? |
Lamb |
153 |
P |
What 'P' is the supposed science of deducing character by feeling the bumps on the head? |
Phrenology |
154 |
O |
What 'O' are the bandits that are fruit machines? |
One Armed |
155 |
H |
What 'H' is a group of birds, proverbially said to have very good sight? |
Hawks |
156 |
F |
What 'F' are toadstools and penicillin? |
Fungi |
157 |
D |
What 'D' is a notorious sand bank in the North Sea? |
Dogger |
158 |
M |
What 'M' is the unlawful killing of one person by another? |
Murder |
159 |
J |
What 'J' is reserved when a decision is delayed after a trial? |
Judgement |
160 |
R |
What 'R' was the method by which the British electorate decided we should join the EEC? |
Referendum |
161 |
C |
What 'C' is a large country house in France? |
Chateau |
162 |
E |
What 'E' is the Harold who wrote 'Good Times, Bad Times' and was once a major newspaper editor? |
Evans |
163 |
H |
What 'H' is a mongrel or crossbreed? |
Hybrid |
164 |
N |
What 'N' is a seamstress or embroiderer? |
Needlewoman |
165 |
R |
What 'R' is pink, and stewed, and is what actors in crowd scenes are supposed to mumble? |
Rhubarb |
166 |
W |
What 'W' is the Sunday that can be May 10, at the earliest, and June 23, at the latest? |
Whit |
167 |
D |
What 'D' is our name for German porcelain shepherdesses, which actually came from Meissen? |
Dresden |
168 |
K |
What 'K' is the bone joint at the base of the finger? |
Knuckle |
169 |
B |
What 'B' comes before alley, corner, and date? |
Blind |
170 |
V |
What 'V' is a very soft silken fabric? |
Velvet |
171 |
F |
What 'F' is a derogatory word for things easily done, or for a ready, fluent way of doing things? |
Factile |
172 |
T |
What 'T' are the Separatist group in Sri Lanka? |
Tamil |
173 |
S |
What 'S' is a horse-race over obstacles, or a race for men over hurdles and water-jumps? |
Steeplechase |
174 |
O |
What 'O' is a child without brothers and sisters? |
Only |
175 |
L |
What 'L' was written by Shirley Conran and is about a woman trying to identify her mother? |
Lace |
176 |
G |
What 'G' is to chew away at something like a dog with a bone? |
Gnaw |
177 |
P |
What 'P 'is complete loss of motor function, in the nervous system? |
Paralysis |
178 |
M |
What 'M' goes with pestle for grinding and pounding? |
Mortar |
179 |
J |
What 'J' is rubbish and an Oriental sailing boat? |
Junk |
180 |
A |
What 'A' has a population of over 51/4 million, and is an island continent? |
Australia |
181 |
F |
What 'F' comes before tale, ring and cake? |
Fairy |
182 |
O |
What 'O' are international games held in a different country every four years? |
Olympic |
183 |
I |
What 'I' is a pause or break? |
Interval |
184 |
R |
What 'R' is the system of support and the ropes for moving sails on a ship? |
Rigging |
185 |
T |
What 'T' is what a compositor sets? |
Type |
186 |
A |
What 'A' is the process of cutting off an arm or a leg? |
Amputation |
187 |
E |
What 'E' were the people who had a principal deity called Osiris? |
Egyptians |
188 |
B |
What 'B' was the scene of history's most famous tea party? |
Boston |
189 |
P |
What 'P' is a mixture of flour, fat and water, rolled and used for pies and tarts? |
Pastry |
190 |
D |
What 'D' is the process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the blood? |
Digestion |
191 |
N |
What 'N' is the study of coins and medals? |
Numismatics |
192 |
J |
What 'J' is a famous psychologist? |
Jung |
193 |
S |
What 'S' is the Russian for 'Fellow-traveller', and the name given to their first artificial satellites? |
Sputnik |
194 |
H |
What 'H' is usually mentioned as the second of the three theological virtues? |
