Blockbusters 06 - (Submitted By Yoda)
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001 M What 'M' was the composer who began his career at four? Mozart
002 O What 'O' is a rectangle with unequal adjacent sides? Oblong
003 K What 'K' is the capital of Pakistan? Karachi
004 D What 'D' was the English poet who was Dean of St Paul's? Donne
005 J What 'J' makes you yellow? Jaundice
006 P What 'P' is a black or melanistic variety of leopard? Panther
007 H What 'H' means a large mass - and was incredible in a TV series? Hulk
008 W What 'W' comes before proof, vane or forecast? Weather
009 F What 'F' lies 200 miles north-west of the Shetlands? Faroes
010 B What 'B' is a game played on a double board with counters and dice? Backgammon
011 L What 'L' is the capital of Peru? Lime
012 S What 'S' is a small fish of the herring family? Sardine
013 T What 'T' is a sauce made from peppers? Tabasco
014 R What 'R' was Zimbabwe? Rhodesia
015 C What 'C' is an underground cell or vault? Crypt
016 E What 'E' built Paris' most famous landmark? Eiffel
017 A What 'A' is a narrow tube attached to the large intestine and closed at one end? Appendix
018 V What 'V' was a French science fiction writer? Verne
019 G What 'G' is a dark red semi-precious gem? Garnet
020 N What 'N' are star clusters and gas clouds in space? Nebula
021 C What 'C' is the cabin of a half-decked boat - and a young coal fish? Cuddy
022 I What 'I' is the Chinese book of divination? I Ching
023 N What 'N' was Egyptian president from 1956-1970? Nasser
024 O What 'O' is the back of the head? Occiput
025 F What 'F' is an agent, or one who acts for another? Factor
026 K What 'K' is a South African desert? Kalahari
027 A What 'A' is a calculator made up of beads on wire? Abacus
028 P What 'P' is a medium-sized bird found worldwide? Pigeon
029 D What 'D' wrote Crime and Punishment? Dostoevsky
030 J What 'J' is South Africa's largest city? Johannesburg
031 B What 'B' means to roar like a bull? Bellow
032 Q What 'Q' is a bitter medicine made from bark? Quinine
033 H What 'H' is an insect whose name rhymes with a word for ice-cream cone? Hornet
034 L What 'L' is the capital of Portugal? Lisbon
035 S What 'S' was the literary language of ancient India? Sanskrit
036 R What 'R' is the oldest US president? Reagan
037 E What 'E' is an elongated fish lacking pelvic fins? Eel
038 M What 'M' is a supply chamber, a store room for arms - and an illustrated periodical? Magazine
039 T What 'T' comes before land, mat and tennis? Table
040 U What 'U' is the inner bone of the forearm? Ulna
041 G What 'G' is an elastic fluid that has neither shape nor volume? Gas
042 Y What 'Y' comes before fever, ochre and hammer? Yellow
043 A What 'A' is an Afrikaans word meaning 'Separate development'? Apartheid
044 T What 'T' is a small freshwater turtle? Terrapin
045 V What 'V' was a great French philosopher and writer? Voltaire
046 S What 'S' is a light, loose-fitting shoe for indoor use? Slipper
047 U What 'U' is a silvery radio-active element? Uranium
048 B What 'B' was once called East Pakistan? Bangladesh
049 E What 'E' is a song of lamentation, especially for the dead? Elegy
050 N What 'N' is a type of smooth-skinned peach? Nectarine
051 I What 'I' is one of the most abundant of African antelopes? Impala
052 L What 'I' is milk sugar? Lactose
053 P What 'P' is the succulent fruit of a spiny plant? Pineapple
054 O What 'O' is someone to whom another is legally bound by contract? Obliged
055 H What 'H' is probably the most abundant element in the universe? Hydrodgen
056 F What 'F' is a boring chore - and a cigarette? Fag
057 D What 'D' is the sea below sea-level? Dead
058 M What 'M' builds an incubator to hatch its eggs? Mallee
059 J What 'J' did Napoleon divorce in 1809? Josephine
060 R

What 'R' is a vast American mountain chain?

