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Question |
Answer |
| 001 |
M |
What 'M' was a medieval drink of fermented honey and water? |
Mead |
| 002 |
O |
What 'O' was the respected British actor who died in 1989? |
Olivier |
| 003 |
K |
What 'K' is a collective farm in Israel? |
Kibbutz |
| 004 |
D |
What 'D' is a chequered board game? |
draughts |
| 005 |
I |
What 'I' was an Israeli port and is a sort of orange? |
Jaffa |
| 006 |
P |
What 'P' is a bird and a paperback book? |
Penguin |
| 007 |
H |
What 'H' is the Prince of Denmark? |
Hamlet |
| 008 |
W |
What 'W' is Peter Pan's friend? |
Wendy |
| 009 |
F |
What 'F' is a long, narrow inlet of the sea, bounded by steep mountain slopes? |
Fjord |
| 010 |
B |
What 'B' is Disney's baby deer? |
Bambi |
| 011 |
L |
What 'L' is a French grammar school? |
Lycee |
| 012 |
S |
What 'S' is a flavouring, especially used in Chinese cooking? |
Soya |
| 013 |
T |
What 'T' is the betrayal of government? |
treason |
| 014 |
R |
What 'R' was a film starring Dustin Hoffman about a mentally handicapped man? |
Rainman |
| 015 |
C |
What 'C' played 007? |
Connery |
| 016 |
E |
What 'E' is a round, red-skinned cheese? |
Edam |
| 017 |
A |
What 'A' comes before 'of my eye'? |
Apple |
| 018 |
V |
What 'V' is a structure to carry a road or a railway over a valley? |
Viaduct |
| 019 |
G |
What 'G' is an engineless aeroplane? |
Glider |
| 020 |
N |
What 'N' is a nurse who cares for children? |
Nanny |
| 021 |
C |
What 'C' makes plants green? |
Chlorophyll |
| 022 |
I |
What 'I' is in the eye and also a flower? |
Iris |
| 023 |
N |
What 'N' lost at Waterloo? |
Napoleon |
| 024 |
O |
What 'O' is to convert into bone? |
Ossify |
| 025 |
F |
What 'F' is silliness or weakness and also a useless monument? |
Folly |
| 026 |
K |
What 'K' is a smoked herring? |
Kipper |
| 027 |
A |
What 'A' wrote Kane and Abel? |
Archer |
| 028 |
P |
What 'P' is a royal colour? |
Purple |
| 029 |
D |
What 'D' is J.R.'s town? |
Dallas |
| 030 |
J |
What 'J' is a bird of the crow family? |
Jackdaw |
| 031 |
B |
What 'B' is a one-storeyed house? |
Bungalow |
| 032 |
Q |
What 'Q' is a hunted animal? |
Quarry |
| 033 |
H |
What 'H' is a word for a gangster? |
Hoodlum |
| 034 |
L |
What 'L' is a game invented by Red Indians? |
Lacrosse |
| 035 |
S |
What 'S' has a famous opera house? |
Sydney |
| 036 |
R |
What 'R' discovered tobacco? |
Raleigh |
| 037 |
E |
What 'E' is a Scottish town, famous for its drama festival? |
Edinburgh |
| 038 |
M |
What 'M' is a man who is mean with money? |
Miser |
| 039 |
T |
What 'T' is a bird and also a country? |
Turkey |
| 040 |
U |
What 'U' is a one-wheeled cycle? |
Unicycle |
| 041 |
G |
What `G' is a giant African ape? |
Gorilla |
| 042 |
Z |
What 'Z' is a character in Tender is the Night? |
Zelda |
| 043 |
A |
What 'A' are tiny air sacs in the lungs? |
Alveoli |
| 044 |
T |
What 'T' is a red fruit? |
Tomato |
| 045 |
V |
What 'V' is to contend for superiority, to strive for attention? |
Vie |
| 046 |
S |
What 'S' is a bacteria causing food poisoning? |
Salmonella |
| 047 |
U |
What is the African state which became independent of Britain in 1962? |
Uganda |
| 048 |
B |
What 'B' is a score one stroke under par in golf? |
Birdie |
| 049 |
E |
What `E' is weak, ineffectual or decadent? |
Effete |
| 050 |
N |
What 'N' is the national union of public employees? |
NUPE |
| 051 |
I |
I What 'I' was a Greek mythological character who wore wings of wax? |
Ivarus |
| 052 |
L |
What `L' is a fabric of woven silver or gold threads? |
Lame |
| 053 |
P |
What `P' comes before apple, nut and tree? |
Pine |
| 054 |
O |
What '0' was a famous Greek shipping magnate? |
Onassis |
| 055 |
H |
What 'H' is the Bronte village? |
Haworth |
| 056 |
F |
What 'F' is a projection above a horse's hoof? |
Fetlock |
| 057 |
D |
What 'D' is the simplest of the Greek orders of architecture? |
Doric |
| 058 |
M |
What 'M' took the Pilgrim Fathers to America? |
Mayflower |
| 059 |
J |
What 'J' is an old motor-car or aeroplane? |
Jalopy |
| 060 |
R |
What 'R' is West Indian-style music? |
Reggae |
| 061 |
C |
What 'C' pioneered the medicinal use of radioactivity? |
Curie |
| 062 |
E |
What 'E' wrote Murder in the Cathedral? |
