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Question |
Answer |
001 |
M |
What 'M' is made of Seville oranges and eaten for breakfast? |
Marmalade |
002 |
O |
What 'O' is a thorough examination with remedies or repairs if necessary? |
Overhaul |
003 |
K |
What 'K' are the gloves to use for handling something very gingerly? |
Kid |
004 |
D |
What 'D' had the names, John Juddam, as well as the `Charles' by which he is world famous? |
Dickens |
005 |
J |
What 'J' is an object of laughter - a joke? |
Jest |
006 |
P |
What 'P' means to poke with a stick or other object? |
Prod |
007 |
H |
What 'H' was chancellor of Germany before Hitler? |
Hindenburg |
008 |
W |
What 'W' goes before nut, chair and commander? |
Wing |
009 |
F |
What 'F' is the last part of an opera, or a musical and is often grand? |
Finale |
010 |
B |
What 'B' comes in the form of silverside, skirt and shin? |
Beef |
011 |
I |
What 'I' follows Burke's, Gresham's and Boyle's? |
Law |
012 |
S |
What 'S' goes before dog, scout and captain? |
Sea |
013 |
T |
What 'T' in Italy has kept a shroud for many years? |
Turin |
014 |
R |
What 'R' is used for shaving? |
Razor |
015 |
C |
What 'C' is a salad-plant whose roasted roots make a coffee substitute? |
Chocory |
016 |
E |
What 'E' comes before drum, wig and ache? |
Ear |
017 |
A |
What 'A' is another name for a motor car? |
Automobile |
018 |
V |
What 'V' was a man who governed a country in the name of its ruler, especially in the British Empire? |
Viceroy |
019 |
G |
What 'G' is pickled and is like a little cucumber? |
Gherkin |
020 |
N |
What 'N' is another word for the renal, meaning 'of the kidneys'? |
Nephritic |
021 |
C |
What 'C' is called a heifer when young? |
Cow |
022 |
I |
What 'I' is a holy statue or picture? |
Icon |
023 |
N |
What 'N' created the French Legion of Honour? |
Napoleon |
024 |
O |
What 'O' is a padded chest (used as a seat) or a Turk of the 13th century? |
Ottoman |
025 |
F |
What 'F' is six times twelves, minus thirty-two? |
Forty |
026 |
K |
What 'K' is another word for paraffin? |
Kerosene |
027 |
A |
What 'A' was christened 'Phoebe Ann Moses', and called `Little Sureshot' by Sitting Bull? |
Annie |
028 |
P |
What 'P' succeeded in taming the shrew? |
Petrucchio |
029 |
D |
What 'D' is needed to play chuck-a-luck or acey deucey? |
Diced |
030 |
W |
What 'W' is the pot that never boils? |
Watched |
031 |
B |
What 'B' is the all-girl group consisting of Sarah, Siobhan and Karen? |
Bananarama |
032 |
G |
What 'G' is the inclination of a slope? |
Gradient |
033 |
H |
What 'H' comes before ghost, grail and Roman Empire? |
Holy |
034 |
L |
What 'L' is a brown, soaring bird? |
Lark |
035 |
S |
What 'S' is the Persian word for king? |
Shah |
036 |
R |
What 'R' is measured by a Pluviometer? |
Rain |
037 |
E |
What 'E' get about (and hunt) in a Kayak? |
Eskimos |
038 |
M |
What 'M' is the common wild duck? |
Mallard |
039 |
T |
What 'T' sang 'On the Good Ship Lollipop', when she was about seven, and was called Shirley? |
Temple |
040 |
U |
What 'U' is the anointing with Holy oil of a dying person? |
Unction |
041 |
G |
What 'G' is the syrup that isn't molasses, but is sometimes called treacle? |
Golden |
042 |
Y |
What 'Y' is spun thread? |
Yarn |
043 |
A |
What 'A' is characteristically white-haired and pink- eyed? |
Albino |
044 |
T |
What 'T' is indicated by an 'M' in roman numerals? |
Thousand |
045 |
W |
What 'W' is the best known product of Orvieto in Italy? |
Wine |
046 |
S |
What 'S' is a person who gets blamed for everything? |
Scapegoat |
047 |
U |
What 'U' was Grecian and addressed by Keats? |
Urn |
048 |
B |
What 'B' is the symbol of happiness, and the name of the Campbell record-breaking boats? |
Bluebird |
049 |
E |
What 'E' when it's fair is said to be `No robbery"? |
Exchange |
050 |
N |
What 'N' is the part of a church often referred to as the aisle? |
Nave |
051 |
C |
What 'C' is the master of a merchant ship, or the pilot of a civil aircraft? |
Captain |
052 |
L |
What 'L.' is the adjective applied to Robin Hood's companion John? |
Little |
053 |
P |
What `P' is an adjective often used with elephant, eye and Floyd? |
Pink |
054 |
O |
What 'O' was ranked second only to the emerald, as a gemstone, by the Romans? |
Opal |
055 |
H |
What 'H' are the pointers of a watch or clock? |
Hands |
056 |
F |
What 'F' is the enclosed space before a building or the part of a petrol station where the pumps are? |
Forecourt |
057 |
D |
What 'D' is a dabbler in art, science, or literature, a superficial lover of the arts? |
Dilettante |
058 |
M |
What 'M' was described as an 'elderly, imported American' by the Bishop of Durham? |
Macgregor |