Hope |
195 |
V |
What 'V' is an innoculation against disease? |
Vaccination |
196 |
G |
What 'G' do you see in skeins and gaggles? |
Geese |
197 |
M |
What 'M' in London is 202 feet high, and commemorates the Great Fire? |
Monument |
198 |
W |
What 'W' are birds that are pied and grey? |
Wagtail |
199 |
C |
What 'C' did Mrs Malaprop really mean when she referred to the 'Allegories of the Nile' (because her English was as peculiar as her knowledge of natural history)? |
Crocodiles |
200 |
L |
What 'L' means noisy? |
Loud |
201 |
M |
What 'M' is a two-syllable word for the human race? |
Mankind |
202 |
O |
What 'O' is the value rating for petrol? |
Octane |
203 |
K |
What 'K' is the recoil of a shotgun or rifle? |
Kick |
204 |
D |
What 'D' is the eider that produces eiderdown? |
Duck |
205 |
J |
What 'J' are the calendars that begin with `Nisan' for the church and `Tishni' for civil affairs? |
Jewish |
206 |
P |
What 'P' do mice do when the cat's away? |
Play |
207 |
H |
What 'H' do falconers fly at small game? |
Hawks |
208 |
W |
What 'W' is a very difficult breakdance move that might grind the corn? |
Windmill |
209 |
F |
What 'F' is how one would like to be in a foreign language and means a ready use of words? |
Fluent |
210 |
B |
What 'B' is where Queen Elizabeth is Head of State, and where Nassau is the principal city? |
Bahamas |
211 |
L |
What 'L' was, and is, the German Airforce? |
Luftwaffe |
212 |
S |
What 'S' was the host nation for the final tournament of the World Cup in 1982? |
Spain |
213 |
T |
What 'T' is a loudspeaker for reproducing high frequencies? |
Tweeter |
214 |
R |
What 'R' was originally a political label for the Ultraliberals, which we now call the Left? |
Radicals |
215 |
C |
What 'C' is the nickname for Norwich City football club? |
Canaries |
216 |
E |
What 'E' has a winter resort on the river at Luxor? |
Egypt |
217 |
A |
What 'A' is an animal found in South Africa called a klipspringer? |
Antelope |
218 |
V |
What 'V' was a Dutch painter, famous for sunflowers, whose surname was Van Gogh? |
Vincent |
219 |
G |
What 'G' goes before eye, fleece and rod? |
Golden |
220 |
N |
What 'N' is the first name of Sinatra's singing daughter? |
Nancy |
221 |
C |
What 'C' is a heap of stones, or a Scottish terrier? |
Cairn |
222 |
I |
What 'I' wrote 'Fools are in a terrible, overwhelming majority all the wide world over', and was Norway's greatest dramatist? |
Isben |
223 |
N |
What 'N' was a twenty franc piece named after an emperor? |
Napoleon |
224 |
O |
What 'O' is the longest river in South Africa? |
Orange |
225 |
F |
What 'F' is a flat slab of rock, an iris, or a piece of bunting used as a signal? |
Flag |
226 |
K |
What 'K' is used of difficult problems or of a string tied in several places? |
Knotty |
227 |
A |
What 'A' is the Dutch language of South Africa? |
Afrikaans |
228 |
P |
What 'P' do you establish with a plumb line? |
Perpendicular |
229 |
D |
What 'D' is what American soldiers in the First World War were called? |
Doughboys |
230 |
W |
What 'W' is a town in Hampshire with a cathedral, and a table said to be King Arthur's? |
Winchester |
231 |
B |
What 'B' comes before rate, and note, and after piggy? |
Bank |
232 |
G |
What 'G' is an instrument called a stratocaster? |
Guitar |
233 |
H |
What 'H' is the Cinque Port that isn't Hastings? |
Hythe |
234 |
L |
What 'L' had a thorn removed from its foot by And rocles? |
Lion |
235 |
S |
What 'S' goes before interest, fracture and minds? |
Simple |
236 |
R |
What 'R' was the name of the monk who dominated the court of Nicholas II of Russia? |