Eliot |
| 063 |
I |
What 'I' is a bar of silver or gold? |
Ingot |
| 064 |
N |
What 'N' is a small quantity of spirits and a pinch? |
Nip |
| 065 |
R |
What 'R' are all kings called? |
Rex |
| 066 |
W |
What 'W' is the world's largest mammal? |
Whale |
| 067 |
D |
What 'D' comes before think, cross and time? |
Double |
| 068 |
K |
What 'K' is slang for a New Zealander? |
Kiwi |
| 069 |
B |
What 'B' invented a method which allows blind people to read? |
Braille |
| 070 |
V |
What 'V' is a Russian spirit distilled from rye? |
Vodka |
| 071 |
F |
What 'F' is a black and white cow? |
Friesan |
| 072 |
T |
What 'T' was an ancient Roman citizen's outer dress? |
Toga |
| 073 |
S |
What 'S' is Poland's trade union movement? |
Solidarity |
| 074 |
Y |
What 'Y' is slang for cowardly? |
Yellow |
| 075 |
L |
What 'L' means belonging to Liverpool? |
Liverpudlian |
| 076 |
G |
What 'G' was the first American to orbit the earth? |
Glenn |
| 077 |
P |
What 'P' is a Spanish dish of rice with chicken and shellfish? |
Paella |
| 078 |
U |
What 'U' is the cosmos? |
Universe |
| 079 |
J |
What 'J' is the frost's name? |
Jack |
| 080 |
A |
What 'A' is the highest adult male voice? |
Alto |
| 081 |
F |
What 'F' is whimsical, attuned to the supernatural? |
Fey |
| 082 |
O |
What 'O' was son of Jocasta, whom he loved incestuously? |
Oedipus |
| 083 |
K |
What 'K' is the New Zealand national bird? |
Kiwi |
| 084 |
R |
What 'R' is a novel by Daphne du Maurier and a film by Hitchcock? |
Rebecca |
| 085 |
T |
What 'T' is a London art gallery, housing the British and modern collections? |
Tate |
| 086 |
A |
What 'A' is another name for Venus? |
Aphrodite |
| 087 |
E |
What `E' is where the Derby is run? |
Epsom |
| 088 |
B |
What 'B' is the capital of Colombia? |
Bogota |
| 089 |
P |
What `P' is to preserve food? |
Pickle |
| 090 |
D |
What 'D' is a widow possessing property or a title? |
Dowager |
| 091 |
N |
What 'N' is to render legally void or ineffectual? |
Nullify |
| 092 |
J |
What 1' is a character in a nonsense verse ballad? |
Jabberwocky |
| 093 |
S |
What 'S' is the shoulder blade? |
Scapula |
| 094 |
H |
What 'H' was the first Plantagenet king? |
Henry I |
| 095 |
U |
What 'U' is the ideal human society? |
Utopia |
| 096 |
G |
What `G' is a 1964 James Bond film starring Sean Connery? |
Goldfinger |
| 097 |
M |
What 'M' is Agatha Christie's spinster detective? |
Miss Marple |
| 098 |
W |
What 'W' is an Indian hut? |
Wigwam |
| 099 |
C |
What 'C' makes barrels? |
Cooper |
| 100 |
L |
What 'L' was father of Sir Galahad? |
Lancelot |
| 101 |
M |
What 'M' was a Gorgan with snakes for hair? |
Medusa |
| 102 |
O |
What 'O' wrote Look Back in Anger? |
Osborne |
| 103 |
K |
What 'K' is a loose Japanese garment? |
Kimono |
| 104 |
D |
What 'D' is to scribble or draw aimlessly? |
Doodle |
| 105 |
J |
What 'J' is a fragrant white or yellow flower? |
Jonquil |
| 106 |
P |
What 'P' was converted on the road to Damascus? |
Paul |
| 107 |
H |
What 'H' is the capital of Cuba? |
Havanna |
| 108 |
W |
What 'W' is second in line to the throne? |
William |
| 109 |
F |
What 'F' is Britain's most popular participatory outdoor sport? |
Fishing |
| 110 |
B |
What 'B' is the sport governed by the Queensbury Rules? |
Boxing |
| 111 |
L |
What 'L'' was the Chancellor of the Exchequer who resigned in October 1989? |
Lawson |
| 112 |
S |
What 'S' Fixed It? |
Saville |
| 113 |
T |
What 'T' is Cockney rhyming slang for hat? |
Titfer |
| 114 |
R |
What 'R' is a potentially fatal condition spread by the saliva of infected animals and not yet found in the UK? |
Rabies |
| 115 |
C |
What 'C' is a celebratory drink? |
Champagne |
| 116 |
E |
What `E' is a French word used for style and vigour? |
Elan |
| 117 |
A |
What 'A' was the first man to walk to the South Pole? |
Amundsen |
| 118 |
V |
What 'V' is a thick potato or leek soup, often served chilled? |
Vichyssoise |
| 119 |
G |
What `G' bent spoons? |
Geller |
| 120 |
N |
What 'N' comes before egg and after bird's? |
Nest |
| 121 |
C |
What 'C' is a horse's gait? |
Canter |
| 122 |
I |
What 'I' means lazy? |
Indolent |
| 123 |
N |
What 'N' is slang for food? |
Nosh |
| 124 |
O |
What 'O' was an early, much-admired pop star who died of a heart attack in 1988? |