059 |
J |
What 'J' is part of the railway for which Clapham is famous? |
Junction |
060 |
R |
What 'R' ought to have been called `Voley' in 'The Wind in the Willows'? |
Ratty |
061 |
C |
What 'C' is mixed with zinc to make brass? |
Copper |
062 |
E |
What 'E' is one of the seven deadly sins? |
Envy |
063 |
H |
What 'H' is an extremely large and rather uncommon wasp? |
Hornet |
064 |
N |
What 'N' is the bomb designed to kill people rather than damage buildings? |
Neutron |
065 |
R |
What 'R' are Ena Harkness, Josephine Bruce and Coral Cluster? |
Roses |
066 |
W |
What 'W' wrote 'The Time Machine' and 'Ann Veronica'? |
Wells |
067 |
D |
What 'D' is a small furrow for seeds, or a tool for making holes? |
Drill |
068 |
K |
What 'K' is the Muslim prayer book? |
Koran |
069 |
B |
What 'B' is a male pig? |
Boar |
070 |
V |
What 'V' are dilated or enlarged veins, usually in the legs? |
Varicose |
071 |
F |
What 'F' do you take to something you suddenly find you like? |
Fancy |
072 |
T |
What 'T' wears a frill with bells to frighten away the devil, is an entertaining dog, and is also a jug? |
Toby |
073 |
S |
What 'S' is an everyday name for an accordion? |
Squeeze Box |
074 |
O |
What 'O' are a pair of socks that don't match in colour? |
Odd |
075 |
L |
What 'L' are caterpillars, grubs and tadpoles? |
Larvae |
076 |
G |
What 'G' is a system for transferring credits between banks and post offices? |
Giro |
077 |
P |
What 'P' is the main square in an Italian town? |
Piazza |
078 |
M |
What 'M' is the lawyer, writer called John, who created `Rumpole' and many other characters? |
Mortimer |
079 |
J |
What 'J' was the name of One of Henry VIII's wives? |
Jane |
080 |
A |
What 'A' was the Greek conqueror who was educated by Aristotle? |
Alexander |
081 |
F |
What 'F' was pulled or waved in India by a punkah wallah? |
Fan |
082 |
O |
What 'O' are kidneys, liver and heart when eaten? |
Offal |
083 |
I |
What 'I' is applied to a person who dies without making a will? |
Intestate |
084 |
R |
What 'R' is a problem for dyslexics? |
Reading |
085 |
T |
What 'T' is an old-fashioned term for a pub or inn? |
Tavern |
086 |
A |
What 'A' is a sport where 'A Gold' is the bullseye? |
Archery |
087 |
E |
With what 'E' were Miss Beale and Miss Buss concerned? |
Education |
088 |
B |
What 'B' is a gesture of obeisance or respect? |
Bow |
089 |
P |
What `P' are soldiers dropped into positions from aeroplanes? |
Paratroops |
090 |
D |
What 'D' is an amount deducted from the price of an article as an incentive to pay cash? |
Discount |
091 |
N |
What 'N' is a musical sign, a short written communication and to observe something? |
Note |
092 |
J |
What 'J' is a wild member of the dog family? |
Jackal |
093 |
S |
What 'S' is finely sliced cabbage pickled in German style? |
Sauerkraut |
094 |
H |
What 'H' is very cold rain and a greeting? |
Hail |
095 |
V |
What 'V' is a pea, carrot, potato, but not a tomato? |
Vegetable |
096 |
G |
What 'G' was a famous bearded doctor who for years dominated English cricket? |
Grace |
097 |
M |
What 'M' is said to have been seen by a motorist in 1933 swimming in Loch Ness? |
Monster |
098 |
W |
What 'W' is done by a dog when it is happy? |
Wag |
099 |
C |
What 'C' is a little red fruit that makes the jelly that's eaten with turkey? |
Cranberry |
100 |
L |
What 'L' was the favourite subject of the painter John Constable? |
Landscape |
101 |
M |
What 'M' is the name connected with anti-communist hysteria in the United States? |
MacCarthy |
102 |
O |
What 'O' is an emerging stratum of rock at the surface? |
Outcrop |
103 |
K |
What 'K' wrote an ode on a 'Grecian Urn"? |
Keats |
104 |
D |
What 'D' is a magistrate of Venice? |
Doge |
105 |
J |
What 'I' was the Capulet who first drugged and then stabbed herself? |
Juliet |
106 |
P |
What 'P' is a word meaning a marvel, that is often applied to infants? |
Prodigy |
107 |
H |
What 'H' are human beings, dogs and cats to fleas? |
Hosts |
108 |
W |
What 'W' was called the Iron Duke? |
Wellington |
109 |
F |
What 'F' are stories recounted or collected by Grimm, Andersen and Perrault? |
Fairy |
110 |
B |
What 'B' is the composer who means so much to Schroeder in 'Peanuts'? |
Beethoven |
111 |
L |
What 'L' is a grand duchy bordered by Belgium, France and Germany? |
Luxembourg |
112 |
S |
What 'S' is the general name for British currency, and a standard for silver? |
Sterling |
113 |
T |
What 'T' was the occupation, study, or profession, of Niebuhr (pronounced Nee-boor) and Niemoller (pronounced Niemerler)? |
Theology |
114 |
R |
What 'R' is the 'R' of USSR? |
Republics |
115 |
C |
What 'C' is said to cry hypocritical tears? |
Crocodile |