Rocky
061 C What 'C' is a small fragment? Crumb
062 E What 'E' is bordered by Somalia, Kenya and Sudan? Ethiopia
063 I What 'I' was International Rugby Champion 1984-5? Ireland
064 N What 'N' is slang for police informer? Nark
065 R What 'R' invented a cube? Rubik
066 W What 'W' is an ugly African pig? Warthog
067 D What 'D' means scanty supply of? Dearth
068 K What 'K' is the capital of the Sudan? Khartoum
069 B What 'B' is played with a ball and bat on a diamond- shaped pitch? Baseball
070 V What 'V' means to waver or hesitate? Vacillate
071 F What 'F' is a tiny mythical being with magic powers? Fairy
072 T What 'T' is a small nail, saddlery - and a long, loose stitch? Tac
073 S What 'S' was a beetle held sacred by the ancient Egyptians? Scarab
074 Y What 'Y' is a form of old German spoken by East European Jews? Yiddish
075 L What 'L' is another name for the Crocodile River? Limpopo
076 G What 'G' is the third largest city in Britain? Glasgow
077 P What 'P' is an unpleasant smell? Pong
078 U What 'U' is an ochre-like natural pigment? Umber
079 J What 'T' wrote the first dictionary? Johnson
080 A What 'A' is a suspension of liquid in a gas? Aerosol
081 F What 'F' is a Turkish cap - and a sacred city in Morocco? Fez
082 O What 'O' comes before well, skin and paint? Oil
083 K What 'K' is a racist US secret society? Ku Klux Klan
084 R What 'R' is the capital of Iceland? Reykjavik
085 T What 'T' is a crisp, plain, glossy fabric? Taffeta
086 A What 'A' is the tree called 'guardian of riverbanks'? Alder
087 E What `E' is the world's largest pachyderm? Elephant
088 B What 'B' is the Devil? Beelzebub
089 P What 'P' is a vertical supporting structure? Pillar
090 D What 'D' is Europe's second longest river? Danube
091 N What 'N' was India's first Prime Minister? Nehru
092 J What 'J' are the major veins of the neck? Jugular
093 S What 'S' is the currency of Kenya? Shilling
094 H What 'H' is farming? Husbandry
095 U What 'U' Was once the world's largest country? USSR
096 G What 'G' won the Grand National in 1982? Grittar
097 M What 'M' was the sea cow mistaken by Columbus for a mermaid? Manatee
098 W What 'W' wrote The Compleat Angler? Walton
099 C What 'C' is a band of singers? Choir
100 L What 'L' is a reptile - and England's southernmost point? Lizard
101 M What 'M' lives underground — on worms? Mole
102 O What 'O' comes before licence, peak and hand? Off
103 K What 'K' is the capital of Jamaica? Kingston
104 D What 'D' was the 17th century poet and satirist? Dryden
105 J What 'T is obscure and pretentious language? Jargon
106 P What 'P' is a member of the whale family? Porpoise
107 H What 'H' used elephants to invade Italy? Hannibal
108 W What 'W' does a cricketer bat in front of? Wicket
109 F What 'F' consists of over 800 islands in the South West Pacific? Fiji
110 B What 'B' was the archbishop murdered in Canterbury Cathedral? Becket
111 L What 'L' is an aquatic blood-sucking worm? Leech
112 S What 'S' — as well as spiders — are arachnids? Scorpions
113 T What 'T' is slang for a Welshman? Taffy
114 R What 'R' was a prolific Dutch painter? Rembrandt
115 C What 'C' is the USA's most highly populated state? California
116 E What 'E' is the female reproductive cell? Egg
117 A What 'A' was Queen Victoria's consort? Albert
118 V What 'V' are large carrion-eating birds? Vultures
119 G What 'G' comes before house, paper and ware? Glass
120 N What 'N' is the second outermost planet of the solar system? Neptune
121 C What 'C' was a Roman Emperor notorious for his cruelty? Caligula
122 I What 'I' is a Moslem priest? Imam
123 N What 'N' is a wet Scottish monster? Nessie
124 O What 'O' is the canal from mouth to gullet? Oesophagus
125 F What 'F' are the greatest jumpers for their size in the animal kingdom? Fleas
