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Question |
Answer |
001 |
M |
What 'M' is an inhabitant of Manchester? |
Mancunian |
002 |
O |
What 'O' is essential for life? |
Oxygen |
003 |
K |
What 'K' was the title of the Mongols' supreme ruler? |
Khan |
004 |
D |
What 'D' was invented by the founder of the Nobel Peace Prize? |
Dynamite |
005 |
J |
What 'J' are the mountains between France and Switzerland? |
Jura |
006 |
P |
What 'P' is to speak or act evasively? |
Prevarictae |
007 |
H |
What 'H' comes before stone, board and hunter? |
Head |
008 |
W |
What 'W' is an SDP female politician? |
Williams |
009 |
F |
What 'F' is the customary ending for a business letter? |
Faithfully |
010 |
B |
What 'B' was the illustrator of Dante's Inferno? |
Botticelli |
011 |
L |
What 'L' is a British motor manufacturer? |
Leyland |
012 |
S |
What 'S' is to plunder or despoil a city? |
Stack |
013 |
T |
What 'T' is the river that flows through Rome? |
Tiber |
014 |
R |
What 'R' was a 1970's world snooker champion? |
Reardon |
015 |
C |
What 'C' are mountains in Inverness? |
Cairngorms |
016 |
E |
What 'E' is a hard black wood? |
Ebony |
017 |
A |
What 'A' was a Greek mathematician? |
Archemedes |
018 |
V |
What 'V' is someone addicted to sensuous pleasures? |
Voluptuary |
019 |
G |
What 'G' is a brick, a kind of eel and an overabundance? |
Glut |
020 |
N |
What 'N' was the last emperor of Russia? |
Nicholas II |
021 |
C |
What 'C' is a common British bird? |
Crow |
022 |
I |
What 'I' were the ancient people of South America? |
Incas |
023 |
N |
What 'N' is a small spout on the nose of a pipe? |
Nozzle |
024 |
O |
What 'O' means eastern? |
Oriental |
025 |
F |
What 'F' was the founder of the science of electro-magnetism? |
Faraday |
026 |
K |
What 'K' is a wailing Irish dirge? |
Keen |
027 |
A |
What 'A' is capable - and a murder victim? |
Able |
028 |
P |
What 'P' is one who claims to reveal God's will? |
Prophet |
029 |
D |
What 'D' comes before mouthed, rooted and seated? |
Deep |
030 |
J |
What 'J' was the emperor who codified Roman law? |
Justinian |
031 |
B |
What 'B' is a kind of rum and something false? |
Bogus |
032 |
Q |
What 'Q' is the tube or barrel of a feather? |
Quilt |
033 |
H |
What 'H' was a Conservative prime minister in the 1970's? |
Heath |
034 |
L |
What 'L' is sexual drive? |
Libido |
035 |
S |
What 'S' is a shoe made of a single piece of wood? |
Sabot |
036 |
R |
What 'R' was a 17th century French dramatist? |
Racine |
037 |
E |
What 'E' is a pachyderm? |
Elephant |
038 |
M |
What 'M' is an Italian secret society? |
Mafia |
039 |
T |
What 'T' is to adjust a ship's sails? |
Trim |
040 |
U |
What 'U' is a lake in Cumbria? |
Ullswater |
041 |
G |
What `G' is the science of heredity? |
Genetics |
042 |
Y |
What 'Y' is U.S. slang for yes or yeah? |
Yep |
043 |
A |
What 'A' was the Frenchman who gave his name to a unit of electricity? |
Ampere |
044 |
T |
What 'T' is capital of Iran? |
Tehran |
045 |
V |
What 'V' is empty of matter or ideas? |
Vacaus |
046 |
S |
What 'S' is a paperback publisher? |
Sphere |
047 |
U |
What 'U' is a natural dark yellow pigment? |
Umber |
048 |
B |
What 'B' is to fasten, break away and swallow hastily? |
Bolt |
049 |
E |
What 'E' was an unready English king? |
Ethelbert |
050 |
N |
What 'N' are non Church of England Christians? |
Nonconformists |
051 |
I |
What 'I' is a large Central American lizard? |
Iguana |
052 |
L |
What `L' is the head of a cabbage? |
Loaf |
053 |
P |
What `P' means to propose for consideration? |
Propound |
054 |
O |
What 'O' is a wild or dissolute revel? |
Orgy |
055 |
H |
What 'H' was the author of She? |
Haggard |
056 |
F |
What 'F' is a break in rock strata -- and loss of scent in hunting? |
Fault |
057 |
D |
What 'D' is to draw a conclusion? |
Deduce |
058 |
M |
What 'M' is the science of prolonging life? |
Macrobiotics |
059 |
J |
What 'J' comes before rabbit, knife and claw? |
Jack |
060 |
R |
What 'R' was the notorious property profiteer? |
Rackman |
061 |
C |
What 'C' means the colour of cloudless sky? |