116 |
E |
What 'E' is a short journey to deliver goods or messages? |
Errand |
117 |
A |
What 'A' consists chiefly of .03% carbon dioxide, 21% oxygen and 78% nitrogen'? |
Air |
118 |
V |
What 'V' was the French writer whose works include `Candide"? |
Voltaire |
119 |
G |
What 'G' is the American evangelist who toured Britain in 1984? |
Graham |
120 |
N |
What 'N' do you turn up when you scorn something'? |
Nose |
121 |
C |
What 'C' is wood that has undergone smothered slow combustion? |
Charcoal |
122 |
I |
What 'I' helps police reconstruct pictures of criminals? |
Identikit |
123 |
N |
What 'N' is the bespectacled Mouskouri? |
Nana |
124 |
O |
What 'O' is to express disapproval? |
Object |
125 |
F |
What 'F' is lucre? |
Filthy |
126 |
K |
What 'K' is the Scottish word for cabbage? |
Kale |
127 |
A |
What 'A' comes before tern, ocean and fox? |
Arctic |
128 |
P |
What 'P' is the unit of currency in Bolivia, Cuba and Argentina? |
Peso |
129 |
D |
What 'D' is the currency of the USA? |
Dollar |
130 |
W |
What 'W' is one of the two ways in which iron can be smelted; the other being 'cast'? |
Wrought |
131 |
B |
What 'B' is the name of a flower and of a little private railway in Sussex? |
Bluebell |
132 |
G |
What 'G' is the name given to the Bible that was printed in 1456? |
Gutenberg |
133 |
H |
What 'H' is the name by which Secombe, one-time Goon, is known? |
Harry |
134 |
L |
What 'L' will have to be removed from petrol by 1990? |
Lead |
135 |
S |
What 'S' is the plain in Somerset where James II's troops defeated Monmouth? |
Sedgemoor |
136 |
R |
What 'R' was originally a gondola race in Venice, but is now a term used for races for many kinds of boats? |
Regatta |
137 |
E |
What 'E' is a seismic disturbance? |
Earthquake |
138 |
M |
What 'M' is the name of a tall white lily, and of pictures or statues of the Virgin Mary? |
Madonna |
139 |
T |
What 'T' is the better known name of the 'Mavis' - a British song bird? |
Thrush |
140 |
U |
What 'U' is a vote showing that everybody is of the same |
Unanimous |
141 |
G |
What `G' are the four accounts of the life of Jesus in the Bible? |
Gospels |
142 |
Y |
What 'Y' is slang for American people? |
yanks |
143 |
A |
What 'A' consists of the ionosphere, the stratosphere and the troposphere? |
Atmosphere |
144 |
T |
What 'T' is the heroine who goes with Pyramus? |
Thisbe |
145 |
W |
What 'W' means scared, but is applied to the city of Chicago with a different sense? |
Windy |
146 |
S |
What 'S' are fish that come tightly packed in tins? |
Sardines |
147 |
U |
What 'U' is 'beyond what is openly seen or known' and applied to motives? |
Ulterior |
148 |
B |
What 'B' is part of a drill, or the mouthpiece of a bridle? |
Bit |
149 |
E |
What 'E' was thought of by Alfred Russell at the same time as Darwin? |
Evolution |
150 |
N |
What 'N' was Macdonald's coalition government of 1931? |
National |
151 |
C |
What 'C' is a soft head-covering with a peak, worn by schoolboys and sportsmen? |
Cap |
152 |
L |
What 'L' are small rodents given to sudden disastrous migrations? |
Lemming |
153 |
P |
What 'P' goes before officer, fish and light? |
Pilot |
154 |
O |
What 'O' is a place where you can buy alcoholic drinks but can't consume them on the premises? |
Off Licence |
155 |
H |
What 'H' has a famous dynasty that ruled Austria, Hungary and Bohemia? |
Hapsburg |
156 |
F |
What 'F' was the character based on Sir John Oldcastle by Shakespeare? |
Falstaff |
157 |
D |
What 'D' are woad, tyrian purple and airline mauve? |
Dyes |
158 |
M |
What 'M' is a small creature that can beat a cobra? |
Mongoose |
159 |
J |
What 'J' used to be a combat between knights on horseback? |
Joust |
160 |
R |
What 'R' is the acronym for the best known theatre school in this country? |
Rada |
161 |
C |
What 'C' is another name for a janitor and the name of a Pinter play? |
Caretaker |
162 |
E |
What 'E' is the gas container of a balloon, or the cover for a letter? |
Envelope |
163 |
H |
What 'H' is the name given to the snail's tentacles, or a beetle's antenna? |
Horn |
164 |
N |
What 'N' do you keep to the grindstone when kept hard at work? |
Nose |
165 |
R |
What 'R' is another name for a carousel or merry-go- round? |
Roundabout |
166 |
W |
What 'W' had a son called Sam, in a book by Dickens, and said, 'Be very careful o'viders all your life!'? |
Weller |
167 |
D |
What 'D' is a primitive canoe made out of a hollowed tree trunk? |
Dugout |
168 |
K |
What 'K' is the material for and act of starting a fire? |
Kindle |
169 |
B |
What 'B' was the cathedral town invented and made famous by Trollope? |
Barchester |
170 |
V |
What 'V' is a surgeon who treats sick animals? |