126 K What 'K' is a citadel within a Russian city? Kremlin
127 A What 'A' are substances tending to lose a positive ion? Acids
128 P What 'P' are the world's most wonderful tombs? Pyramids
129 D What 'D' was the Archbishop of Canterbury who lived through seven reigns? Dunstan
130 J What 'J' is a sudden shake, an unsettling shock - and a container? Jar
131 B What 'B' means two-footed? Bipedal
132 Q What 'Q' is the second-largest Australian state? Queensland
133 H What 'H' is robust - and an English novelist? Hardy
134 L What 'L' is a pantry? Larder
135 S What 'S' are fishes whose males have the babies? seahorses
136 R What 'R' comes from the Czech and means forced labour? Robot
137 E What `E' is hard black wood? Ebony
138 M What 'M' is Canada's national emblem? Maple Leaf
139 T What 'T are the most primitive social insects? Termites
140 U What 'U' comes before violet, marine and sound? Ultra
141 G What 'G' are longitudes calculated from? Greenwich
142 Y What 'Y' is chatter - and a long-haired mountain ox? Yak
143 A What 'A' are flowerless plants living mostly in water? Algae
144 T What 'T' is the largest of the cats? Tiger
145 V What 'V' is a gentleman's gentleman? Valet
146 S What 'S' was a French philosopher who won the 1964 Nobel Prize? Sartre
147 U What 'U' means very many (times)? Umpteen
148 B What 'B' is a liqueur - and a monastic order? Benedictine
149 E What 'E' is the largest of the antelopes? Eland
150 N What 'N' was a one-eyed, one-armed British admiral? Nelson
151 I What 'I' is a mental defective? Imbecile
152 L What 'L' means transparent or clear? Limpid
153 P What 'P' is the Sovereign Pontiff? Pope
154 O What 'O' wrote The Art of Love? Ovid
155 H What 'H' is salted meat, the back of the thigh - and a bad actor? Ham
156 F What 'F' is a short fictitious story with a moral at the end? Fable
157 D What 'D' comes before light, dream and break? Day
158 M What 'M' is a baboon related to the drill? Madrill
159 J What 'T' advanced psychoanalysis? Jung
160 R What 'R' is where Magna Carta was signed? Runnymede
161 C What 'C' is called 'the windy city'? Chicago
162 E What 'E' invented the electric light bulb? Edison
163 I What 'I' is the largest American lizard? Iguana
164 N What 'N' designed Regent's Park and Marble Arch? Nash
165 R What 'R' is a flat floating structure - and a film star? Raft
166 W What 'W' are Madame Tussaud's models made of? Wax
167 D What 'D' is a plant named from the French for lion's tooth? Dandelion
168 K What 'K' is a tail-less, flight-less New Zealand bird? Kiwi
169 B What 'B' is the chief ore of aluminium? Baixite
170 V What 'V' is drapery round the edge of a bed? Vlance
171 F What 'F' is the world's leading exporter of pulp and paper? Finland
172 T What 'T' is multi-processed soya 'meat'? TVP
173 S What 'S' is dismissal, dry white wine - and a bag? Sack
174 Y What 'Y' is the abominable snowman? Yeti
175 L What 'L' is a Hungarian composer - and a rhyming slang for drunk? Liszt
176 G What 'G' left the Common Market in 1985? Greenland
177 P What 'P' is inflammation of the tooth sockets? Pyorrhoea
178 U What 'U' is a leading actor's stand-in? Understudy
179 J What 'J' was formerly Karol Wojtyla of Cracow? John Paul II
180 A What 'A' is a mixture or compound of two or more Alloy
181 F What 'F' is a long pointed tooth? Fang
182 O What 'O' founded a political party? Owen
183 K What 'K' do you stir with to stir up strife? Knife
184 R What 'R' was an impressionist French composer? Ravel
185 T What 'T' is used by surveyors to measure angles? Theodolite
186 A What 'A' is a South American grazing animal related to the llama? Alpaca
187 E What 'E' is a Turkish title of respect? Effendi