Cerulean |
062 |
E |
What 'E' is a river in northern England? |
Eden |
063 |
I |
What 'I' was a sacred bird to the ancient Egyptians? |
Ibis |
064 |
N |
What 'N' is a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length? |
Novel |
065 |
R |
What 'R' comes before course, card and horse? |
Race |
066 |
W |
What 'W' comes after bantam, feather and heavy? |
Weight |
067 |
D |
What 'D' is a soldier guilty of a military offence? |
Defaulter |
068 |
K |
What 'K' is a dish of fish, rice and eggs? |
Kedgeree |
069 |
B |
What 'B' is a freshwater fish? |
Bream |
070 |
V |
What 'V' is a south-east Asian socialist republic? |
Vietnam |
071 |
F |
What 'F' means animals? |
Fauna |
072 |
T |
What 'T' was a disgraced leader of the Liberal Party? |
Thorpe |
073 |
S |
What 'S' is state capital of California? |
Sacramento |
074 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a tree often planted in churchyards? |
Yew |
075 |
L |
What 'L' is a close-fitting garment worn by dancers? |
Leotard |
076 |
G |
What 'G' is a group of geese? |
Gaggle |
077 |
P |
What 'P' is someone who works with pipes and cisterns? |
Plumber |
078 |
U |
What 'U' is any useful article in a household? |
Utensil |
079 |
J |
What 'J' were members of a Prussian aristocratic party? |
Junkers |
080 |
A |
What 'A' is Australia? |
Antipodes |
081 |
F |
What 'F' is a young fallow deer'? |
Fawn |
082 |
O |
What 'O' is a group or class of persons or things? |
Order |
083 |
K |
What 'K' is capital of the Sudan? |
Khartoum |
084 |
R |
What 'R' was the introducer of tobacco to Britain? |
Raleigh |
085 |
I |
What 'I' means sharp-tasting? |
Tart |
086 |
A |
What 'A' was a mediaeval siege weapon? |
Archebus |
087 |
E |
What 'E' is another word for a lift? |
Elevator |
088 |
B |
What 'B' is the Italian town a spaghetti dish is named after? |
Bologna |
089 |
P |
What 'P' was the jockey who won the Derby nine times? |
Piggott |
090 |
D |
What 'D' is protection from attack? |
Defence |
091 |
N |
What 'N' was the character who fell in love with his own reflection? |
Narcissus |
092 |
J |
What 'J' means of Julius Caesar'? |
Julian |
093 |
S |
What 'S' is the British river 344 km long'? |
Severn |
094 |
H |
What 'H' is a rat-like pet'? |
Hamster |
095 |
U |
What 'U' comes before steer, ground and water'? |
Under |
096 |
G |
What 'G' is the first book in the bible'? |
Genesis |
097 |
M |
What 'M' is a French tyre maker? |
Michelin |
098 |
W |
What 'W' was Hitler's favourite composer'? |
Wagner |
099 |
C |
What 'C' is a timber, a heraldic term and a winner'? |
Champ |
100 |
L |
What 'L' is a tropical climbing plant'? |
Liana |
101 |
M |
What 'M' is the aquatic mammal also called sea-cow'? |
Manatee |
102 |
O |
What 'O' means to make a metal rust'? |
Oxidise |
103 |
K |
What 'K' was a German-speaking, Czech-bon writer'? |
Kafka |
104 |
D |
What 'D' was Poet Laureat? |
Dryden |
105 |
J |
What 'J' are twelve persons sworn to render a verdict? |
Jury |
106 |
P |
What 'P' is the glue bees use to fix their comes to their hives? |
Proplis |
107 |
H |
What 'H' gave his name to a comet? |
Halley |
108 |
W |
What 'W' comes before bag, fall and mill? |
Wind |
109 |
F |
What 'F' is a yachting cup race? |
Fastnet |
110 |
B |
What 'B' is Satan'? |
Beelzebub |
111 |
L |
What 'L' means of a bluish leaden colour? |
Livid |
112 |
S |
What 'S' was 1977 world snooker champion? |
Spencer |
113 |
T |
What 'T' is a sauce with mayonnaise and chopped gherkins? |
Tartare |
114 |
R |
What 'R' is the Islamic period of fasting? |
Ramadan |
115 |
C |
What 'C' is a soft kind of limestone'? |
Chalk |
116 |
E |
What 'E' was the poet who inspired Cats? |
Eliot |
117 |
A |
What 'A' is a spider? |
Arachnid |
118 |
V |
What 'V' is the world's smallest state? |
Vatican City |
119 |
G |
What 'G' means non-Jewish? |
Gentile |
120 |
N |
What 'N' was an 18th to 19th century admira'? |
Nelson |
121 |
C |
What 'C' is a wine-growing province of eastern France? |
Champagne |
122 |
I |
What 'I' is an uneasy sensation or irritation of the skin? |
Itch |
123 |
N |