Veterinary |
171 |
F |
What 'F' is a largish bundle of sticks? |
Faggot |
172 |
T |
What 'T' is the first name of dramatist Stoppard? |
Tom |
173 |
S |
What 'S' was a Thracian leader of rebellious slaves in 73 BC? |
Sparticus |
174 |
O |
What 'O' is a poem meant to be sung, or else a long lyric in exalted style? |
Ode |
175 |
L |
What 'L' was seen in a dream going up to heaven, by Jacob? |
Ladder |
176 |
G |
What 'G' is a reddish-yellow colour or a hot root? |
Ginger |
177 |
P |
What 'P' was an American Indian princess, who married an Englishman in the 16th century? |
Pocohontas |
178 |
M |
What 'M' do you get for jam or old rope? |
Money |
179 |
J |
What 'J' is a river running into the Dead Sea? |
Jordan |
180 |
A |
What 'A' is the sign of the zodiac for January 31st? |
Aquarius |
181 |
F |
What 'F' is the square root of sixteen? |
Four |
182 |
O |
What 'O' is a rectangle? |
Oblong |
183 |
I |
What 'I' is in a pen? |
Ink |
184 |
R |
What 'R' is another name for the disease hydrophobia? |
Rabies |
185 |
T |
What 'T' is an agreement for a temporary cessation of hostilities? |
Truce |
186 |
A |
What 'A' were the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood? |
Artists |
187 |
E |
What 'E' is the biblical name for paradise? |
Eden |
188 |
B |
What 'B' was the town where the Liberals held their 1984 assembly? |
Bournemouth |
189 |
P |
What 'P' was used as writing material by the ancient Egyptians and was a form of sedge? |
Papyrus |
190 |
D |
What 'D' is brown crystalline sugar? |
Demerara |
191 |
N |
What 'N' is a serviette used for wiping one's mouth or fingers when eating? |
Napkin |
192 |
J |
What 'J' is a bird that has an eye for glittering prizes? |
Jackdaw |
193 |
S |
What 'S' is a weekly or monthly payment in return for work? |
Salary |
194 |
H |
What 'H' is a kind of bean? |
Haricot |
195 |
V |
What 'V' is a strict vegetarian? |
Vegan |
196 |
G |
What 'G' are pheasants, deer, partridges and grouse? |
Game |
197 |
M |
What 'M' precedes nature, love and courage? |
Mother |
198 |
W |
What 'W' does a bowler aim at in cricket? |
Wicket |
199 |
C |
What 'C' is a clear, transparent, ice-like mineral- usually pure quartz? |
Crystal |
200 |
L |
What 'L' is the South American quadruped that spits? |
Llama |
201 |
M |
What 'M' is the only primate to get lice? |
Man |
202 |
O |
What 'O' killed his father and married his mother? |
Oedipus |
203 |
K |
What 'K' is meat cooked on a skewer? |
Kebab |
204 |
D |
What 'D' is a dog named after a Yugoslav province? |
Dalmatian |
205 |
J |
What 'J' is an Asian monarchy consisting of four main islands? |
Japan |
206 |
P |
What 'P' rode nine Derby winners? |
Piggott |
207 |
H |
What 'H' is a bumpkin? |
Hick |
208 |
W |
What 'W' is an Australian marsupial living wild in Yorkshire? |
Wallaby |
209 |
F |
What 'F' founded psychoanalysis? |
Freud |
210 |
B |
What 'B' is the capital of Barbados? |
Bridgetown |
211 |
L |
What 'L' is a team game borrowed from the Red Indians? |
Lacrosse |
212 |
S |
What 'S' is a bird belonging to the Queen? |
Swan |
213 |
T |
What 'T' is a much-married actress? |
Taylor |
214 |
R |
What 'R' is a burrowing mammal - and aimless chatter? |
Rabbit |
215 |
C |
What 'C' is a mound of stones forming a memorial or landmark? |
Cairn |
216 |
E |
What 'E' is full of keen desire? |
Eager |
217 |
A |
What 'A' is a colourless mixture of argon, nitrogen and oxygen? |
Air |
218 |
C |
What 'V' was the volcano that wiped out Pompeii? |
Vesuvius |
219 |
G |
What `G' was the first man in space? |
Gagarin |
220 |
N |
What 'N' is a poisonous alkaloid used as an insecticide? |
Nicotine |
221 |
C |
What 'C' is a pigtail, a leather-tipped stick - and a signal to an actor? |
Cue |
222 |
I |
What 'I' was a great Norwegian playwright? |
Ibsen |
223 |
N |
What 'N' runs army canteens? |
NAAFI |
224 |
O |
What 'O' was the first black hero in English drama? |
Othello |
225 |
F |
What 'F' is the longest bone in the human body? |
Femur |
226 |
K |
What 'K' lies between Thailand and Vietnam? |
Kampuchea |
227 |
A |
What 'A' is the most common metal in the Earth's crust? |
Aluminium |
228 |
P |
What 'P' was world motor-racing champion in 1981 and 1983? |
Piquet |
229 |
D |
What 'D' is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world? |
Damascus |
230 |
J |
What 'J' is an Islamic Holy War? |
Jihad |
231 |
B |
What 'B' is a large monkey with a dog-like muzzle? |
Baboon |
232 |
Q |
What 'Q' comes before sand, silver and step? |
Quick |
233 |
H |
What 'H' is a quick way of saying SOS? |
Help |
234 |
L |
What 'L' was a British soldier who led the Arabs against the Turks? |
Lawrence |
235 |
S |
What 'S' is 300 times as sweet as sugar? |