188 B What 'B' is a beak, an obsolete weapon and a note of charges? Bill
189 P What 'P' constricts its prey to death? Python
190 D What 'D' wrote The Three Musketeers? Dumas
191 N What 'N' was the last Czar of Russia? Nicholas
192 J What 'J' comes before ass, boot and knife? Jack
193 S What 'S' is St Nicholas? Santa Claus
194 H What 'H' was the battle which changed the English language? Hastings
195 U What 'U' means emit as sound? Utter
196 G What 'G' lies between Mexico and Honduras? Utter Guatemala
197 M What 'M' is deep crimson? Magenta
198 W What 'W' are fancifully found on Wimbledon Common? Wombles
199 C What 'C' is where the Pilgrim fathers first landed in America? Cape Cod
200 L What 'L' is an azure mineral used as a gemstone? Lapis Lazuli
201 M What 'M' is a gun, a TV series, and a double-sized bottle? Magnum
202 O What 'O' founded the Holy Roman Empire? Otto
203 K What 'K' is a powder used to darken eyelids? Kohl
204 D What 'D' was the Anglo-Saxon tax levied to buy off the Danes? Danegeld
205 J What 'J' is a holy city for three religions? Jerusalem
206 P What 'P' is a scaly anteater? Pangolin
207 H What 'H' is an old word for stockings - and a watering tube? Hose
208 W What 'W' comes before chair, base and wright? Wheel
209 F What 'F' was the last king of Egypt? Farouk
210 B What 'B' is a poetic word for a command? Behest
211 L What 'L' is a peewit? Lapwing
212 S What 'S' is an oriental flat-bottomed boat? Sampan
213 T What 'T' is a schedule of rates or prices? Tariff
214 R What 'R' was a French impressionist painter? Renoir
215 C What 'C' is a spontaneously composed West Indian song? Calypso
216 E What 'E' is a pouring forth? Effusion
217 A What 'A' is a fossilised resin from prehistoric trees? Amber
218 V What 'V' was a major World War I battle? Verdun
219 G What 'G' is a desert-living African rodent - and a British household pet? Gerbil
220 N What 'N' was the Corsican who became Emperor of Napoleon
221 C What 'C' is a fish of the carp family - and a make of lock? Chub
222 I What 'I' is a small demon? Imp
223 N What 'N' was a US president who resigned? Nixon
224 O What 'O' was an unknown animal till 1901? Okapi
225 F What 'F' equals 1.8 metres? Fathom
226 K What 'K' is the only truly oceanic gull? Kittiwake
227 A What 'A' is the capital of Algeria? Algiers
228 P What 'P' comes before pocket, axe and up? Pick
229 D What 'D' was a Greek who feasted with a sword hung over him by a hair? Damocles
230 T What 'T' is the largest order of the Catholic church? Jesuit
231 B What 'B' produced the first petrol-powered c? Benz
232 Q What 'Q' is a four-footed animal? Quadruped
233 H What 'H' is a climbing plant - and an informal dance? Hop
234 L What 'L' first flew the Atlantic solo? Lindbergh
235 S What 'S' is a small perfumed bag? Sachet
236 R What 'R' is Germany's industrial district? Ruhr
237 E What 'E' is the US sculptor with work in Hyde Park? Epstein
238 M What 'M' is molten rock within the Earth's crust? Magma
239 T What 'T' is a freshwater member of the salmon family? Trout
240 U What 'U' is the objective case of we? Us
241 G What 'G' dropped balls from the leaning tower of Pisa? Galileo
242 Y What 'Y' is a sailing vessel? Yacht
243 A What 'A' is the fruit of the Amygdalus Communis? Almond
244 T What 'T' kills some 100,000 Britons each year? Tobacco
245 V What 'V' is the capital of Malta? Valletta
246 S What 'S' is a shoe hollowed from one piece of wood? Sabot
247 U What 'U' holds the ashes of the dead? Urn
248 B What 'B' are nomadic desert Arabs? Bedouin
249 E What 'E' is the same? Equal
250 N What 'N' was the first president of Tanzania? Nyerere
251 I What 'I' is the fourth most abundant substance in the Earth's crust? Iron
252 L What 'L' is a small-clawed lobster or crayfish? Langouste