What 'N' was the home of Jesus Christ? |
Nazareth |
124 |
O |
What 'O' is the killer whale? |
Orca |
125 |
F |
What 'F' are also called the Malvinas'? |
Falklands |
126 |
K |
What 'K' means producing or causing motion? |
Kinetic |
127 |
A |
What 'A' is forever? |
Always |
128 |
P |
What 'P' are clothes worn at night? |
Pyjamas |
129 |
D |
What 'D' is a Dutch glazed earthenware? |
Delft |
130 |
J |
What 'J' is a peephole and a beast that leads others to slaughter? |
Judas |
131 |
B |
What 'B' was paymaster in the Anglo-Indian army? |
Buckshee |
132 |
Q |
What 'Q' is to interrogate? |
Question |
133 |
H |
What 'H' is an island known for voodoo? |
Haiti |
134 |
L |
What 'L' means fond of going to law? |
Litigious |
135 |
S |
What 'S' was a South African world champion driver? |
Sheckter |
136 |
R |
What 'R' comes before time, bag and doll? |
Rag |
137 |
E |
What 'E' was the first reigning British monarch to visit China? |
Elizabeth II |
138 |
M |
What 'M' is the university of Montreal? |
McGill |
139 |
T |
What 'T' is a levy imposed by the government? |
Tax |
140 |
U |
What 'U' is to conduct or escort someone? |
Usher |
141 |
G |
What 'G' was the soldier who helped unify Italy? |
Garibaldi |
142 |
Y |
What 'Y' is the part in an ovum that nourishes the embryo? |
Yolk |
143 |
A |
What 'A' is a continuous pain? |
Ache |
144 |
T |
What 'T' is a race of people in Sri Lanka? |
Tamil |
145 |
V |
What 'V' was a TV series about alien invasion? |
V |
146 |
S |
What 'S' was winner of seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics? |
Spitz |
147 |
U |
What 'U' are animals with hooves? |
Ungulate |
148 |
B |
What 'B' comes before tree, basket and winner'? |
Bread |
149 |
E |
What 'E' means to wrap up? |
Enfold |
150 |
N |
What 'N' is a kind of smooth-skinned peach'? |
Nectarine |
151 |
I |
What 'I' are the East Indian islands? |
Indonesia |
152 |
L |
What 'L' means causing death? |
Lethal |
153 |
P |
What 'P' was an Irish racehorse trainer'? |
Prendergast |
154 |
O |
What 'O' is to have as one's possession'? |
Own |
155 |
H |
What 'H' is Germany's second largest city'? |
Hamburg |
156 |
F |
What 'F' is extreme scarcity of food'? |
Famine |
157 |
D |
What 'D' is delightful? |
Delectable |
158 |
M |
What 'M' means over-sentimental or tearful? |
Maudlin |
159 |
J |
What 'J' is the note of a nightingale and slang for jail'? |
Jug |
160 |
R |
What 'R' is capital of Burma? |
Rangoon |
161 |
C |
What 'C' comes before lain, maid and pot? |
Chamber |
162 |
E |
What 'E' is a book giving information about almost everything? |
Encyclopedia |
163 |
I |
What 'T' are creatures without spines? |
Invertebrates |
164 |
N |
What 'N' is a sweet composed chiefly of sugar and almonds? |
Nougat |
165 |
R |
What 'R' means to sound off bombastically? |
Rant |
166 |
W |
What 'W' is wearable stereao made by Sony? |
Walkman |
167 |
D |
What 'D' was a Venetian ruler? |
Doge |
168 |
K |
What 'K' is a prominent socialist welsh politician with ginger hair? |
Kinnock |
169 |
B |
What 'B' is the cry of the bittern and a blow'? |
Bump |
170 |
V |
What 'V' is a virus modified to provide immunisation'? |
Vaccine |
171 |
F |
What 'F' is a state of intense happiness? |
Felicity |
172 |
T |
What 'T' is a pub? |
Tavern |
173 |
S |
What 'S' is the division of the outer case of a flower bud? |
Sepal |
174 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a U.S. national park? |
Yellowstone |
175 |
L |
What 'L' is a forty-day period of fasting? |
Lent |
176 |
G |
What 'G' is an Italian city - and almond-topped cake? |
Genoa |
177 |
P |
What 'P' is to hinder or stop? |
Prevent |
178 |
U |
What 'U' means having the same mother, but not father? |
Uterine |
179 |
J |
What 'J' is the liquid part of vegetables? |
Juice |
180 |
A |
What 'A' means literally filled with wonder? |
Awful |
181 |
F |
What 'F' is an abcess under the nail and a criminal? |
Felon |
182 |
O |
What 'O' is the term for a contradiction in terms? |
Oxymoron |
183 |
K |
What 'K' is the capital of Afghanistan? |
Kabul |
184 |
R |