Orbison |
| 125 |
F |
What 'F' is the leader of the gang of pickpockets in Oliver? |
Fagin |
| 126 |
K |
What 'K' is a Japanese system of unarmed combat? |
Karate |
| 127 |
A |
What 'A' is a small salty fish? |
Anchovy |
| 128 |
P |
What '13' is a Spanish franc? |
Peseta |
| 129 |
D |
What 'D' is to exalt to the rank of god? |
Deify |
| 130 |
J |
What 'J' released a record, 'Let's Get Serious', which sold more than a million copies? |
Jackson |
| 131 |
B |
What 'B' wrote `Tyger! Tyger! burning bright/In the forests of the night ...'? |
Blake |
| 132 |
Q |
What 'Q' is feeling sick? |
Queasy |
| 133 |
H |
What 'H' means raggedly and roughly hairy? |
Hirsute |
| 134 |
L |
What `L' is the German airforce? |
Luftwaffe |
| 135 |
S |
What 'S' is a Russian tea dispenser? |
Samovar |
| 136 |
R |
What 'R' is the scale used for measuring earthquakes? |
Richter |
| 137 |
E |
What `E' is the act of putting painlessly to death, especially in cases of incurable suffering? |
Euthanasia |
| 138 |
M |
What 'M' could turn anything to gold? |
Midas |
| 139 |
T |
What 'T' is a jungle hero? |
Tarzan |
| 140 |
U |
What 'U' do you take if you feel offended? |
Umbrage |
| 141 |
G |
What `G' was an archangel? |
Gabriel |
| 142 |
Z |
What 'Z' is a city in north-west Yugoslavia? |
Zagreb |
| 143 |
A |
What 'A' is the fruit of the oak? |
Acorn |
| 144 |
T |
What 'T' is the art of stuffing animals? |
Taxidermy |
| 145 |
V |
What 'V' is a kind of Norse heaven? |
Valhalla |
| 146 |
S |
What 'S' is a poem of fourteen lines? |
Sonnet |
| 147 |
U |
What `U' is a Russian mountain range? |
Urals |
| 148 |
B |
What 'B' was the Man Who Fell to Earth? |
Bowie |
| 149 |
E |
What `E' is an Old Testament prophet? |
Elijah |
| 150 |
N |
What 'N' is the beverage of gods, the honey in the glands of plants? |
Nectar |
| 151 |
I |
What 'I' is the personification of evil in Othello? |
Iago |
| 152 |
L |
What is a Soviet town which once suffered a long siege? |
Leningrad |
| 153 |
P |
What `P' is Mexican currency? |
Peso |
| 154 |
O |
What '0' is an outcast, denied legal protection? |
Outlaw |
| 155 |
H |
What 'H' is a light, odourless gas used in balloons? |
Helium |
| 156 |
F |
What 'F' is a Spanish word for festivity, also used in English? |
Fiesta |
| 157 |
D |
What 'D' is a sort of sole? |
Dover |
| 158 |
M |
What 'M' is a plant which goes well with lamb? |
Mint |
| 159 |
J |
What T turns you green? |
Jealousy |
| 160 |
R |
What 'R' is a famous lover, of the Montagu family? |
Romeo |
| 161 |
C |
What 'C' is a red colouring made from beetles? |
Cochineal |
| 162 |
E |
What `E' is the conscious and thinking part of the personality? |
Ego |
| 163 |
I |
What 'I' is the act of presenting with the robes or insignia of office? |
Investiture |
| 164 |
N |
What 'N' is the point of the story? |
Nub |
| 165 |
R |
What 'R' is a mass for the dead? |
Requiem |
| 166 |
W |
What 'W' is where most of British government is based? |
Whitehall |
| 167 |
D |
What 'D' is an Alpine peasant's skirt? |
Dirndl |
| 168 |
K |
What 'K', an American clergyman and civil rights leader, had a dream? |
King |
| 169 |
B |
What 'B' suffered a horrendous chemical accident in India in 1984? |
Bophal |
| 170 |
V |
What 'V' is to revile with abusive language? |
Vilify |
| 171 |
F |
What 'F' is a famous and exuberant television chef? |
Floyd |
| 172 |
T |
What 'T' is the sport in which the Wightman cup can be won? |
Tennis |
| 173 |
S |
What 'S' is a berry for flavouring gin? |
Sloe |
| 174 |
Y |
What 'Y' is John Lennon's widow? |
Yoko |
| 175 |
L |
What 'L' is someone who throws rubbish where they shouldn't? |
Litterbug |
| 176 |
G |
What 'G' was Hitler's Minister of Information? |
Goebbels |
| 177 |
P |
What 'P' is a planet discovered in 1930? |
Pluto |
| 178 |
U |
What 'U' is a girl's name meaning little she-bear? |
Ursula |
| 179 |
J |
What 'I' is a jest or a joke? |
Jape |
| 180 |
A |
What 'A' is a collection of tools or equipment for a special purpose? |
Apparatus |
| 181 |
F |
What 'F' is a Yuppie's diary? |
Filofax |
| 182 |
O |
What 'O' is a nocturnal bird? |
Owl |
| 183 |
K |
What 'K' had a hit with Locomotion? |
Kylie |
| 184 |
R |
What 'R' is a highly prized red stone? |
Ruby |