Saccharin |
236 |
R |
What 'R' is a marked, greyish-brown American mammal? |
Raccoon |
237 |
E |
What 'E' means freedom from pain or trouble? |
Ease |
238 |
M |
What 'M' is a port-like drink, and a river in Brazil? |
Madeira |
239 |
T |
What 'T' was also known as Lord Greystoke? |
Tarzan |
240 |
U |
What 'U' is a flying saucer? |
UFO |
241 |
G |
What 'G' is a poisonous lizard? |
Gila Monster |
242 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a horse more than one and less than two years old? |
Yearling |
243 |
A |
What 'A' is the world's longest land mass? |
America |
244 |
T |
What 'T' is a type of roofer and ruler of Britain? |
Thatcher |
245 |
V |
What 'V' like a mole likes a hole? |
Vole |
246 |
S |
What 'S' is the great North African desert? |
Sahara |
247 |
U |
What 'U' is portable weather protection? |
Umbrella |
248 |
B |
What 'B' is a nocturnal, carnivorous, burrowing quadruped related to the weasel? |
Badger |
249 |
E |
What 'E' comes before nut, works and worm? |
Earth |
250 |
N |
What 'N' was an Englishman grown rich in India? |
Nabob |
251 |
I |
What 'I' is another form of water? |
Ice |
252 |
L |
What 'L' designed the lions in Trafalgar Square? |
Landseer |
253 |
P |
What 'P' was the earliest known paper? |
Papyrus |
254 |
O |
What 'O' is a large, round ball produced by a wasp? |
Oak Apple |
255 |
H |
What 'H' is a beautiful woman of the Moslem paradise? |
Houri |
256 |
F |
What 'F' is American for a water tap? |
Faucet |
257 |
D |
What 'D' was a World War II concentration camp? |
Dachau |
258 |
M |
What 'M' is a large South American parrot? |
Macaw |
259 |
J |
What 'T' is a town in India and riding britches? |
Jodhpur |
260 |
R |
What 'R' is the use of electro-magnetic waves to carry |
Radio |
261 |
C |
What 'C' is a system of religious worship? |
Cult |
262 |
E |
What 'E' won the Nobel Prize for his work in quantum theory? |
Einstein |
263 |
I |
What 'I' was an English composer of chamber music? |
Ireland |
264 |
N |
What 'N' is a downy surface, a recommendation - and a short sleep? |
Nap |
265 |
R |
What 'R' is an ordained Jewish official? |
Rabbi |
266 |
W |
What 'W' is the people of the southern province of Belgium? |
Walloon |
267 |
D |
What 'D' is another name for crane-fly? |
Daddy Long Legs |
268 |
K |
What 'K' is a German word meaning broken? |
Kapt |
269 |
B |
What 'B' is a Somerset town noted for its hot springs? |
Bath |
270 |
V |
What 'V' is a Cross, a London station and was a Queen? |
Victoria |
271 |
F |
What 'F' invented the mercury thermometer? |
Fahrenheit |
272 |
T |
What 'T' is a bear named after a US president? |
Teddy |
273 |
S |
What 'S' is a general term for tailed amphibians? |
Salamander |
274 |
Y |
What 'Y' is to be filled with longing? |
Yearn |
275 |
L |
What 'L' is a primitive, eel-like fish with a round sucking mouth? |
Lamprey |
276 |
G |
What 'G' is a public opinion survey? |
Gallup |
277 |
P |
What 'P' is another name for leopard? |
Panther |
278 |
U |
What 'U' means deep blue? |
Ultramarine |
279 |
J |
What 'J' is a shabby place, a connecting point between bones - and a cannabis cigarette? |
Joint |
280 |
A |
What 'A' is a purple or violet kind of quartz? |
Amethyst |
281 |
F |
What 'F' is a young female racehorse? |
Filly |
282 |
O |
What 'O' is Britain's most honoured actor? |
Olivier |
283 |
K |
What 'K' used to box people in circuses? |
Kangaroo |
284 |
R |
What 'R' is a group of people of common stock? |
Race |
285 |
T |
What 'T' does the song say 'it's a long way to'? |
Tipperary |
286 |
A |
What 'A' is the largest living snake? |
Anaconda |
287 |
E |
What 'E' executed her sister Mary? |
Elizabeth |
288 |
B |
What 'B' was the Greek god of wine and merriment? |
Bacchus |
289 |
P |
What 'P' means godless? |
Pagan |
290 |
D |
What 'D' is a Spanish surrealist painter? |
Dali |
291 |
N |
What 'N' was a 19th century hospital reformer? |
Nightingale |
292 |
J |
What 'T' supports a floor or ceiling? |
Joist |
293 |
S |
What 'S' is a herb of the mint family - and a very wise man? |
Sage |
294 |
H |
What 'H' is a large number, consecrated bread and someone who entertains you? |
Host |
295 |
U |
What 'U' is possibly the most fertile country in Africa? |
Uganda |
296 |
G |
What 'G' is a crocodile with a long, extremely narrow snout? |
Gavial |
297 |
M |
What 'M' is the oldest European colony in the Far East? |
Macao |
298 |
W |
What 'W' is the simplest compound of hydrogen and oxygen? |
Water |
299 |
C |
What 'C' is a family of flowering plants that thrives in desert regions? |
Cactus |
300 |
L |
What 'L' comes before bird, like and ship? |
Lady |
301 |
M |
What 'M' is the largest single river in North America? |
Mackenzie |