What 'R' is an exhibition of riding skills? |
Rodeo |
185 |
T |
What 'T' is an oil-carrying ship? |
Tanker |
186 |
A |
What 'A' was a Ugandan tyrant? |
Amin |
187 |
E |
What 'E' means to inspire with love? |
Enamour |
188 |
B |
What 'B' is the weatherproof jacket favoured by Royals? |
Barbour |
189 |
P |
What 'V means powerful or strong? |
Potent |
190 |
D |
What 'D' is a tickly English comedian? |
Dodd |
191 |
N |
What 'N' is to observe? |
Notice |
192 |
J |
What 'J' means pertaining to the neck or throat? |
Jugular |
193 |
S |
What 'S' is now Ho-Chi-Minh City? |
Saigon |
194 |
H |
What 'H' is a Shakespearean tragedy? |
Hamlet |
195 |
U |
What 'U' is to assume power wrongfully? |
Usurp |
196 |
G |
What 'G' is India's sacred river? |
Ganges |
197 |
M |
What 'M' is the Greek god of mockery? |
Momus |
198 |
W |
What 'W' is to accustom a child to the loss of its mother's milk? |
Wean |
199 |
C |
What 'C' comes before pit, sack and gas? |
Coal |
200 |
L |
What 'L' is lacking in interest or energy? |
Lethargic |
201 |
M |
What 'M' was the inventor of a system of road-making? |
Macadam |
202 |
O |
What 'O' comes before ford, herd and pecker? |
Ox |
203 |
K |
What 'K' was the emperor of Germany? |
Kaiser |
204 |
D |
What 'D' means to trace out or outline? |
Delineate |
205 |
J |
What 'J' is the month of our summer solstice? |
June |
206 |
P |
What 'P' is a place for keeping dogs? |
Pound |
207 |
H |
What 'H' was a Beatle? |
Harrison |
208 |
W |
What 'W' is land in which rabbits breed? |
Warren |
209 |
F |
What 'F' is a sham attack? |
Feint |
210 |
B |
What 'B' is a street musician? |
Busker |
211 |
L |
What 'L' is blue till it is turned red by acid? |
Litmus |
212 |
S |
What 'S' is the fish that returns to its birthplace to die? |
Salmon |
213 |
T |
What 'T' is a native of Tangiers? |
Tangerine |
214 |
R |
What 'R' is a famous TV rat? |
Roland |
215 |
C |
What 'C' is a furrow, a plank and a narrow range of frequencies? |
Channel |
216 |
E |
What 'E' is void? |
Empty |
217 |
A |
What 'A' is hermaphrodite? |
Androgynous |
218 |
V |
What 'V' was a 17th century Spanish painter? |
Velasquez |
219 |
G |
What 'G' is a colourful lizard? |
Gecko |
220 |
N |
What 'N' means existing in name only? |
Nominal |
221 |
C |
What 'C' is a crack, the lower jaw and a fellow? |
Chap |
222 |
I |
What 'I' was a country once ruled by Sadham Hussein? |
Iraq |
223 |
N |
What 'N' was the Greek goddess of retribution? |
Nemesis |
224 |
O |
What 'O' comes before turn, weight and stay? |
Over |
225 |
F |
What 'F' is animal's hide and a moorland hill? |
Fell |
226 |
K |
What 'K' was an assassinated U.S. president? |
Kennedy |
227 |
A |
What 'A' means in the midst of? |
Among |
228 |
P |
What 'P' is a slang word for crazy? |
Potty |
229 |
D |
What 'D' is someone who fails in a duty or commits a misdeed? |
Delinquent |
230 |
J |
What 'J' is a hispanic administrative committee? |
Junta |
231 |
B |
What 'B' is coarse canvas? |
Burlap |
232 |
Q |
What 'Q' is a square-headed arrow? |
Quarrel |
233 |
H |
What 'H' is capital of Finland? |
Helsinki |
234 |
L |
What 'L' is a territory in Canada and a dog? |
Labrador |
235 |
S |
What 'S' was shorn of his strength with his hair? |
Samson |
236 |
R |
What 'R' is located at the confluence of the Thames and Kennet? |
Reading |
237 |
E |
What 'E' was 'The King' of rock 'n roll? |
Elvis |
238 |
M |
What 'M' is waltzing in the Australian song? |
Matilda |
239 |
T |
What 'T' is used to convert hide to leather? |
Tannin |
240 |
U |
What 'U' is the smallest South American republic? |
Uruguay |
241 |
G |
What 'G' is a Venetian punt? |
Gondola |
242 |
Y |
What 'Y' is essential for fermentation? |
Yeast |
243 |
A |
What 'A' comes before body, social and freeze? |
Anti |
244 |
T |
What 'T' means perceptible by touch? |
Tangible |
245 |
V |
What 'V' is a major Spanish fruit-growing region? |
Valencia |
246 |
S |
What 'S' was Chopin's mistress? |
Sand |
247 |
U |
What 'U' is a four-stringed Hawaiian guitar? |
Ukulele |
248 |
B |
What 'B' is a single storey house? |
Bungalow |
249 |
E |