| 185 |
T |
What 'T' is a bridge that opens? |
Tower |
| 186 |
A |
What 'A' is Liverpool Football Club's ground? |
Anfield |
| 187 |
E |
What `E' is the highest mountain? |
Everest |
| 188 |
B |
What 'B' is the royal yacht? |
Britannia |
| 189 |
P |
What `P' reads the same backwards as forwards? |
Palindrome |
| 190 |
D |
What 'D' wrote Dombey and Son? |
Dickens |
| 191 |
N |
What 'N' is a Scottish monster? |
Nessie |
| 192 |
J |
What T was the captain of the Ryder Cup golf team in 1989? |
Jacklin |
| 193 |
S |
What 'S' burns under water? |
Sodium |
| 194 |
H |
What 'H' is a wealthy north London suburb with a heath? |
Hampstead |
| 195 |
U |
What `U' was an innovative novel? |
Ulysses |
| 196 |
G |
What `G' raised money by organising BANDAID? |
Geldof |
| 197 |
M |
What 'M' is an edible fungus? |
Mushroom |
| 198 |
W |
What 'W' comes before lash but after horse? |
Whip |
| 199 |
C |
What 'C' is a type of wine? |
Claret |
| 200 |
L |
What 'L' sang Imagine? |
Lennon |
| 201 |
M |
What 'M' governs the tides? |
Moon |
| 202 |
O |
What 'O' puts its head in the sand? |
Ostrich |
| 203 |
K |
What 'K' comes before stone, word and hole? |
Key |
| 204 |
D |
What 'D' is a little song to be sung? |
Ditty |
| 205 |
J |
What 'J' is a precious green stone? |
Jade |
| 206 |
P |
What 'P' is the English form of Beijing? |
Peking |
| 207 |
H |
What 'H' is Prince Charles's home? |
Highgrove |
| 208 |
W |
What 'W' is a male witch? |
Warlock |
| 209 |
F |
What 'F' is a car with a dancing horse symbol? |
Ferrari |
| 210 |
B |
What 'B' invented the telephone? |
Bell |
| 211 |
L |
What `L' is the capital of Peru? |
Lima |
| 212 |
S |
What 'S' is a pullover and a group of islands? |
Shetland |
| 213 |
T |
What 'T' wrote War and Peace? |
Tolstoy |
| 214 |
R |
What 'R' is a school and also a game? |
Rugby |
| 215 |
C |
What 'C' shot John Lennon? |
Chapman |
| 216 |
E |
What `E' lives in a very cold climate? |
Eskimo |
| 217 |
A |
What 'A' is a counting frame? |
Abacus |
| 218 |
V |
What 'V' is calf's flesh as food? |
Veal |
| 219 |
G |
What `G' is a small bomb thrown by hand? |
Grenade |
| 220 |
N |
What 'N' discovered the laws of gravity? |
Newton |
| 221 |
C |
What 'C' is used to send secret messages? |
Code |
| 222 |
I |
What 'I' is a river in Oxford? |
Isis |
| 223 |
N |
What 'N' is the principal alkaloid in tobacco? |
Nicotine |
| 224 |
O |
What 'O' is a Belgian port used by English ferries? |
Ostend |
| 225 |
F |
What 'F' is the French football association? |
Fifa |
| 226 |
K |
What 'K' is a dull brownish-green colour? |
Khaki |
| 227 |
A |
What 'A' is where the Archers live? |
Ambridge |
| 228 |
P |
What 'P' is a girl's name that sounds like money? |
Penny |
| 229 |
D |
What 'D' loved Chloe? |
Daphnis |
| 230 |
J |
What 'J' is to leave or reject, especially a lover? |
Jilt |
| 231 |
B |
What 'B' first ran a mile in under four minutes? |
Bannister |
| 232 |
Q |
What 'Q' is to tremble or vibrate — and a musical note length? |
Quaver |
| 233 |
H |
What 'H' is the biggest shop in London? |
Harrods |
| 234 |
L |
What 'L' is the river that runs through Dublin? |
Liffey |
| 235 |
S |
What 'S' comes before cake and after mustard? |
Seed |
| 236 |
R |
What 'R' is a yacht or boat race-meeting? |
Regatta |
| 237 |
E |
What 'E' was a nineteenth-century Socialist leader who worked with Marx? |
Engels |
| 238 |
M |
What 'M' was the Roman god of war? |
Mars |
| 239 |
T |
What 'T' is a Spanish omelette? |
Tortilla |
| 240 |
U |
What 'U' is a large, unspecified number? |
Umpteen |
| 241 |
G |
G What `G' is a Venetian boat? |
Gondola |
| 242 |
Z |
What 'Z' is a stringed instrument? |
Zither |
| 243 |
A |
What 'A' was the first man on the moon? |
Armstrong |
| 244 |
T |
What 'T' is a pink fish paste? |
Taramasalata |
| 245 |
V |
What 'V' was Nelson's flagship? |
Victory |
| 246 |
S |
What 'S' is a fortified wine? |
Sherry |
| 247 |
U |
What 'TY is the heaviest natural element? |
Uranium |
| 248 |
B |
What 'B' climbed Everest at fifty? |
Bonnington |
| 249 |
E |
What `E' is a duck? |
Eider |
| 250 |
N |
What 'N' is a female goat? |
Nanny |
| 251 |
I |
What `I' has a green, red and white flag? |
Italy |
| 252 |
L |
What is Scotland's biggest loch? |
Lomond |
| 253 |
P |