Rasputin |
237 |
E |
What 'E' was the name given to children sent away from big cities for safety during the last war? |
Evacuees |
238 |
M |
What 'M' is characteristically guilty of the sin of avarice? |
Miser |
239 |
T |
What 'T is a polyester fibre noted for its non-creasing properties? |
Terylene |
240 |
U |
What 'U' is another word for the Cosmos? |
Universe |
241 |
G |
What 'G' is the principal city in Lake Leman? |
Geneva |
242 |
Y |
What 'Y' is an American university and a type of lock? |
Yale |
243 |
A |
What 'A' is the region round the North Pole? |
Arctic |
244 |
T |
What 'T' goes before clap, bolt and storm? |
Thunder |
245 |
W |
What 'W' was the heathen god who gave his name to Wednesday? |
Woden |
246 |
S |
What 'S' was the canal built by De Lesseps in Egypt? |
Suez |
247 |
U |
What 'U' is a final demand or a threat? |
Ultimatum |
248 |
B |
What 'B' is what some people can't say to a goose? |
Boo |
249 |
E |
What 'E' is a grossly excessive or extortionate price or demand? |
Exorbitant |
250 |
N |
What 'N' is a string of beads? |
Necklace |
251 |
C |
What 'C' is a perforated strainer for getting water out of vegetables? |
Colander |
252 |
L |
What 'L' was the party of the red rose during the Wars of the Roses? |
Lancaster |
253 |
P |
What 'P' goes before apple, marten and cone? |
Pine |
254 |
O |
What O0' is a hazard that arises out of your work, or what you habitually do? |
Occupational |
255 |
H |
What 'H' is the flat bit at the end of a nail? |
Head |
256 |
F |
What 'F' is the colloquial name for a note worth 500 pence? |
Fiver |
257 |
D |
What 'D' is to reduce in rank or importance? |
Demote |
258 |
M |
What 'M' comes before field, storm and pole? |
Magnetic |
259 |
J |
What 'J' was the wife of Punch? |
Judy |
260 |
R |
What 'R' is a coloured arc which has something in common with Finian? |
Rainbow |
261 |
C |
What 'C' is something arranged in order of time? |
Chronological |
262 |
E |
What 'E' is a ballet dancer's leap, during which the legs are rapidly crossed? |
Entrechat |
263 |
H |
What 'H' is beautiful when it is calligraphy? |
Handwriting |
264 |
N |
What 'N' is the Roman Deity identified with Poseidon? |
Neptune |
265 |
R |
What 'R' is the animal class that includes tortoises, crocodiles and snakes? |
Reptilia |
266 |
W |
What 'W' is to talk under your breath, or in an undertone? |
Whisper |
267 |
D |
What 'D' is silly nonsense, or twaddle? |
Drivel |
268 |
K |
What 'K' is a Scottish church? |
Kirk |
269 |
B |
What 'B' is an exchange of goods, insead of money? |
Barter |
270 |
V |
What 'V' are rats, mice and fleas? |
Vermin |
271 |
F |
What 'F' is an Italian city almost destroyed by flood in 1966? |
Florence |
272 |
T |
What 'T' is the aquatic larval state of most amphibians? |
Tadpole |
273 |
S |
What 'S' is the favourite slang name for the potato? |
Spud |
274 |
O |
What 'O' means thoroughly stupid and is also applied to angles? |
Obtuse |
275 |
L |
What 'L' is a sheet of water, occupying a depression in the earth's surface? |
Lake |
276 |
G |
What 'G' was mustard with mutton said to be a sign? |
Gluttony |
277 |
P |
What 'P' is said to be mightier than the sword? |
Pen |
278 |
M |
What 'M' is the name we use for the Moslems who invaded Spain, and sometimes for Moroccans? |
Moors |
279 |
J |
What 'J' did Romeo love? |
Juliet |
280 |
A |
What 'A' is a bridge for carrying water across a valley, that the Romans built in many places? |
Aqueduct |
281 |
F |
What 'F' is the verb for a sow giving birth to a litter of piglets? |
Farrow |
282 |
O |