What 'E' is Britain's number one soap opera? |
Eastenders |
250 |
N |
What 'N' comes before paper, man and letter? |
News |
251 |
I |
What 'I' is someone who breaks images? |
Iconoclast |
252 |
L |
What 'L' is another word for tearful? |
Lachrymose |
253 |
P |
What 'P' is a plant with farinaceous leaves? |
Potato |
254 |
O |
What 'O' was a 17th century English conspirator? |
Oats |
255 |
H |
What 'H' is the oath of medical practitioners? |
Hippocratic |
256 |
F |
What 'F' is to enclose, deal in stolen goods and swordfight? |
Fence |
257 |
D |
What 'D' is to erase or do away with? |
Delete |
258 |
M |
What 'M' was the German founder of communism? |
Marx |
259 |
J |
What 'J' is a projection or protruding point? |
Jut |
260 |
R |
What 'R' means emitting rays of light? |
Radiant |
261 |
C |
What 'C' was Kampuchea? |
Cambodia |
262 |
E |
What 'E' means result, conclusion and limit? |
End |
263 |
I |
What 'I' was once capital of the Roman Empire? |
Istanbul |
264 |
N |
What 'N' is a short quick inclination of the head? |
Nod |
265 |
R |
What 'R' is a question deliberately worded in a puzzling way? |
Riddle |
266 |
W |
What 'W' is considered to be Britain's first prime minister? |
Walpole |
267 |
D |
What 'D' is a three-phase alternator and alluvial land? |
Delta |
268 |
K |
What 'K' is a Jewish mourner's prayer? |
Kaddish |
269 |
B |
What 'B' was the notorious head of the KGB'? |
Beria |
270 |
V |
What 'V' is an amatory or ironic missive? |
Valentine |
271 |
F |
What 'F' is the arrangement of windows in a building? |
Fenestration |
272 |
T |
What 'T' is a small mountain lake? |
Tarn |
273 |
S |
What 'S' is a Liberal leader? |
Steel |
274 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a leading American university? |
Yale |
275 |
L |
What 'L' is a small tree with bright yellow flowers'? |
Laburnam |
276 |
G |
What 'G' is a very tall herbivore'? |
Giraffe |
277 |
P |
What 'P' is someone with foreknowledge of events? |
Prescient |
278 |
U |
What 'U' is a town and racecourse in East Staffordshire? |
Uttoxeter |
279 |
J |
What 'J' is a doorkeeper or caretaker? |
Janitor |
280 |
A |
What 'A' is another word for okay? |
Alright |
281 |
F |
What 'F' is a unity of internally independent states'? |
Federation |
282 |
O |
What 'O' is an enclosure for cultivating fruit trees? |
Orchard |
283 |
K |
What 'K' comes before apple, grass and rat'? |
Kangaroo |
284 |
R |
What 'R' is capital of Morocco? |
Rabat |
285 |
T |
What 'T' is amounting to the same thing? |
Tantamount |
286 |
A |
What 'A' is a Greek hero and household cleaner? |
Ajax |
287 |
E |
What 'E' is a tree with rough, doubly serrated leaves? |
Elm |
288 |
B |
What 'B' is the cavity of the ear in the tympanic membrane? |
Barrel |
289 |
P |
What 'P' is Spain's monetary unit? |
Peseta |
290 |
D |
What 'D' is raw cane sugar'? |
Demerara |
291 |
N |
What 'N' is a small quantity of liquor'? |
Noggin |
292 |
J |
What 'J' is the month named after a two-faced god? |
January |
293 |
S |
What 'S' was ruler of the Soviet Union for nearly thirty years? |
stalin |
294 |
H |
What 'H' is to sleep through the winter'? |
Hibernate |
295 |
U |
What 'U' means having the characteristics of a bear'? |
Ursine |
296 |
G |
What 'G' is the science which describes the Earth's surface? |
Geography |
297 |
M |
What 'M' is a hammer? |
Mallet |
298 |
W |
What 'W' is the London borough of Buckingham Palace? |
Westminster |
299 |
C |
What 'C' is a scarlike mark? |
Cicatrice |
300 |
L |
What 'L' is a protective substance secreted by an insect? |
Lac |
301 |
M |
What 'M' means Hungarian? |
Magyar |
302 |
O |
What 'O' is a British middle-distance runner? |
Ovett |
303 |
K |
What 'K' means resembling a horn? |
Keratoid |
304 |
D |
What 'D' is an inundation or flood? |
Deluge |
305 |
J |
What 'J' is the carnivore 'Panthera Oura'? |
Jaguar |
306 |
P |
What 'P' are divisions of a flower's corolla? |
Petals |
307 |
H |
What 'H' was ruler of the Third Reich? |
Hitler |
308 |
W |
What 'W' is to tend or twist out of shape? |
Warp |
309 |
F |
What 'F' is six feet? |
Fathom |
310 |