302 |
O |
What 'O' formulated a fundamental law of electric current? |
Ohm |
303 |
K |
What 'K' is a falcon that hovers for ground prey? |
Kestrel |
304 |
D |
What 'D' was an early photographic process? |
Daguerreotype |
305 |
J |
What 'J' was the Irish author of Ulysses? |
Joyce |
306 |
P |
What 'P' is god of the dead, a cartoon dog and a planet? |
Pluto |
307 |
H |
What 'H' was an 18th century furniture maker? |
Hepplewhite |
308 |
W |
What 'W' were strings of shells used by Red Indians as money? |
Wampum |
309 |
F |
What 'F' are vertical rows on a chess board? |
Files |
310 |
B |
What 'B' is worthless, deficient, of poor quality? |
Bad |
311 |
L |
What 'L' was a defensive circle of wagons? |
Laager |
312 |
S |
What 'S' is now called 'Ho Chi Minh City'? |
Saigon |
313 |
T |
What 'T' was a 'travelling temple' in the Old Testament? |
Tabernacle |
314 |
R |
What 'R' is the capital of Morocco? |
Rabat |
315 |
C |
What 'C' is a metallic element chemically similar to zinc and mercury? |
Cadmium |
316 |
E |
What 'E' preferred a woman to the throne of England? |
Edward VIII |
317 |
A |
What 'A' is a one-celled animal that moves by changing shape? |
Amoeba |
318 |
V |
What 'V' is the Haitian form of witchcraft? |
Voodoo |
319 |
G |
What 'G' are tropical lizards that can walk across ceilings upside down? |
Gecko |
320 |
N |
What 'N' was probably the prototype of the unicorn? |
Narwhal |
321 |
C |
What 'C' is a unit of quantity of heat? |
Calorie |
322 |
I |
What 'I' was the first Tsar of Russia? |
Ivan The Terrible |
323 |
N |
What 'N' are tailed amphibians of the salamander family? |
Newts |
324 |
O |
What 'O' is a loose fibre got by picking old rope to pieces? |
Oakum |
325 |
F |
What 'F' comes before value, cloth and lift? |
Face |
326 |
K |
What 'K' is the cat-sized South American 'honey bear'? |
Kinkajou |
327 |
A |
What 'A' is capital of the Netherlands? |
Amsterdam |
328 |
P |
What `P' is a type of barley, something precious - and an infamous harbour? |
Pearl |
329 |
D |
What 'D' was a French mathematician and philosopher? |
Descartes |
330 |
J |
What 'I' is a small, rugged, multi-purpose vehicle? |
Jeep |
331 |
B |
What 'B' founded the Boy Scouts in 1908? |
Baden Pwell |
332 |
Q |
What 'Q' is a pigtail? |
Queue |
333 |
H |
What 'H' do you make while the sun shines? |
Hay |
334 |
L |
What 'L' means chemically unstable? |
Labile |
335 |
S |
What 'S' is both a sea and a fresh water fish? |
Salmon |
336 |
R |
What 'R' is a market town - and an archbishop? |
Ramsey |
337 |
E |
What 'E' is supposedly home to the Yeti? |
Everest |
338 |
M |
What 'M' makes offers you can't refuse? |
Mafia |
339 |
T |
What 'T is the world's most densely populated country? |
Taiwan |
340 |
U |
What 'U' was the Roman name for Odysseus? |
Ulysses |
341 |
G |
What `G' is an adult male goose? |
Gander |
342 |
Y |
What 'Y' comes after back, ship and builders? |
Yard |
343 |
A |
What 'A' are the essential organic acids which link to form protein in living tissue? |
Amino |
344 |
T |
What 'T' is the capital of Taiwan? |
Taipei |
345 |
V |
What 'V' creeps by night and sucks blood? |
Vampire |
346 |
S |
What 'S' is sodium chloride? |
Salt |
347 |
U |
What 'U' was a Norwegian Nobel Prize-winning novelist? |
Uudset |
348 |
B |
What 'B' are there more kinds of than any other animal? |
Beetle |
349 |
E |
What 'E' lies between Columbia and Peru? |
Equador |
350 |
N |
What 'N' are fragments of crushed cocoa-beans - and pen-points? |
Nibs |
351 |
I |
What 'I' was a sacred bird to the ancient Egyptians? |
Ibis |
352 |
L |
What 'L' is the de facto capital of Bolivia? |
La Paz |
353 |
P |
What 'P' is the setting agent in jam? |
Pectin |
354 |
O |
What 'O' is a kind of negro sorcery? |
Obeah |
355 |
H |
What 'H' built Britain's longest wall? |
Hadrian |
356 |
F |
What 'F' is arable land left unneeded for a year? |
Fallow |
357 |
D |
What 'D' is a tap, an adept at games - and a flat fish? |
Dab |
358 |
M |
What 'M' is the highest capital in Europe? |
Madrid |
359 |
J |
What 'J' was called 'the wisest fool in Christendom'? |
James |
360 |
R |
What 'R' is someone with extreme hydrophobia? |
Rabid |
361 |
C |
What 'C' is the world's second largest country? |
Canada |
362 |
E |
What 'E' is the process whereby a solid or liquid is resolved into vapour? |
Evaporation |
363 |
I |
What 'I' are the most numerous creatures on Earth? |
Insects |
364 |
N |
What 'N' means bond or connection? |
Nexus |
365 |
R |
What 'R' is the capital of Burma? |
Rangoon |
366 |
W |
What 'W' is a rotary internal combustion engine? |
Wankel |
367 |
D |
What 'D' is the American word for maisonette? |
Duplex |
368 |
K |
What 'K' is sharp, eager - and a wail? |