What 'O' is a colour, an oil and something that can be eaten? |
Olive |
283 |
I |
What 'T' is the part of the body where food is digested? |
Intestine |
284 |
R |
What 'R' is the Army bugle-call for waking soldiers? |
Reveille |
285 |
T |
What 'T are the plants with which Bill Mason has to struggle? |
Triffids |
286 |
A |
What 'A' was Socialist Prime Minister in 1945? |
Attlee |
287 |
E |
What 'E' is a plain-coloured flag with a Union Jack in the corner? |
Ensign |
288 |
B |
What 'B' was the ship whose crew colonised Pitcairn Island, before they burned the ship? |
Bounty |
289 |
P |
What 'P' were Socrates, Descartes, Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein? |
Philosophers |
290 |
D |
What 'D' is the way a particular community within a county speaks? |
Dialect |
291 |
N |
What 'N' is a work of fiction writing? |
Novel |
292 |
J |
Which 'J' is always running away from Tom? |
Jerry |
293 |
S |
What 'S' did the Rolling Stones not get? |
Satisfaction |
294 |
H |
What 'H' is a chart said to be 'cast' by an astrologer? |
Horoscope |
295 |
V |
What 'V' was a Scandinavian seaman or pirate? |
Viking |
296 |
G |
What 'G' was imprisoned for saying that the earth moved? |
Galileo |
297 |
M |
What 'M' was created on the fourth day? |
Moon |
298 |
W |
What 'W' is a thin cake of batter, is cooked with an iron, and also means talking rubbish? |
Waffle |
299 |
C |
What 'C' is in charge of gambling games in a casino? |
Croupier |
300 |
L |
What 'L' is a black bootlace you can eat? |
Licorice |
301 |
M |
What 'M' is the planet fourth from the Sun? |
Mars |
302 |
O |
What 'O' was the port near which uranium hexafluoride containers were sunk in a French boat? |
Ostend |
303 |
K |
What 'K' is a tower stronghold, usually square? |
Keep |
304 |
D |
What 'D' is a tubular wooden Australian wind instrument? |
Didgerydoo |
305 |
J |
What 'J' is an umbrella-shaped fish, called a Medusa, that stings? |
Jellyfish |
306 |
P |
What 'P' is a flat-bottomed boat, or a type of kick in rugby? |
Punt |
307 |
H |
What 'H' is a woman who has, or is going to inherit a lot of money? |
Heiress |
308 |
W |
What 'W' goes before cub, hound or whistle? |
Wolf |
309 |
F |
What 'F' can be in kettles, on coat collars or on an unhealthy tongue? |
Fur |
310 |
B |
What 'B' is the ecclesiastical boss of a diocese? |
Bishop |
311 |
L |
What 'L' is a country smaller than Washington DC, that lies between Switzerland and Austria? |
Liechtenstein |
312 |
S |
What 'S' is used to cut grass, and appears with a hammer on the Soviet flag? |
Sickle |
313 |
T |
What 'T' is the great river on which Newcastle stands? |
Tyne |
314 |
R |
What 'R' is a cattle-breeding station in Canada and the USA? |
Ranch |
315 |
C |
What 'C' was the country that had a communist leader called Dubcek? |
Czechoslovakia |
316 |
E |
What 'E' are the native human inhabitants of the Arctic? |
Eskimos |
317 |
A |
What 'A' makes, with Socrates and Plato, the great trio of Greek philosophy? |
Aristotle |
318 |
V |
What 'V' is the city where you see the Bridge of Sighs? |
Venice |
319 |
G |
What 'G' is the professional occupation of Gary Player? |
Golf |
320 |
N |
What 'N' was chained up in the yard, which enabled Peter Pan to get into the Darlings' house? |
Nana |
321 |
C |
What 'C' is a vegetable with a large, white, edible flower-head? |
Cauliflower |
322 |
I |
What 'I' is one of the Balearic islands that live on importing tourists and exporting salt? |
Ibiza |
323 |
N |
What 'N' is the English county that includes Ainwich and Bamburgh castles? |
Northumberland |
324 |
O |
What 'O' is commonplace or usual? |
Ordinary |
325 |
F |