B |
What 'B' Was a TV botanist? |
Bellamy |
311 |
L |
What 'L' was the star of the western Shane? |
Ladd |
312 |
S |
What 'S' comes before paper, storm and fly? |
Sand |
313 |
T |
What 'T' is a mechanical projection imparting inter-mittent motion? |
Tappet |
314 |
R |
What 'R' is a valley in mid Glamorgan? |
Rhondda |
315 |
C |
What 'C' was where the Romans held their games? |
Colosseum |
316 |
E |
What 'E' was Napoleon exiled to? |
Elba |
317 |
A |
What 'A' means so be it? |
Amen |
318 |
V |
What 'V' is a device for controlling the passage of liquid? |
Valve |
319 |
G |
What 'G' was a devastating Mongol? |
Gengis |
320 |
N |
What 'N' means cool, casual or indifferent? |
Nonchalant |
321 |
C |
What 'C' was advertised as 'The Real Thing'? |
Coca Cola |
322 |
I |
What 'I' is to set on fire? |
Ignite |
323 |
N |
What 'N' is the bird Keats wrote an ode to? |
Nightingale |
324 |
O |
What 'O' is a portent or prophetic sign? |
Omen |
325 |
F |
What 'F' was the political movement of Mussolini? |
Fascism |
326 |
K |
What 'K' is a military sounding seed? |
Kernel |
327 |
A |
What 'A' comes before body, time and place? |
Any |
328 |
P |
What 'V is the Queen's consort? |
Philip |
329 |
D |
What 'D' was the first English census? |
Domesday |
330 |
J |
What 'J' is a translucent silicate of lime and magnesia? |
Jade |
331 |
B |
What 'B' was Solomon's mother? |
Bathsheba |
332 |
Q |
What 'Q' means given to complaining? |
Querulous |
333 |
H |
What 'H' is a US tree allied to walnut? |
Hickery |
334 |
L |
What 'L' is capital of Nigeria? |
Lagos |
335 |
S |
What 'S' was a 20th century Russian composer? |
Stravinsky |
336 |
R |
What 'R' is to emit hot vapour or stink? |
Reek |
337 |
E |
What 'E' means like a horse? |
Equine |
338 |
M |
What 'M' is a female singer and actress? |
Madonna |
339 |
T |
What 'T' is a Soviet newspaper? |
Tass |
340 |
U |
What 'U' means of a city or town? |
Urban |
341 |
G |
What 'G' was Elizabeth ll's father? |
George |
342 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a Norfolk river? |
Yare |
343 |
A |
What 'A' is a sulphate of lime? |
Alabaster |
344 |
T |
What 'T' is to diminish gradually in thickness? |
Taper |
345 |
V |
What 'V' is where the Pope lives? |
Vatican |
346 |
S |
What 'S' is a long-eared sporting dog? |
Spaniel |
347 |
U |
What 'U' is a ventilating shaft? |
Uptake |
348 |
B |
What 'B' is a flat fish and wine cask? |
Butt |
349 |
E |
What 'E' is a fluent use of language? |
Eloquence |
350 |
N |
What 'N' means Norwegian? |
Norse |
351 |
I |
What 'I' is a hint or slight suspicion? |
Inkling |
352 |
L |
What 'L' comes before killer, bird and ship? |
Lady |
353 |
P |
What 'P' means unreasonably different? |
Peverse |
354 |
O |
What 'O' was a Roman pet? |
Ovid |
355 |
H |
What 'H' is an involuntary spasm of respiratory organs? |
Hiccup |
356 |
F |
What 'F' is a horse doctor? |
Farrier |
357 |
D |
What 'D' means to dig into? |
Delve |
358 |
M |
What 'M' was food for the Israelites in the desert? |
Manna |
359 |
J |
What 'J' means pertaining to the region of James I? |
Jacobean |
360 |
R |
What 'R' is a room used for meals in monasteries? |
Refectory |
361 |
C |
What 'C' is a potato-blighting beetle? |
Colorado |
362 |
E |
What 'E' is the erect cartilage at the root of the tongue? |
Epiglottis |
363 |
I |
What 'I' is a large open fireplace? |
Inglenook |
364 |
N |
What 'N' is Africa's longest river? |
Nile |
365 |
R |
What 'R' is to whirl round or sway unsteadily? |
Reel |
366 |
W |
What 'W' was the author of Brideshead Revisited? |
Waugh |
367 |
D |
What 'D' was a Celtic priest? |
Druid |
368 |
K |
What 'K' is an old-fashioned word for perception? |
Ken |
369 |
B |
What 'B' means plump and comely? |
Buxom |
370 |
V |
What 'V' was an American railway millionaire? |
Vanderbilt |
371 |
F |
What 'F' is a very high voice? |
Falsetto |
372 |
T |
What 'T' is bitartrate of potash? |
Tartar |
373 |
S |
What 'S' was the Scottish author of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? |
Stevenson |
374 |
Y |
What 'Y' is one of Scotland's islands? |