253 P What 'P' is a toll-bar, a freshwater fish, and a weapon? Pike
254 O What 'O' wrote Animal Farm? Orwell
255 H What 'H' is a British film company — and a blunt instrument? Hammer
256 F What 'F' was five times world champion racing driver? Fangio
257 D What 'D' grows to thirty metres and can fruit for 300 years? Date Palm
258 M What 'M' is slang for mean? Mingy
259 J What 'J' is the month named after Caesar? July
260 R What 'R' had the heart of a lion? Richard I
261 C What 'C' treat feet? Chiropodists
262 E What 'E' removed marble sculptures from the Parthenon to the British Museum? Elgin
263 I What 'I' means to call into question? Impeach
264 N What 'N' comes before mare, shade and shirt? Night
265 R What 'R' introduced the potato to Britain? raleigh
266 W What 'W' is a type of willow - and someone in tears? Weeping
267 D What 'D' were the oldest sons of the kings of France? Dauphins
268 K What 'K' removes waste products from the blood? Kidney
269 B What 'B' is a spring balance used to gauge water depth? Bathometer
270 V What 'V' was the home of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler, Brahms and Freud? Vienna
271 F What 'F' is a deposit of polluting particles? Fallout
272 T What 'T' cost up to £10 a pound in 17th century England? tea
273 S What 'S' is the language of East Africa? Swahili
274 Y What 'Y' is a coarse rough type? Yobbo
275 L What 'L' was the US president slain at a play? Lincoln
276 G What 'G' is a substance in between solid and liquid? Gel
277 P What 'P' is a large South American rodent? Paca
278 U What 'U' is an implement or tool? Utensil
279 J What 'J' was the maiden who led an army? Joan Of Arc
280 A What 'A' is the largest, most important artery? Aorta
281 F What 'F' discovered electro-magnetic induction? Faraday
282 O What 'O' is a German town - and a composer? Offenbach
283 K What 'K' comes before calorie, hertz and watt? Kilo
284 R What 'R' were first used in war by the Chinese in the 13th century? Rockets
285 T What 'T' winters in the Antarctic and spends the summer in the Arctic? Tern
286 A What 'A' is a respiratory disease? Asthma
287 E What 'E' is the largest Australian bird? Emu
288 B What 'B' is a city divided by a wall? Berlin
289 P What 'P' was a 6th century BC Greek mathematician? Pythagoras
290 D What 'D' is to fish by letting bait bob on water? Dap
291 N What 'N' is a hookah pipe? Narghile
292 J What 'J' was US president from 1963 to 1969? Johnson
293 S What 'S' is the capital of El Salvador? San Salvador
294 H What 'H' was the messenger of the gods? Hermes
295 U What 'U' is moneylending at exhorbitant interest? Usury
296 G What 'G' are the elementary units of heredity? Genes
297 M What 'M' is a tropical tree of hard red wood? Mahogany
298 W What 'W' is something that comes every seven days? Weekly
299 C What 'C' is the roe of sturgeon? Caviar
300 L What 'L' was the leading protestant of the Reformation? Luther
301 M What 'M' is the highest class of animals? Mammals
302 O What 'O' is a sultanate in South West Asia? Oman
303 K What 'K' is the indentation in the bottom of a glass bottle? Kick
304 D What 'D' comes before horse, continent and ages? Dark
305 J What 'J' was the American novelist who lived mainly in England? James
306 P What 'P's' beak can hold more than his belly can? Pelican
307 H What 'H' means Spanish? Hispanic
308 W What 'W' is the antonym of husband? Wife
309 F What 'F' is twelve inches? Foot
310 B What 'B' is the world's bestselling book? Bible
311 L What 'L' is the sound-producing cavity in the windpipe? Larynx
312 S What 'S' is Swahili for a journey? Safari
313 T What 'T' were cave dwellers? Troglodytes
314 R What 'R' was a great Renaissance artist? Raphael
315 C What 'C' is a wedge used to stop a wheel moving? Chock