What 'F' means a silly person when preceding brain, pate or head? |
Feather |
326 |
K |
What 'K' is a small falcon that is also known as a windhover? |
Kestrel |
327 |
A |
What 'A' is the Balkan communist state adjoining Greece? |
Albania |
328 |
P |
What `P' is the fruit called Kaki in Asia, that looks a bit like a tomato and figures in American folk stories? |
Persimmon |
329 |
D |
What 'D' is an author of plays? |
Dramatist |
330 |
W |
What 'W' is occidental? |
West |
331 |
B |
What 'B' goes before pipe, up and lamp? |
Blow |
332 |
G |
What 'G' is the nickname for the Royal Artillery? |
Gunners |
333 |
H |
What 'H' can be ball-pane, tack, sledge or claw? |
Hammer |
334 |
L |
What 'L' is the British rugby union overseas touring side? |
Lions |
335 |
S |
What 'S' goes before lane, mile and shell? |
Sea |
336 |
R |
What 'R' is to cut grain with a sickle at harvest? |
Reap |
337 |
E |
What 'E' is the residence and office of an ambassador? |
Embassy |
338 |
M |
What 'M' is a fine-grained, reddish wood, much used by the cabinet makers? |
Mahogany |
339 |
T |
What 'T' goes before water, set and paper? |
Toilet |
340 |
U |
What 'U' is an actor ready to take over someone else's part in an emergency? |
Understudy |
341 |
G |
What 'G' is the carriage on which the coffins of soldiers and statesmen are often transported? |
Gun |
342 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a monetary unit of Japan's currency? |
Yen |
343 |
A |
What 'A' are mountains that form a range entirely in Italy? |
Apennines |
344 |
T |
What 'T' is the number made by multiplying a hundred by ten? |
Thousand |
345 |
W |
What 'W' is the abbey owned by the Duke of Bedford? |
Woburn |
346 |
S |
What 'S' is a system of steps in a country wall or fence, where people, but not animals can cross? |
Stile |
347 |
U |
What 'U' sits high up and gets abused by 'the brat of tennis'? |
Umpire |
348 |
B |
What 'B' comes after Christmas, witness and letter? |
Box |
349 |
E |
What 'E' is an aluminium cupid in Piccadilly? |
Eros |
350 |
N |
What 'N' is a female goat or a child's nurse? |
Nanny |
351 |
C |
What 'C' is a deep blue pigment of metallic origin? |
Cobalt |
352 |
L |
What 'L' is a sore throat in Latin? |
Laryngitis |
353 |
P |
What 'P' is the name of Edward Western closely linked with? |
Photography |
354 |
O |
What 'O' means to acquire or get? |
Obtain |
355 |
H |
What 'H' is where Winston Churchill went to school? |
Harrow |
356 |
F |
What 'F' is the penalty that is an unchangeable fine for parking? |
Fixed |
357 |
D |
What 'D' is the cathedral in the north of England, started in 1093? |
Durham |
358 |
M |
What 'M' could only be treated with quinine? |
Malaria |
359 |
J |
What are Split and Dubrovnik? |
Jugoslavia |
360 |
R |
What 'R' were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter? |
Rabbits |
361 |
C |
What 'C' is a thick, coarse fleshed, omnivorous river fish of the carp family? |
Chub |
362 |
E |
What 'E' is the suffix meaning smaller imitation or female that can be added to flannel, usher or kitchen? |
Ette |
363 |
H |
What 'H' is commonly used as a synonym for mesmerised? |
Hypnotised |
364 |
N |
What 'N' is the popular name for an allergic skin irritation called urticaria? |
Nettlerash |
365 |
R |
What 'R' is the versatile Mr Daltry, the pop star and actor? |
Roger |
366 |
W |
What 'W' is spelt with an `e' when it's Irish, and without when it's scotch? |
Whiskey |
367 |
D |
What 'D' is the product of phoenix dactylifera that grows in the Near East? |
Dates |
368 |
K |
What 'K' is a smoked herring? |
Kipper |
369 |
B |