Yell |
375 |
L |
What 'L' is a cellular crytogamic plant? |
Lichen |
376 |
G |
What 'G' was a German poet? |
Goethe |
377 |
P |
What 'P' is a bird which spends almost all its life at sea? |
Petrel |
378 |
U |
What 'U' was the Grecian subject of a Keats ode? |
Urn |
379 |
J |
What 'J' means precisely, punctually and correctly? |
Just |
380 |
A |
What 'A' is the home of the world's hardest horse race? |
Aintree |
381 |
F |
What 'F' is a light, absurd comedy? |
Farce |
382 |
O |
What 'O' is a sultanate in eastern Arabia? |
Oman |
383 |
K |
What 'K' is a cloth used to cover the head? |
Kerchief |
384 |
R |
What 'R' is an arbitrator in games or sports? |
Referee |
385 |
T |
What 'T' is a pendant fringe of thread? |
Tassel |
386 |
A |
What 'A' is US slang for is not? |
Ain't |
387 |
E |
What 'E' is a nervous disease involving fainting? |
Epilepsy |
388 |
B |
What 'B' is a divided city? |
Berlin |
389 |
P |
What 'P' means peevishly impatient or irritable? |
Petulant |
390 |
D |
What 'D' is a writer of thrillers? |
Deighton |
391 |
N |
What 'N' is a corner? |
Nook |
392 |
J |
What 'J' is a dish of sweetened curds? |
Junket |
393 |
S |
What 'S' is a Californian university? |
Stanford |
394 |
H |
What 'H' was the Pied Piper's town? |
Hamelin |
395 |
U |
What 'U' comes before start, end and roar? |
Up |
396 |
G |
What 'G' is the science which investigates the Earth's crust'? |
Geology |
397 |
M |
What 'M' is a brilliant crimson aniline dye? |
Magenta |
398 |
W |
What 'W' is a writ to arrest or search? |
Warrant |
399 |
C |
What 'C' is a precise timepiece? |
Chronograph |
400 |
L |
What 'L' is an Italian make of sports car? |
Lambourgini |
401 |
M |
What 'M' is an animal that suckles its young? |
Mammal |
402 |
O |
What 'O' is the Greek national airline? |
Olympic |
403 |
K |
What 'K' is the collective name for large seaweeds'? |
Kelp |
404 |
D |
What 'D' is the world's most successful cartoonist? |
Disney |
405 |
J |
What 'J' is an east Asian group of islands? |
Japan |
406 |
P |
What 'V is something troublesome or distinctive? |
Pest |
407 |
H |
What 'H' was the platinum blonde film star? |
Harlow |
408 |
W |
What 'W' comes before hammer, hole and ice? |
Water |
409 |
F |
What 'F' is a plant with no stamens or pistils? |
Fern |
410 |
B |
What 'B' was a notorious concentration camp? |
Belsen |
411 |
L |
What 'L' comes before scape, slide and surveyor? |
Land |
412 |
S |
What 'S' is the port capital of the Falkland Islands? |
Stanley |
413 |
T |
What 'T' means of the third order? |
Tertiary |
414 |
R |
What 'R' is someone who relapses into crime? |
Recidivist |
415 |
C |
What 'C' was a mediaeval serf? |
Churl |
416 |
E |
What 'E' is a short poem with a witty ending? |
Epigram |
417 |
A |
What 'A' is a US mountain range? |
Appalachians |
418 |
V |
What 'V' is a tall orchid with fragrant flowers? |
Vanilla |
419 |
G |
What 'G' is a woman of good breeding? |
Gentlewoman |
420 |
N |
What 'N' is to perplex or bring to a standstill? |
Nonplus |
421 |
C |
What 'C' was the cat in Alice in Wonderland? |
Cheshire |
422 |
I |
What 'I' is a resident junior doctor in a hospital? |
Intern |
423 |
N |
What 'N' is an English county being eroded by the sea? |
Norfolk |
424 |
O |
What 'O' was the outstanding US athlete at the 1936 Olympics? |
Owens |
425 |
F |
What 'F' is the part of a horse's foot tufted with hair? |
Fetlock |
426 |
K |
What 'K' is a cask or barrel of less than ten gallons? |
Keg |
427 |
A |
What 'A' is loathsome and repugnant? |
Abominable |
428 |
P |
What 'P' is a formal written request or plea? |
Petition |
429 |
D |
What 'D' is the Irish parliament? |
Dail |
430 |
J |
What 'J' is a garment of twilled cotton? |
Jesus |
431 |
B |
What 'B' is a clown or jester? |
Buffoon |
432 |
Q |
What 'Q' is a band of five players? |
Qintet |
433 |
H |
What 'H' is paradise? |
Heaven |
434 |
L |
What 'L' is the other half of a pair of TV comedians with Large? |
Little |
435 |
S |
What 'S' is the English county famous for pottery? |
Staffordshire |
436 |
R |
What 'R' is someone who shuts himself off from the world? |