What `P' comes after house, birthday and third? |
Party |
| 254 |
O |
What 'O' is an egg dish? |
Omelette |
| 255 |
H |
What 'H' is a large gun? |
Howutzer |
| 256 |
F |
What 'F' was the title taken by Hitler? |
Fuhrer |
| 257 |
D |
What 'D' is man's best friend? |
Dog |
| 258 |
M |
What 'M' is the Queen Mother's castle? |
Mey |
| 259 |
J |
What T is to be reluctant and the projecting arm of a crane? |
Jib |
| 260 |
R |
What 'R' is a contest of cowboy skills? |
Rodeo |
| 261 |
C |
What 'C' is a timepiece? |
Clock |
| 262 |
E |
What `E' is a triangle with equal-lengthed sides? |
Equilateral |
| 263 |
I |
What 'I' means fearless and bold? |
Intrepid |
| 264 |
N |
What 'N' was the quintessentially English actor who died of Motor Neurone Disease in 1983? |
Niven |
| 265 |
R |
What 'R' is an enzyme in the stomach responsible for clotting milk? |
Rennin |
| 266 |
W |
What `Ws' are kept at Madame Tussaud's? |
Waxworks |
| 267 |
D |
What 'D' are people said to be as dead as? |
Dodos |
| 268 |
K |
What sixteen `Ks' equal ten miles? |
Kilometres |
| 269 |
B |
What 'B', spelt differently, is where barristers and ballet dancers practise? |
Bar |
| 270 |
V |
What 'V' is the setting for MASH? |
Vietnam |
| 271 |
F |
What 'F' was the American president after Nixon? |
Ford |
| 272 |
T |
What 'T' is the drum section of the orchestra? |
Timpani |
| 273 |
S |
What 'S' is simple? |
Simon |
| 274 |
Y |
What 'Y' is the county Geoff Boycott played for? |
Yorkshire |
| 275 |
L |
What `L' won the European Song Contest with `Boom Bang a Bang'? |
Lulu |
| 276 |
G |
What 'G' is a mixture of blue and yellow? |
Green |
| 277 |
P |
What 'P' is Imran Khan's native country? |
Pakistan |
| 278 |
U |
What 'U' is a United Nations educational, cultural and scientific organisation? |
UNICEF |
| 279 |
J |
What 'J' is a knife, a rabbit and a pine? |
Jack |
| 280 |
A |
What 'A' is a major Dutch port? |
Antwerp |
| 281 |
F |
What 'F' is a word for a serious crime? |
Felony |
| 282 |
O |
What 'O' is the city of dreaming spires? |
Oxford |
| 283 |
K |
What is the 'K' in a.k.a.? |
Known |
| 284 |
R |
What 'R' is the sport Steve Smith plays? |
Rugby |
| 285 |
T |
What 'T' is an Indian drum? |
Tomtom |
| 286 |
A |
What 'A' is a process or organ not requiring oxygen? |
Anaerobic |
| 287 |
E |
What `E' showed that space is curved? |
Einstein |
| 288 |
B |
What 'B' owns Virgin Records? |
Branson |
| 289 |
P |
What `P' loves spinach? |
Popeye |
| 290 |
D |
What 'D' was 007 in Licence to Kill? |
Dalton |
| 291 |
N |
What 'N' is the capital of Cyprus? |
Nocosia |
| 292 |
J |
What T is another name for Jupiter? |
Jove |
| 293 |
S |
What 'S' is a military school? |
Sandhurst |
| 294 |
H |
What 'H' starred in Tootsie? |
Hoffman |
| 295 |
U |
What '13' is a bone in the forearm? |
Ulna |
| 296 |
G |
What 'G' is an archangel? |
Gabriel |
| 297 |
M |
What 'M' is the mast at the back of a boat? |
Mizzen |
| 298 |
W |
What 'W' is a tiny British bird? |
Wren |
| 299 |
C |
What 'C' is a family famous for design retailing? |
Conran |
| 300 |
L |
What `L' was a motor-racing champion who was badly burned in 1976, but returned to become world champion again? |
Lauda |
| 301 |
M |
What 'M' has been capturing audiences for over thirty years? |
Mousetrap |
| 302 |
O |
What 'O' is the layer of atmosphere damaged by some aerosols? |
Ozone |
| 303 |
K |
What 'K' did Richard want to change for a horse? |
Kingdom |
| 304 |
D |
What 'D' sang `Blowin' in the Wind' in the 60s? |
Dylan |
| 305 |
J |
What `J' is a spear thrown for sport? |
Javelin |
| 306 |
P |
What `P' wrote The Homecoming and The Caretaker? |
Pinter |
| 307 |
H |
What 'H' produced Psycho? |
Hitchcock |
| 308 |
W |
What 'W' said 'Wake me up before you go go'? |
Wham |
| 309 |
F |
What 'F' means a lover of France? |
Francophile |
| 310 |
B |
What 'B' was appointed Poet Laureate in 1972? |
Betjeman |
| 311 |
L |
What `L' is a collection of books? |
Library |
| 312 |
S |
What 'S' is a small Chinese boat? |
Sampan |
| 313 |
T |
What 'T' chased Jerry? |
Tom |
| 314 |
R |
What 'R' is a measure of paper quantity? |
Ream |
| 315 |
C |
What 'C' was made Prince of Wales in 1968? |
Charles |
| 316 |
E |
What `E' is a tattoo and a festival? |
Edinburgh |