What 'B' was the lump of wood on which people were beheaded? |
Block |
370 |
V |
What 'V' are blinds? |
Venetian |
371 |
F |
What 'F' was the name taken by a group of non- revolutionary socialists in England in 1884? |
Fabians |
372 |
T |
What 'T' is the art and science of fighting battles? |
Tactics |
373 |
S |
What 'S' is the saucepan in which bones are boiled to make the basis of soups and sauces? |
Stockpot |
374 |
O |
What 'O' indicates the anti-knock rating of fuel? |
Octane |
375 |
L |
What 'L.' is a rope with a running noose, for catching cattle? |
Lasso |
376 |
G |
What 'G' is an engineless aeroplane? |
Glider |
377 |
P |
What 'P' is a combination of specified numbers used in football pools? |
Permutation |
378 |
M |
What 'M' is the relationship of Princess Diana to Prince William? |
Mother |
379 |
J |
What 'J' brings people bad luck? |
Jinx |
380 |
A |
What 'A' has, as its ore, a substance called bauxite? |
Aluminium |
381 |
F |
What 'F' has a polypod got a lot of? |
Feet |
382 |
O |
What 'O' is the edible home of a pearl? |
Oyster |
383 |
I |
What 'I' is important when applying for a job? |
Interview |
384 |
R |
What 'R' was the French cardinal who was the virtual ruler of France in the early 17th century? |
Richlieu |
385 |
T |
What 'T' means to wait, or delay, and rhymes with marry? |
Tarry |
386 |
A |
What 'A' is demanded for refugees and is a home for lunatics? |
Asylum |
387 |
E |
What 'E' is for ever and ever and ever? |
Eternity |
388 |
B |
What 'B' comes before spanner, room and office? |
Box |
389 |
P |
What 'P' is a traveller in a motor car who is not driving? |
Passenger |
390 |
D |
What 'D' in a pharmacy makes up the prescriptions? |
Dispenser |
391 |
N |
What 'N' is a person or tribe who wanders from place to place? |
Nomad |
392 |
J |
What 'J' is a car and a big cat? |
Jaguar |
393 |
S |
What 'S' is a ship designed to sail under the sea? |
Submarine |
394 |
H |
What 'H' is the full moon nearest the Autumn equinox? |
Harvest |
395 |
V |
What 'V' is the official residence of the Pope? |
Vatican |
396 |
G |
What 'G' is the element with the atomic number seventy- nine? |
Gold |
397 |
M |
What 'M' in the Yemen is thought to have been the place where coffee originated? |
Mocha |
398 |
W |
What 'W' is a ballroom dance and one that Matilda did? |
Waltz |
399 |
C |
What 'C' can be a hen, lives in the sea and has pincers? |
Crab |
400 |
L |
What 'L' was the husband of a woman in the bible who was turned into a pillar of salt? |
Lot |
401 |
M |
What 'M' is a name meaning pearl, given to a member of the Royal family? |
Margaret |
402 |
O |
What 'O' is the piece of music that opens an opera or oratorio? |
Overture |
403 |
K |
What 'K' in Tanzania is the highest peak in Africa? |
Kilimanjaro |
404 |
D |
What 'D' wrote 'The Idiot' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'? |
Dostoevsky |
405 |
J |
What 'J' is the triangular stay-sail, between the bowsprit and the masthead on a small boat? |
Jib |
406 |
P |
What 'P' is the raised place in a church where the preacher delivers his sermon? |
Pulpit |
407 |
H |
What 'H' was the mother of Hermione and caused the Trojan War? |
Helen |
408 |
W |
What 'W' is the noise a horse makes when it is pleased? |
Whinny |
409 |
F |
What 'F' comes before body, office, country and legion? |
Foreign |
410 |
B |
What 'B' weighs 163/4 tons and is called 'Great Paul'? |
Bell |
411 |
L |
What 'L' was once called St Petersburg, and is Russia's second city? |
Leningrad |
412 |
S |
What 'S' is another word for a water-ice? |
Sorbet |
413 |
T |
What 'T' is a thirteenth of twenty-six? |
Two |
414 |