Keen |
369 |
B |
What 'B' composed the Brandenburg Concertos and the B Minor Mass? |
Bach |
370 |
V |
What 'V' is a unit of electromotive force? |
Volt |
371 |
F |
What 'F' is a predatory bird related to the eagle? |
Falcon |
372 |
T |
What 'T' won the Wimbledon mixed doubles with John Lloyd in 1983 and 1984? |
Turnbull |
373 |
S |
What 'S' is a sort of flattened sea urchin? |
Sand Dollar |
374 |
Y |
What 'Y' comes before club, full and hostel? |
Youth |
375 |
L |
What 'L' is the protective substance secreted by an insect of the same name? |
Lac |
376 |
G |
What 'G' is a small room just under the roof of a house? |
Garret |
377 |
P |
What 'P' supposedly drove all snakes out of Ireland? |
Patrick |
378 |
U |
What 'U' is an open sore? |
Ulcer |
379 |
J |
What 'J' is slang for both a chamber pot and German soldier? |
Jerry |
380 |
A |
What 'A' is a Portuguese-speaking republic in West- central Africa? |
Angola |
381 |
F |
What 'F' is literally 'a man of all work'? |
Factotum |
382 |
O |
What 'O' means to obscure or make bewildering? |
Obfuscate |
383 |
K |
What 'K' is a cotton wool used for stuffing cushions? |
Kapok |
384 |
R |
What 'R' is a root with a peppery taste? |
Radish |
385 |
T |
What 'T' is something forbidden? |
Taboo |
386 |
A |
What 'A' is a substance our bodies produce to fight invading viruses? |
Antobody |
387 |
E |
What 'E' is equidistant from the North and South Poles? |
Equator |
388 |
B |
What 'B' is an English philosopher — and a cured cut of pig? |
Bacon |
389 |
P |
What 'P' are marine worms that mate without meeting? |
Palolo |
390 |
D |
What 'D' is the lower section of a room's wall when faced with wood? |
Dado |
391 |
N |
What 'N' is a stingy person? |
Niggard |
392 |
J |
What 'J' comes before lag, black and set? |
Jet |
393 |
S |
What 'S' is an outward sign of inward grace? |
Sacrament |
394 |
H |
What 'H' is the Eve of All Saints' Day? |
Halloween |
395 |
U |
What 'U' is the smallest South American republic? |
Uruguay |
396 |
G |
What 'G' is another word for bushbaby? |
Galago |
397 |
M |
What 'M' wrote about political machinations in The Prince? |
Machiavelli |
398 |
W |
What 'W' is pale or exhausted-looking? |
Wan |
399 |
C |
What 'C' is India's largest city? |
Calcutta |
400 |
L |
What 'L' is our most popular beetle? |
Ladybird |
401 |
M |
What 'M' was an 18th century English dandy who affected European ways? |
Macaroni |
402 |
O |
What 'O' is a South American cat? |
Ocelot |
403 |
K |
What 'K' is a small barrel? |
Keg |
404 |
D |
What 'D' is colour-blindness? |
Daltonism |
405 |
J |
What 'J' is the Old Testament God? |
Jehovah |
406 |
P |
What 'P' is a great Brazilian footballer? |
Pele |
407 |
H |
What 'H' is an old-fashioned word meaning 'as a result'? |
Hence |
408 |
W |
What 'W' comes before coat, line or band? |
Waist |
409 |
F |
What 'F' comes before lights, land and rings? |
Fairy |
410 |
B |
What 'S' is connected cells, hammered brass - and a military gun emplacement? |
Battery |
411 |
L |
What 'L' is part of Newfoundland and a gun dog? |
Labrador |
412 |
S |
What 'S' conquered Jerusalem in 1187? |
Saladin |
413 |
T |
What 'T' was a doubting disciple? |
Thomas |
414 |
R |
What 'R' stands for radio detection and ranging? |
Radar |
415 |
C |
What 'C' is the collective name for the mountains of North and Central Wales? |
Cambrian |
416 |
E |
What 'E' selects prizewinning premium bonds? |
ERNIE |
417 |
A |
What 'A' is the capital of South Yemen? |
Aden |
418 |
V |
What 'V' was a third century Christian martyr? |
Valentine |
419 |
G |
What 'G' comes before plank, show and way? |
Gang |
420 |
N |
What 'N' is a pop-eyed toad with a muttering croak? |
Natterjack |
421 |
C |
What 'C' means to remove an animal from a flock? |
Cull |
422 |
I |
What 'I' was an epic poem on the siege of Troy? |
Iliad |
423 |
N |
What 'N' is Africa's longest river? |
Nile |
424 |
O |
What 'O' is a Japanese woman's sash? |
Obi |
425 |
F |
What 'F' is a member of a mendicant order of the Catholic church? |
Friar |
426 |
K |
What 'K' is the sum of a person's actions that determines his destiny? |
Karma |
427 |
A |
What 'A' is man's nearest living relative? |
Ape |
428 |
P |
What 'P' comes before stripe, point and up? |
Pin |
429 |
D |
What 'D' is a retaining barrier - and an animal's mother? |
Dam |
430 |
J |
What 'T' is a small, usually solitary, wild dog? |
Jackal |
431 |
B |
What 'B' means to worry or nag - and lives in a set? |
Badger |
432 |
Q |
What 'Q' is a medical charlatan? |
Quack |
433 |
H |
What 'H' was the painter who wrote Mein Kampf? |
Hitler |
434 |
L |
What 'L' was once capital of Russia? |
Leningrad |
435 |
S |
What 'S' was a 12th-19th century Japanese warrior? |