| 317 |
A |
What 'A' was the first man to reach the South Pole? |
Amundsen |
| 318 |
V |
What 'V' had a famous merchant? |
Venice |
| 319 |
G |
What `G' is a small desert-dwelling rodent? |
Gerbil |
| 320 |
N |
What 'N' is a stinging plant which can be made into soup? |
Nettle |
| 321 |
C |
What 'C' is a cancer-producing agent? |
Carcinogen |
| 322 |
I |
What 'I' is a spineless animal? |
Invertebrate |
| 323 |
N |
What 'N' means from Naples? |
Neapolitan |
| 324 |
O |
What 'O' are the world's greatest games? |
Olympics |
| 325 |
F |
What 'F' was an Austrian psychiatrist who died in 1939? |
Freud |
| 326 |
K |
What 'K' is an Australian marsupial like a small bear? |
Koala |
| 327 |
A |
What 'A' was the Filipino president who was almost toppled in December 1989? |
Aquino |
| 328 |
P |
What `P' was the detective created by Agatha Christie? |
Poirot |
| 329 |
D |
What 'D' comes before hill and pour? |
Down |
| 330 |
J |
What T is a race-horse rider? |
Jockey |
| 331 |
B |
What 'B' recorded a pilgrim's progress? |
Bunyan |
| 332 |
Q |
What `C/ is a piece of boggy ground? |
Quagmire |
| 333 |
H |
What 'H' is a colourless, odourless gas? |
Helium |
| 334 |
L |
What `L' is a hard sweet impaled on a stick? |
Lolly |
| 335 |
S |
What 'S' was lead singer in The Police? |
Sting |
| 336 |
R |
What 'R' let her hair down to get out of trouble? |
Rapunzel |
| 337 |
E |
What `E' comes before Doolittle? |
Eliza |
| 338 |
M |
What 'M' is short-sightedness? |
Myopia |
| 339 |
T |
What 'T' is an American school term? |
Trimester |
| 340 |
U |
What 'U' is one who escorts people to their seats, often at weddings? |
Usher |
| 341 |
G |
What `G' is an evangelising American preacher? |
Graham |
| 342 |
Z |
What 'Z' is an island in the Indian Ocean off eastern Africa? |
Zanzibar |
| 343 |
A |
What 'A' is a system of letters arranged in order? |
Alphabet |
| 344 |
T |
What 'T' comes after Alfred Lord? |
Tennyson |
| 345 |
V |
What 'V' is an old and experienced soldier? |
Veteran |
| 346 |
S |
What 'S' had a hit with 'Sailing'? |
Stewart |
| 347 |
U |
What `U' is an amber liquid excreted by the kidneys? |
Urine |
| 348 |
B |
What 'B' wrote a classic cookery book? |
Beeton |
| 349 |
E |
What 'E' was king of England in 1272? |
Edward I |
| 350 |
N |
What 'N' is a huge Canadian waterfall? |
Niagara |
| 351 |
I |
What 'I' is the period between two rulers? |
Interregnum |
| 352 |
L |
What 'L' is a green fruit resembling a lemon? |
Lime |
| 353 |
P |
What 'P' was 1989 world motor racing champion? |
Prost |
| 354 |
O |
What 'O' is a colour and a town in France? |
Orange |
| 355 |
H |
What 'H' comes before skirt, bell and brush? |
Hair |
| 356 |
F |
What is 40 poles? |
Furlong |
| 357 |
D |
What 'D' are needed to make computers work? |
Disks |
| 358 |
M |
What 'M' was the venue of the first Test Match? |
Melbourne |
| 359 |
J |
What 'J' was Easau's twin? |
Jacob |
| 360 |
R |
What 'R' was the old name for Burma's capital? |
Rangoon |
| 361 |
C |
What 'C' is the venue for the yearly London flower show? |
Chelsea |
| 362 |
E |
What `E' is a north-eastern African country, often famine-stricken? |
Ethiopia |
| 363 |
I |
What 'I' is the daughter of the king of Spain or Portugal? |
Infanta |
| 364 |
N |
What 'N' is a new entrant to a religious order? |
Novice |
| 365 |
R |
What 'R' comes before cane and vinegar? |
Raspberry |
| 366 |
W |
What 'W' was the creator of distinctive blue and white jasper ware? |
Wedgewood |
| 367 |
D |
What 'D' comes before hill and pour? |
Down |
| 368 |
K |
What 'K' is a type of cabbage, mostly eaten by cows? |
Kale |
| 369 |
B |
What 'B' won the Men's Singles at Wimbledon in 1989? |
Becker |
| 370 |
V |
What 'V' is a northerly American state? |
Virginia |
| 371 |
F |
What 'F' is a fat, dissolute and jovial Shakespearean character? |
Falstaff |
| 372 |
T |
What 'T' is a striped cat? |
Tabby |
| 373 |
S |
What 'S' is a root vegetable tasting of asparagus? |
Salsify |
| 374 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a north-western Canadian territory? |
Yukon |
| 375 |
L |
What `L' is the statue in New York's harbour? |
Liberty |
| 376 |
G |
What `G' is not a Jew? |
Gentile |
| 377 |
P |
What 'P' was the Greek god of Nature? |
Pan |