R |
What 'R' is a fence of balustrade - often made of metal? |
Railing |
415 |
C |
What 'C' was a Danish King of England who sat with his feet in the sea? |
Canute |
416 |
E |
What 'E' is a print made from an engraved copper plate? |
Etching |
417 |
A |
What 'A' is hard, dustfree, highly compressed coal? |
Anthracite |
418 |
V |
What 'V' were Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler, and Paganini? |
Violinists |
419 |
G |
What 'G' are Welsh, Scots, Horse and Grenadier? |
Guards |
420 |
N |
What 'N' is a kind of ice-cream and is an inhabitant of Naples? |
Neapolitan |
421 |
C |
What 'C' is the vessel in which butter is made? |
Churn |
422 |
I |
What 'I' is a house made of ice and snow? |
Igloo |
423 |
N |
What 'N' is the nickname usually given, in the navy or army, to someone called Clarke? |
Nobby |
424 |
O |
What 'O' are found at Kitt Peak, Mount Palomar and Jodrell Bank? |
Observatories |
425 |
F |
What 'F' do you add to thirty-three to get forty-seven? |
Fourteen |
426 |
K |
What 'K' is the desert north of the Orange River, mostly in Botswana? |
Kalahari |
427 |
A |
What 'A' is a plea of having been -elsewhere at the material time? |
Alibi |
428 |
P |
What `P' is government where a woman is dominant in the home of family life? |
Petticoat |
429 |
D |
What 'D' is a light sleep? |
Doze |
430 |
W |
What 'W' is the Duke commemorated at Apsley House? |
Wellington |
431 |
B |
What 'B' are you said to kick when you die? |
Bucket |
432 |
G |
What 'G' were Nepalese soldiers serving in the British Army? |
Gurkhas |
433 |
H |
What 'H' is a musical instrument (like a portable organ) with bellows worked by the feet? |
Harmonium |
434 |
L |
What 'I,' was originally made from flax, oil and corkdust, and is found in many kitchens? |
Linoleum |
435 |
S |
What 'S' goes before string, hand and fiddle? |
Second |
436 |
R |
R. What 'R' is a vegetable that can be red, white, black or horse? |
Radish |
437 |
E |
What 'E' supplies the evidence in ocular proof? |
Eyes |
438 |
M |
What 'M' is the animal studied by anthropologists? |
Man |
439 |
T |
What 'T' is stretched between the winning posts of a racetrack? |
Tape |
440 |
U |
What 'U' means on the first floor, or a higher storey? |
Upstairs |
441 |
G |
What 'G' is between Honduras and Mexico? |
Guatamala |
442 |
Y |
What 'Y' is the festive season of Christmas time? |
Yuletide |
443 |
A |
What 'A' is vulnerable in the heel? |
Achilles |
444 |
T |
What 'T' is called a 'pourboire' or `backsheesh'? |
Tip |
445 |
W |
What 'W' does a bigamist have more than one of? |
Wife |
446 |
S |
What 'S' did Aristotle think women hadn't got, and which most people think goes to heaven after death? |
Soul |
447 |
U |
What 'U' goes before crust, cut and class? |
Upper |
448 |
B |
What 'B' is the name given to a special gravy or sauce jug? |
Boat |
449 |
E |
What 'E' is another word for an age, a period or an epoch? |
Era |
450 |
N |
What 'N' was a pig in 'Animal Farm', or emperor of France? |
Napoleon |
451 |
C |
What 'C' are pale-coloured French beef cattle from near Lyons? |
Charollais |
452 |
L |
What 'L' is a decapod marine crustacean with claws, which is red when cooked? |
Lobster |
453 |
P |
What 'P' is the capital of Arizona? |
Phoenix |
454 |
O |
What 'O' is the expression used to mean the time when the least electricity is used? |
Offpeak |
455 |
H |
What 'H' do you fly-off if you get loquaciously angry? |
Handle |
456 |
F |
What 'F' is used to knock you down when you are astonished and amazed? |
Feather |
457 |
D |
What 'D' was Argus who recognised Ulysses after twenty years? |
Dog |
458 |