Samurai |
436 |
R |
What 'R' is the condensation of water vapour in the air? |
Rain |
437 |
E |
What 'E' was a classical English composer? |
Elgar |
438 |
M |
What 'M' is one of the most important food fishes? |
Mackerel |
439 |
T |
What 'T' is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet? |
Theta |
440 |
U |
What 'U' is a small, four-stringed guitar? |
Ukulele |
441 |
H |
What 'G' is a method of strangulation used as capital punishment in Spain? |
Garotte |
442 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a sharp, shrill cry? |
Yelp |
443 |
A |
What 'A' is a slow movement in music? |
Adagio |
444 |
T |
What 'T' is fibrous tissue joining muscle to bone? |
Tendon |
445 |
V |
What 'V' was a Spanish portrait painter? |
Velaquez |
446 |
S |
What 'S' is a seaweed-covered part of the North Atlantic? |
Sargasso |
447 |
U |
What 'U' is the world's major economic power? |
USA |
448 |
B |
What 'B' means madhouse or scene of uproar? |
Bedlam |
449 |
E |
What 'E' founded the Christian Scientists? |
Eddy |
450 |
N |
What 'N' is the capital of Kenya? |
Nairobi |
451 |
I |
What 'I' comes before bred, gotten and advised? |
Ill |
452 |
L |
What 'L' is molten rock? |
Lava |
453 |
P |
What 'P' is Latin for fishes — and the twelfth sign of the Zodiac? |
Pisces |
454 |
O |
What 'O' means flattened at its poles? |
Oblate |
455 |
H |
What 'H' is the drug from which we get the word assassin? |
Hashish |
456 |
F |
What 'F' is a domesticated form of the Asian polecat? |
Ferret |
457 |
D |
What 'D' was the Greek philosopher who lived in a tub? |
Diogenes |
458 |
M |
What 'M' was beheaded by her sister? |
Mary |
459 |
J |
What 'J' is a hard gemstone, usually green? |
Jade |
460 |
R |
What 'R' is a European capital with more rainfall than London? |
Rome |
461 |
C |
What 'C' is the art of writing beautiful scripts by hands? |
Calligraphy |
462 |
E |
What 'E' commanded the allied forces in Europe from 1943 to 1945? |
Eisenhower |
463 |
T |
What 'T' is a river - and an Egyptian goddess? |
Isis |
464 |
N |
What 'N' was an early species of prehistoric man? |
Neanderthal |
465 |
R |
What 'R' comes before sea, deer and currant? |
Red |
466 |
W |
What 'W' is a snooker player nicknamed the Whirlwind? |
White |
467 |
D |
What 'D' is an imaginary line around longitude 180° West? |
Date Line |
468 |
K |
What 'K' is china clay? |
Kaolin |
469 |
B |
What 'B' was the French author of more than eighty novels? |
Balzac |
470 |
V |
What 'V' is space devoid of matter? |
Vacuum |
471 |
F |
What 'F' is a group of people related by marriage or birth? |
Family |
472 |
T |
What 'T' is a dance named after a spider? |
Tarantella |
473 |
S |
What 'S' was largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1906? |
San Francisco |
474 |
Y |
What 'Y' is Japanese currency - and desire? |
Yen |
475 |
L |
What 'L' meaning 'freetown', is the capital of Gabon? |
Libreville |
476 |
G |
What 'G' is a pungent plant of the onion family? |
Garlic |
477 |
P |
What 'P' was a 14th century Italian poet? |
Petrarch |
478 |
U |
What 'U' is an institute of higher learning? |
University |
479 |
J |
What 'J' is a large South American cat? |
Jaguar |
480 |
A |
What 'A' is a composition for use by a choir in church? |
Anthem |
481 |
F |
What 'F' is the southernmost tip of Greenland - and the northernmost of South Island, New Zealand? |
Farewell Cape |
482 |
O |
What 'O' is a woodwind, double reed instrument? |
Oboe |
483 |
K |
What 'K' is a skirt? |
Kilt |
484 |
R |
What 'R' is the US president who gave his first name to a bear? |
Roosevelt |
485 |
T |
What 'T' is a common East African gazelle? |
Thompson's |
486 |
A |
What 'A' is a curved load-bearing structure? |
Arch |
487 |
E |
What 'E' was a Greek dramatist who wrote some eighty plays? |
Euripides |
488 |
B |
What 'B' is the capital of Thailand? |
Bangkok |
489 |
P |
What 'P' was the Spanish painter who co-founded cubism? |
Picasso |
490 |
D |
What 'D' is oozy? |
Dank |
491 |
N |
What 'N' supposedly fiddled while Rome burned? |
Nero |
492 |
J |
What 'T' is a target in bowls, a lifting mechanism - and a playing card? |
Jack |
493 |
S |
What 'S' are snipe-like birds found on seashores worldwide? |
Sandpipers |
494 |
H |
What 'H' comes before carbon, electric and foil? |
Hydro |
495 |
U |
What 'U' was a mediaeval symbol of virginity? |
Unicorn |
496 |
G |
What 'G' is the sacred river of India? |
Ganges |
497 |
M |
What 'M' is a large, deadly snake? |
Mamba |
498 |
W |
What 'W' was a German operatic composer? |
Wagner |
499 |
C |
What 'C' is a blow with the first - or part of a sleeve? |
Cuff |
500 |
L |
What 'L' is an oil rich North African Republic? |
Libya |