| 378 |
U |
What 'U' is the chemical element represented by that letter? |
Uranium |
| 379 |
J |
What 'T' had great patience? |
Job |
| 380 |
A |
What 'A' is a slipping of snow? |
Avalance |
| 381 |
F |
What 'F' made fabulous jewelled eggs? |
Faberge |
| 382 |
O |
What 'O' is a Buddhist chant? |
Om |
| 383 |
K |
What 'K' is a school for young children? |
Kindergarten |
| 384 |
R |
What 'R' is a turned up nose? |
Retrousse |
| 385 |
T |
What 'T' is Dracula's homeland? |
Transylvania |
| 386 |
A |
What 'A' is the first name of the tennis player Ashe? |
Arthur |
| 387 |
E |
What `E' is the sort of gland that secretes hormones? |
Endocrine |
| 388 |
B |
What 'B' was US secretary of state in 1989? |
Baker |
| 389 |
P |
What `P' is the study of versification? |
Prosody |
| 390 |
D |
What 'D' is a spotty dog? |
Dalmation |
| 391 |
N |
What 'N' is a region of northern France? |
Normandy |
| 392 |
J |
What is a person or thing that brings bad luck? |
Jinx |
| 393 |
S |
What 'S' is a rain hat? |
Sou'wester |
| 394 |
H |
What 'H' is capital of Finland? |
Helsini |
| 395 |
U |
What '1J' is the U in UFO? |
Unidentified |
| 396 |
G |
What `G' was a famous American Civil War battle? |
Gettysburg |
| 397 |
M |
What 'M' is a non-conformist sect derived from the teachings of Wesley? |
Methodism |
| 398 |
W |
What 'W' was a 70s' band who had a hit with 'See My Baby Jive'? |
Wizzrd |
| 399 |
C |
What 'C' welcomed famous medieval pilgrims? |
Cantebury |
| 400 |
L |
What `L' means talkative? |
Loquacious |
| 401 |
M |
What 'M' is a lively Polish dance? |
Mazurka |
| 402 |
O |
What 'O' went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat? |
Owl |
| 403 |
K |
What 'K' is the main excretory organ in the body? |
Kidney |
| 404 |
D |
What 'D' was the scattering of the Jews? |
Diaspora |
| 405 |
J |
What 'J' were a Roman Catholic teaching order? |
Jesuits |
| 406 |
P |
What 'P's' nose grew long? |
Pinnochio |
| 407 |
H |
What 'H' is a water monster? |
Hydra |
| 408 |
W |
What 'W' is a town on the Severn? |
Worcester |
| 409 |
F |
What 'F' is an anti-Communist political creed? |
Fascism |
| 410 |
B |
What 'B' do you eat with mash? |
Bangers |
| 411 |
L |
What 'L' was a fond name for Laurence Olivier? |
Latitude |
| 412 |
S |
What 'S' is the world's biggest advertising agency? |
Saatchi |
| 413 |
T |
What 'T' is a leafless organ by which plants cling to things? |
Tendril |
| 414 |
R |
What 'R' is the annual income of a state? |
Revenue |
| 415 |
C |
What 'C' is a Welsh port? |
Cardiff |
| 416 |
E |
What 'E' is to castrate or deprive of masculine strength? |
Emasculate |
| 417 |
A |
What 'A' is a Scottish oil town? |
Aberdeen |
| 418 |
V |
What 'V' is someone who eats no animal products at all? |
Vegan |
| 419 |
G |
What 'G' is a superabundance or a surplus? |
Glut |
| 420 |
N |
What 'N' was a famous English Civil War battle? |
Naseby |
| 421 |
C |
What 'C' is where Jesus was crucified? |
Calvary |
| 422 |
I |
What 'I' partners Tristram? |
Isolde |
| 423 |
N |
What 'N' is an important town in Norfolk? |
Norwich |
| 424 |
O |
What 'O' is one of the best known constellations? |
Orion |
| 425 |
F |
What 'F' is the state of brotherliness? |
Fraternity |
| 426 |
K |
What 'K' is a vessel for heating water? |
Kettle |
| 427 |
A |
What 'A' has Phoenix as a capital? |
Arizona |
| 428 |
P |
What `P' has a primate called Cardinal Sin? |
Philippines |
| 429 |
D |
What 'D' is the only US state beginning with that initial? |
Delaware |
| 430 |
J |
What `J' is a prison? |
Jail |
| 431 |
B |
What 'B' is a circus and a famous musical? |
Barnum |
| 432 |
Q |
What 'Q' is a period of isolation to stop the spread of disease? |
Quarantine |
| 433 |
H |
What 'H' comes before produced and land? |
Home |
| 434 |
L |
What `L' is used on rough skin in the bath? |
Loofah |
| 435 |
S |
What 'S' is a musical term meaning each note sharply distinct? |
Staccato |
| 436 |
R |
What 'R' was the Italian film star Valentino's first name? |
Rudolph |
| 437 |
E |
What `E' is the national emblem of the USA and France? |
Eagle |
| 438 |
M |
What 'M' is coffee and chocolate mixed? |
Mocca |
| 439 |
T |
What 'T' is the treeless plain of north Siberia and Russia? |
Tundra |
| 440 |
U |