Recluse |
437 |
E |
What 'E' comes before centre, graph and logue? |
Epi |
438 |
M |
What 'M' is a commission to act for someone else? |
Mandate |
439 |
T |
What 'T' is the dance named after a spider? |
Tarantella |
440 |
U |
What 'U' are foods which Jews do not eat? |
Unclean |
441 |
G |
What 'G' is a rodent kept as a pet? |
Gerbil |
442 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a sailing boat of the cutter class? |
Yawl |
443 |
A |
What 'A' is a seat of learning? |
Academy |
444 |
T |
What 'T' comes before spoon, party and leaf? |
Tea |
445 |
V |
What 'V' is a Canadian Pacific seaport'? |
Vancouvver |
446 |
S |
What 'S' is a Cambridgeshire cheese? |
Stilton |
447 |
U |
What 'U' was winner of the Nation's Cup in 1984'? |
USA |
448 |
B |
What 'B' founded a major religion'? |
Buddha |
449 |
E |
What 'E' is when day and night are equal? |
Eqionox |
450 |
N |
What 'N' was a gold rush centre of Alaska? |
Nome |
451 |
I |
What 'I' is a person of weak intellect? |
Imbecile |
452 |
L |
What 'L' was the author of Seven Pillars of Wisdom? |
Lawrence |
453 |
P |
What 'P' was the State of Israel? |
Palestine |
454 |
O |
What 'O' is a tree of the genus Quercus? |
Oask |
455 |
H |
What 'H' is a coil or loop'? |
Hank |
456 |
F |
What 'F' is to enrich the soil? |
Fertilise |
457 |
D |
What 'D' means to dry out'? |
Dessicate |
458 |
M |
What 'M' is a dwarf and a tropical bird? |
Manikin |
459 |
J |
What 'J' was an English lexicographer? |
Johnson |
460 |
R |
What 'R' comes before fish, hammer and crystal'? |
Rock |
461 |
C |
What 'C' is a dolt, a fish and a patent lock? |
Chub |
462 |
E |
What 'E' was the Greek god of love? |
Eros |
463 |
I |
What 'I' was hero of the film Raiders of the Lost Ark? |
Indiana |
464 |
N |
What 'N' is the West African republic leading into the Sahara? |
Niger |
465 |
R |
What 'R' is to be careless of consequences? |
Reckless |
466 |
W |
What 'W' was the inventor of the rotary engine? |
Wankel |
467 |
D |
What 'D' is a skin specialist? |
Dermatologist |
468 |
K |
What 'K' is a kind of cabbage? |
Kale |
469 |
B |
What 'B' comes before skin, shot and tooth? |
Buck |
470 |
V |
What 'V' is a London bridge - and make of car? |
Vauxhall |
471 |
F |
What 'F' is an Italian racing car? |
Ferrari |
472 |
T |
What 'T' is a public acknowledgement of esteem? |
Testimonial |
473 |
S |
What 'S' is to neuter a female animal? |
Spary |
474 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a part of New York? |
Yonkers |
475 |
L |
What 'L' is an insect when it's a grub? |
Larva |
476 |
G |
What 'G' is a teuton? |
German |
477 |
P |
What 'P' was half-man, half-goat? |
Pan |
478 |
U |
What 'U' is the whole of existing things? |
Universe |
479 |
J |
What 'J' is a yellow-flowered climbing shrub? |
Jasmine |
480 |
A |
What 'A' was capital of the Gold Coast? |
Accra |
481 |
F |
What 'F' is an insignificant falsehood? |
Fib |
482 |
O |
What 'O' is a make of watch and a.Greek letter? |
Omega |
483 |
K |
What 'K' is a West Australian gold-mining region? |
Kalgoorlie |
484 |
R |
What 'R' is unwilling? |
Reluctant |
485 |
T |
What 'T' is the stomach of an ox? |
Tripe |
486 |
A |
What 'A' was the author of Life on Earth? |
Attenborough |
487 |
E |
What 'E' is a duelling sword? |
Epee |
488 |
B |
What 'B' is a one-horse-drawn vehicle? |
Buggy |
489 |
P |
What 'P' was the Roman name for Neptune? |
Poseidon |
490 |
D |
What 'D' is a camel? |
Dromedary |
491 |
N |
What 'N' means to cut unevenly? |
Notch |
492 |
J |
What 'Y is an opaque variety of quartz? |
Jasper |
493 |
S |
What 'S' is a simpleton, a weapon and vegetable fluid? |
Sap |
494 |
H |
What 'H' is someone who announces another's approach? |
Harbinger |
495 |
U |
What 'U' is the condition of being one? |
Unity |
496 |
G |
What 'G' was President of France? |
Gaulle |
497 |
M |
What 'M' is a raving madman? |
Maniac |
498 |
W |
What 'W' is the mess cabin of naval officers? |
Wardroom |
499 |
C |
What 'C' is the collarbone? |
Clavicle |
500 |
L |
What 'L' has the chemical symbol Pb? |
Lead |