316 E What 'E' is a newt? eft
317 A What 'A' is a black sticky mixture of minerals containing bitumen? Asphalt
318 V What 'V' is where the Confederates surrendered in the US civil war? Vicksburg
319 G What 'G' is a Japanese female entertainer? Geisha
320 N What 'N' is a tendency to self-worship? Narcissm
321 C What 'C' is an often fatal disease endemic in India? Cholera
322 I What 'I' is senseless? Inane
323 N What 'N' was Napoleon's general at Waterloo? Ney
324 O What 'O' is the world centre for port (wine)? Oporto
325 F What 'F' played cricket and soccer for England - and held the world long jump record? Fry
326 K What 'K' is a rounded protuberance? Knob
327 A What 'A' is someone lacking pigment in their skin and hair? Albino
328 P What 'P' is a species of whale that sometimes loses its way? Pilot
329 D What 'D' means to believe, consider or judge? Deem
330 J What 'J' is the river where Jesus was baptised? Jordan
331 B What 'B' is played on a table with three balls and a rod? Billiards
332 Q What 'Q' are the hypothetical bases of atomic particles? Quarks
333 H What 'H' is to push your way, or jostle? Hustle
334 L What 'L' wrote Hiawatha? Longfellow
335 S What 'S' connects the Mediterranean and the Red Sea? Suez Canal
336 R What 'R' is a bird with a red breast? Robin
337 E What 'E' is either pole of an electric battery? Electrode
338 M What 'M' is a soft-bodied grub? Maggot
339 T What 'T' comes before worm, measure and deck? Tape
340 U What 'U' is a lifeline? Umbilical
341 G What 'G' was an English portrait painter? Gainsborough
342 Y What 'Y' means over there? Yonder
343 A What 'A' comes before cyclone, macassar and climax? Anti
344 T What 'T' are pungent aromatic leaves used as flavouring? Tarragon
345 V What 'V' is a farewell speech? Valediction
346 S What 'S' is the capital of Chile? Santiago
347 U What 'U' is an undercurrent flowing contrary to a surface current? Undertow
348 B What 'B' is a cardinal's cap - and a make of gun? Biritta
349 E What 'E' spontaneously recovers its shape after distortion? Elastic
350 N What 'N' was destroyed by an atom bomb? Nagasaki
351 I What 'I' is an image of Christ in the Eastern church? Icon
352 L What 'L' is a long-shaped weapon? Lance
353 P What 'P' was a major Russian literary figure? Pushkin
354 O What 'O' is a South African river, a French town and a fruit? Orange
355 H What 'H' was the Greek goddess of health? Hygeia
356 F What 'F' is an artificially high voice? Falsetto
357 D What 'D' wrote The Origin of Species? Darwin
358 M What 'M' comes from deers and is used in perfume? Musk
359 J What 'J' was the US president who created the Republican party? Jefferson
360 R What 'R' is a type of grass - and a British film star? Reed
361 C What 'C' is the substance left when a mineral has been burnt? Calx
362 E What 'E' is the most densely populated part of Britain? England
363 I What 'I' is beginning? Inception
364 N What 'N' was the mythical drink which conferred immortality? Nectar
365 R What 'R' comes before head, wing and skin? Red
366 W What 'W' is spoken by natives of Snowdonia? Welsh
367 D What 'D' is an antelope the size of a hare? Dik Dik
368 K K. What 'K' succeeded Joseph Stalin? Khrushchev
369 B What 'B' was an early word for cinema? Bioscope
370 V What 'V' was paradise in Norse mythology? Valhalla
371 F What 'F' is a barrier - and a receiver of stolen goods? Fence
372 T What 'T wrote poetry for more than sixty years? Tennyson
373 S What 'S' is an oil-rich desert kingdom? Saudi Arabia
374 Y What 'Y' is a fox-hunter's cry or halloo? Yoicks
375 L What 'L' is apathetic or drooping? Languid
376 G What 'G' helped win India's independence? Gandhi
377 P What 'P' is a unit of mass, an animal enclosure - and a US poet? Pound