What 'U' means courteous, elegant and refined? |
Urbane |
| 441 |
G |
What 'G' is a brand of toothpaste? |
Gibbs |
| 442 |
Z |
What 'Z' is a clothes fastener? |
Zip |
| 443 |
A |
What 'A' comes before hoc in the phrase meaning for a particular purpose? |
Ad |
| 444 |
T |
What 'T' can be played on a table or a court? |
Tennis |
| 445 |
V |
What 'V' is the opposite of vice? |
Virtue |
| 446 |
S |
What 'S' was the explosive in the Lockerbie bombing? |
Semtex |
| 447 |
U |
What 'U' is a large Northern Irish town? |
Ulster |
| 448 |
B |
What 'B's' wall was breached in 1989? |
Berlin |
| 449 |
E |
What 'E' comes before drop and witness? |
Eye |
| 450 |
N |
What 'N' is an excavating labourer? |
Navvy |
| 451 |
I |
What 'I' is an alphabetical list? |
Index |
| 452 |
L |
What `L' is a structure of winding passages? |
Labyrinth |
| 453 |
P |
What `P' were the kings of England between 1154 and 1485? |
Plantagenet |
| 454 |
O |
What 'O' is eight musical notes? |
Octave |
| 455 |
H |
What 'H' comes after clothes but before play? |
Horse |
| 456 |
F |
What 'F' is the opposite of fiction? |
Fact |
| 457 |
D |
What 'D' is a linen fabric used for table-cloths? |
Damask |
| 458 |
M |
What 'M' is a vessel of hard material in which ingredients are pounded with a pestle? |
Mortar |
| 459 |
J |
What 'J' is a fisher in Beatrix Potter? |
Jeremy |
| 460 |
R |
What 'R' is a man-like machine? |
Robot |
| 461 |
C |
What 'C' is sweet, pink and fluffy? |
Candyfloss |
| 462 |
E |
What 'E' is the measure of a system's ability to work? |
Energy |
| 463 |
I |
What 'I' is used as an antiseptic and can purify water? |
Iodine |
| 464 |
N |
What 'N' were the rallies staged by the Nazis? |
Nuremberg |
| 465 |
R |
What is Russian currency? |
Rouble |
| 466 |
W |
What 'W' is a simple card game? |
Whist |
| 467 |
D |
What 'D' is a very short-legged breed of dog? |
Dachshund |
| 468 |
K |
What 'K' is to know in Scottish? |
Ken |
| 469 |
B |
What 'B' is Andrei Sakharov's widow? |
Bonner |
| 470 |
V |
What 'V' is a condiment used for pickling? |
Vinegar |
| 471 |
F |
What 'F' is put in some water to strengthen teeth? |
Fluoride |
| 472 |
T |
What 'T' was a carnivorous dinosaur? |
Tyrannosaurus |
| 473 |
S |
What 'S' is the breast bone? |
Sternum |
| 474 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a milk-producing animal? |
Yak |
| 475 |
L |
What 'L' are the words of an opera? |
Liberetto |
| 476 |
G |
What 'G' made one of the first microscopes? |
Galileo |
| 477 |
P |
What 'P' has a leaning tower? |
Pisa |
| 478 |
U |
What 'U' is a Soviet mining area? |
Urals |
| 479 |
J |
What 'J' is a hard black stone? |
Jet |
| 480 |
A |
What 'A' is Lewis Carroll's most famous creation? |
Alice |
| 481 |
F |
What 'F' is the receiver of stolen goods? |
Fence |
| 482 |
O |
What 'O' is an animal which eats meat and plants? |
Omnivore |
| 483 |
K |
What 'K' was the head of the Holy Roman Empire? |
Kaiser |
| 484 |
R |
What 'R' is a parallelogram with all sides of equal length? |
Rhombus |
| 485 |
T |
What 'T' is a ribbon-shaped parasitic worm? |
Tape |
| 486 |
A |
What 'A' is a type of brandy? |
Armagnac |
| 487 |
E |
What 'E' is a paper case for a letter? |
Envelope |
| 488 |
B |
What 'B' is army slang for the home country of UK? |
Blighty |
| 489 |
P |
What 'P' is a type-size? |
Pica |
| 490 |
D |
What 'D' is relaxation of international tension? |
Detente |
| 491 |
N |
What 'N' is a Cambridgeshire town famous for horse racing? |
Newmarket |
| 492 |
J |
What 'J' is a close fitting knitted wool garment? |
Jersey |
| 493 |
S |
What 'S' was bass guitarist with The Police? |
Sting |
| 494 |
H |
What 'H' is Cockney slang for teeth? |
Hampsteads |
| 495 |
U |
What 'U' is a Soviet republic bordering Poland? |
Ukraine |
| 496 |
G |
What 'G' is the garden at the bottom of the Mount of Olives? |
Gethsemane |
| 497 |
M |
What 'M' was the Olympics where eleven Israeli athletes were shot? |
Munich |
| 498 |
W |
What 'W' was a 1989 film starring Harrison Ford? |
Witness |
| 499 |
C |
What 'C' is a chemical reaction where a substance reacts with oygen to produce heat and light? |
Combustion |
| 500 |
L |
What 'L' is the land-locked country between Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam? |
Laos |