M |
What 'M' was Sir Thomas who compiled the `Morte D'Arthur'? |
Mallory |
459 |
J |
What 'I' is Lennon's pop musician son? |
Julian |
460 |
R |
What 'R' was the king who may have murdered the princes in the tower? |
Richard III |
461 |
C |
What 'C' is a monster with a lion's head, a goat's body and a dragon's tail? |
Chimera |
462 |
E |
What 'E' is an exaggerated feeling of well-being usually based on over-confidence? |
Euphoria |
463 |
H |
What 'H' identified as 'IBN Talal' is King of Jordan? |
Hussein |
464 |
N |
What 'N' is the wine you mustn't put into old bottles? |
New |
465 |
R |
What 'R' can be metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous? |
Rock |
466 |
W |
What 'W' is, or was, called baleen plate and was used in corsets and for brushes? |
Whalebone |
467 |
D |
What 'D' is the disease you suffer from if you can't make your own insulin? |
Diabetes |
468 |
K |
What 'K' is a famous diamond which weighs 102 carats and is one of the British crown jewels? |
Koh I Noor |
469 |
B |
What 'B' can be a pole, an itch or a shop? |
Barber's |
470 |
V |
What 'V' is the poison secreted in snakes and bees? |
Venom |
471 |
F |
What 'F' married the world's sweetheart and played in the 'Thief of Baghdad'? |
Fairbanks |
472 |
T |
What 'T' is a child's cuddly bear? |
Teddy |
473 |
S |
What 'S' is the correct name of the pedal of a piano, sometimes called the loud pedal? |
Sustaining |
474 |
O |
What 'O' is a group of eight - like the notes in a scale? |
Octave |
475 |
L |
What 'L' is a decorative textile for which Nottingham is famous? |
Lace |
476 |
G |
What 'G' is a familiar name for a piece of linen used for drying-up? |
Glasscloth |
477 |
P |
What 'P' is the pause at the end of a sentence - a full stop? |
Peroid |
478 |
M |
What 'M' won 108 caps for England at soccer? |
Moore |
479 |
J |
What 'J' was very close to Mr Hyde? |
Jeckyll |
480 |
A |
What 'A' are made into calvados and cider? |
Apples |
481 |
F |
What 'F' are rockets, roman candles, and bengal lights? |
Fireworks |
482 |
O |
What 'O' appears in a newspaper after a person's death? |
Orbituary |
483 |
I |
What 'I' is the 'I' to which Moses led his people? |
Israel |
484 |
R |
What 'R' is a din, an organised swindle, or a thing you play games with? |
Racket |
485 |
T |
What 'T' is a person employed to judge the quality of tea or wine? |
Taster |
486 |
A |
What 'A' was the Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha who married Queen Victoria? |
Albert |
487 |
E |
What 'E' are you said to walk on when you go very gingerly for some reason? |
Eggs |
488 |
B |
What 'B' is reed-mace, among which Moses was laid? |
Bullrush |
489 |
P |
What 'P' is the important prison on the Isle of Wight? |
Parkhurst |
490 |
D |
What 'D' were the reptiles dominant during the Mesozoic period? |
Dinosaurs |
491 |
N |
What 'N' is a prize for physics, literature and peace? |
Nobel |
492 |
J |
What 'J' was the wife of Napoleon? |
Josephine |
493 |
S |
What 'S' was a tube-like dress, of the early 50s, or a cloth container for potatoes? |
Stack |
494 |
H |
What 'H' are dried in an oasthouse? |
Hops |
495 |
V |
What 'V' is the zodiacal sign for someone born on September 1st? |
Virgo |
496 |
G |
What `G' precedes ray or globulin? |
Gamma |
497 |
M |
What 'M' are animals called capuchin, green and marmoset? |
Monkeys |
498 |
W |
What 'W' does the bride usually wear white at and is supposed to be the best day of her life? |
Wedding |
499 |
C |
What 'C' is the tropic on the line of latitude 231/2 degrees north? |
Cancer |
500 |
L |
What 'L' are you if you have a gammy leg? |
Lame |