378 U What 'U' means the month proceeding this one? Ultimo
379 J What 'J' is the ancient Samurai combat form using throws? Jujitsu
380 A What 'A' was taught by Plato - and himself taught Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
381 F What 'F' is an enthusiastic supporter - and a device for circulating air? Fan
382 O What 'O' is the capital of Canada? Ottowa
383 K What 'K' was the first Mongul Emperor of China? Kublai Khan
384 R What 'R' is any savage-tempered animal? Rogue
385 T What 'T' is a unit of measure of gas? Therm
386 A What 'A' mechanised cotton spinning? Arkwright
387 E What 'E' is a rich green variety of beryl? Emerald
388 B What 'B' is the science of life? Biology
389 P What 'P' is a small sea-snail living on the shore? Periwinkle
390 D What 'D' means to discourage, intimidate - and press herrings down in a barrel? Daunt
391 N What 'N' is laughing gas? Nitrous Oxide
392 J What 'J' invaded England in the fifth century? Jutes
393 S What 'S' is an autonomous Mediterranean island? Sardinia
394 H What 'H' is the antonym to Heaven? Hell
395 U What 'U' is higher? Upper
396 G What 'G' is a spirit, a trap - and a machine for seeding cotton? Gin
397 M What 'M' was fascist dictator of Italy? Mussolini
398 W What 'W' comes before band, watch, and drop? Wrist
399 C What 'C' is a large ruminant able to go for long periods without water? Camel
400 L What 'L' is an old nautical term for port (or left)? Larboard
401 M What 'M' is a small, half-wild horse? Mustang
402 O What 'O' is a square-based column with a pyramidal top? Obelisk
403 K What 'K' was Kenya's first president? Kenyatta
404 D What 'D' is soft, drab coral shaped like a human hand? Dead Mans Fingers
405 J What 'J' is a preserve made from fruit? Jam
406 P What 'P' was an English satiric poet? Pope
407 H What 'H' is another name for bumble-bee? Humble Bee
408 W What 'W' is a perennial plant - and a girl not asked to dance? Wallflower
409 F What 'F' is cat-like? Feline
410 B What 'B' is a type of paper, a restraint and a secret agent? Bond
411 L What 'L' is a metallic element, symbol Pb? Lead
412 S What 'S' is to sound like something being pulled out of mud? Squelch
413 T What 'T' is the second largest US state? Texas
414 R What 'R' was a French sculptor? rodin
415 C What "C's" teachings are the basis of Scottish presbyterianism? Calvin
416 E What 'E' preserves dead bodies from decay? Embalming
417 A What 'A' was the sacred chest of the Hebrews? Ark
418 V What 'V' is the brightest of the planets? Venus
419 G What 'G' composed the folk-opera Porgy and Bess? Gershwin
420 N What 'N' was the Greek goddess of victory? Nike
421 C What 'C' is the silvery-white metallic element, symbol Ca? Calcium
422 I What 'I' were conquered by the Spanish in Peru? Incas
423 N What 'N' is bounded by the North Sea, Belgium and West Germany? Netherlands
424 O What 'O' is the most intelligent invertebrate? Octopus
425 F What 'F' discovered penicillin? Fleming
426 K What 'K' is German for children's garden? Kindergarten
427 A What 'A' is a large-mouthed fish of the Herring family? Anchovy
428 P What 'P' was destroyed by the volcano Vesuvius? Pompeii
429 D What 'D' comes before clean, rot and ice? Dry
430 T What 'T' is an agitated bath? Jacuzzi
431 B What 'B' is the prayer-book of the Catholic clergy? breviary
432 Q What 'Q' is a small edible game bird? Quail
433 H What 'H' is the Caribbean island south-east of Cuba? Haiti
434 L What 'L' is transparent material cut so at least one surface is rounded? Lens
435 S What 'S' is a planet with at least fifteen satellites? Saturn
436 R What 'R' is the South American 'ostrich'? Rhea
437 E What 'E' is a vestment worn by a Jewish high priest? Ephod
438 M What 'M' is an edible plant with bright yellow flowers? Mustard
439 T What 'T' is the capital of Japan? Tokyo
440 U What 'U' is a marriage, a workers' association and a combination of parts? Union
441 G What 'G' was a French artist who painted in the South Pacific? Gauguin
442 Y What 'Y' is a devotee of yoga - and a bear? Yogi
443 A What 'A' is a deciduous tree of the genus Fraxinus? Ash
444 T What 'T' comes before graph, kinesis and scope? Tele
445 V What 'V' were Odin's handmaidens? Valkyries
446 S What 'S' is a landlocked country with three official languages? Switzerland
447 U What 'U' is going alternatively up and down? Undulation
448 B What 'B' is a female wolf? Bitch
449 E What 'E' is when the sun is directly overhead at the equator? Equinox
450 N What 'N' is England's horse-racing capital? Newmarket
451 I What 'T' controls the supply of sugar from the blood to the muscles? Insulin
452 L What 'L' was a 17th century philosopher? Locke
453 P What 'P' was introduced to Britain from Asia -for sport? Pheasant
454 O What 'O' are quartz-like forms of hydrous silica, prized as gems? Opals
455 H What 'H' could get out of anything? Houdini
456 F What 'F' is complete and ignominious failure? Fiasco
457 D What 'D' is a spotted cube, a plinth and an engraved stamp for coining? Die
458 M What 'M' is a slug or snail? Mollusc
459 J What 'T is named after a Roman two-faced god? January
460 R

What 'R' is a mass for the dead?

Requiem
461 C What 'C' was a Nobel Prize-winning French novelist? Camus
462 E What `E' is a young eel? Elver
463 I What 'I' are electrically-charged atoms? Ions
464 N What 'N' is a Central American republic? Nicaragua
465 R What 'R' is a honey badger? Ratel
466 W What 'W' is a term used for stopping a horse? Whoa
467 D What 'D' is unusually small? Dwarf
468 K What 'K' succeeded Nikita Khrushchev? Kosygin
469 B What 'B' is the upper nose, a card game, and a road bearing structure? Bridge
470 V What 'V' is the world's smallest state? Vatican
471 F What 'F' means fruitful or fertile? Fecund
472 T What 'T' carries sleeping sickness? Tsetse
473 S What 'S' is a ruler's mistress - and a seedless raisin? Sultana
474 Y What 'Y' is affirmative? Yes
475 L What 'I' is the insect order including butterflies and moths? Lepidoptera
476 G What 'G' wrote The Forsythe Saga? Galsworthy
477 P What 'P' was a 19th century French art movement? Pointillism
478 U What 'U' is a large overcoat - and a part of Ireland? Ulster
479 J What 'J' is a fragrant climber of the olive family? Jasmine
480 A What 'A' is a long-eared quadruped with a tufted tail? Ass
481 F What 'F' led the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983? Foot
482 O What 'O' is the largest living bird? Ostrich
483 K What 'K' invented 'shuttle service' diplomacy? Kissinger
484 R What 'R' can all carry plague? Rodents
485 T What 'T' lies between Algeria and Libya? Tunisia
486 A What 'A' is Hebrew for `so be it'? Amen
487 E What `E' is a measure in typography? Em
488 B What 'B' has the human skeleton 206 of? Bones
489 P What 'P is an instrument of torture - for squeezing fingers? Pilliwinks
490 D What 'D' was invented by the founder of the Nobel Prize? Dynamite
491 N What 'N' is December 25th? Noel
492 J What 'J' is a sailing ship, rubbish - and slang for drugs? Junk
493 S What 'S' was an Irish vegetarian playwright? Shaw
494 H What 'H' lies between Guatemala and Nicaragua? Honduras
495 U What 'U' do you take when you're offended? Umbrage
496 G What 'G' is a legendary grave-robber that feeds on corpses? Ghoul
497 M What 'M' is a gun, a cement mixture and a hard vessel? Mortar
498 W What 'W' is an odour or puff of air? Whiff
499 C What 'C' is an engraving in relief on a stone? Cameo
500 L What 'L' was a Renaissance genius? Leonardo