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Question |
Answer |
| 001 |
G |
What 'G' is the spirit originally flavoured with juniper |
Gin |
| 002 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a disease producing raspberry-like skin tumors |
Yaws |
| 003 |
A |
What 'A' are the planetary bodies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
Asteroids |
| 004 |
T |
What 'T' is the second largest US state |
Texas |
| 005 |
V |
What 'V' are abnormally dilated veins |
Varicose |
| 006 |
S |
What 'S' is a durable twilled woollen cloth |
Serge |
| 007 |
U |
What 'U' is a Swedish-born actress |
Ullman |
| 008 |
B |
What 'B' was a province of India |
Bengal |
| 009 |
E |
What 'E' comes before ordinary, terrestrial and sensory |
Extra |
| 010 |
N |
What 'N' was the 1970 Derby winner |
Nijinski |
| 011 |
I |
What 'I' is someone always craving more |
Insatialble |
| 012 |
L |
What 'L' is the carnivore panthera pardus |
Leopard |
| 013 |
P |
What 'P' is an umbelliferous plant used for seasoning |
Parsley |
| 014 |
O |
What 'O' means egg-shaped or egg-like |
Ovoid |
| 015 |
H |
What 'H' is a Public School |
Harrow |
| 016 |
F |
What 'F' is a flat bottle |
Flask |
| 017 |
D |
What 'D' was a toothy Transylvanian |
Dracula |
| 018 |
M |
What 'M' is someone who dies for their faith |
Martyr |
| 019 |
J |
What 'J' is a city and type of artichoke |
Jerusalem |
| 020 |
R |
What 'R' is refuse material |
Rubbish |
| 021 |
C |
What 'C' is an Australian word for mate |
Cobber |
| 022 |
E |
What 'E' is a river in south-western Asia |
Euphrates |
| 023 |
I |
What 'I' is a climbing evergreen shrub |
Ivy |
| 024 |
N |
What 'N' is to take little bites of something |
Nibble |
| 025 |
R |
What 'R' is a fresh red complexion |
Rubicund / Ruddy |
| 026 |
W |
What 'W' was the author of The Time Machine |
Wells |
| 027 |
D |
What 'D' is a TV series set in Texas |
Dallas |
| 028 |
K |
What 'K' is the 'Blue Grass' American state |
Kentucky |
| 029 |
B |
What 'B' is a British composer |
Britten |
| 030 |
V |
What 'V' is to revile or abuse |
Vituperate / Vilify |
| 031 |
F |
What 'F' is the animal kingdom's greatest jumper |
Flea |
| 032 |
T |
What 'T' is the legal term for a wrong |
Tort |
| 033 |
S |
What 'S' is a range of hills or mountains |
Sierra |
| 034 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a bundle of straw laid straight for thatching |
Yelm |
| 035 |
L |
What 'L' means lion-like |
Leonine |
| 036 |
G |
What 'G' is a microbe which causes disease |
Germ |
| 037 |
P |
What 'P' is to portray or delineate by using colours |
Paint |
| 038 |
U |
What 'U' is a rain-gauge |
Udometer |
| 039 |
J |
What 'J' is something thrown overboard to lighten a ship |
Jetsam |
| 040 |
A |
What 'A' meant originally 'fruit of the open country" |
Acorn |
| 041 |
F |
What 'F' is a small flute |
Flautino |
| 042 |
O |
What 'O' is a night-hunting bird |
Owl |
| 043 |
K |
What 'K' is the Russian city which gave its name to a chicken dish |
Kiev |
| 044 |
R |
What 'R' is the school that changed football |
Rugby |
| 045 |
T |
What 'T' is to see-saw or totter |
Teeter |
| 046 |
A |
What 'A' is 'The Lost Continent' |
Atlantis |
| 047 |
E |
What 'E' is a castrated male |
Eunuch |
| 048 |
B |
What 'B' was once part of Pakistan |
Bangladesh |
| 049 |
P |
What 'P' is a brightly coloured tropical bird |
Parrot |
| 050 |
D |
What 'D' means the same |
Ditto |
| 051 |
N |
What 'N' is a coin collector |
Numismatist |
| 052 |
J |
What 'J' is black marble and a stream of water |
Jet |
| 053 |
S |
What 'S' is a French five centime piece |
Sou |
| 054 |
H |
What 'H' is a viscid fluid derived from flower nectar |
Honey |
| 055 |
U |
What 'U' is someone who carries out funeral arrange-ments |
Undertaker |
| 056 |
G |
What `G' is a racially restricted section of a city |
Ghetto |
| 057 |
M |
What 'M' is a dressmaker's model |
Mannequin |
| 058 |
W |
What 'W' is joining metals through heat |
Welding |
| 059 |
C |
What 'C' was Byzantium |
Constantinople |
| 060 |
L |
What 'L' is a brand of jeans |
Levi |
| 061 |
M |
What 'M' is to cast someone ashore on a desert island |
Maroon |
| 062 |
O |
What 'O' is the lowest of the cardinal numbers |
One |
| 063 |
K |
What 'K' comes before pin, fisher and ship |
King |
| 064 |
D |
What 'D' is a 'dead-pan' TV comic |
Dawson |
| 065 |
J |
What 'J' means to expose to danger |
Jeopardise |
| 066 |
P |
What 'P' is a type of thin biscuit eaten with curry |
Popadam |
| 067 |
H |
What 'H' is an epidermal sheath growing round a bony core |
Horn |
| 068 |
W |
What 'W' was the aircraft company over which two ministers resigned |
Westland |
| 069 |
F |
What 'F' is an instrument for threshing corn |
Flail |
| 070 |
B |
What 'B' is a dropsical tropical disease |
Beri-beri |
| 071 |
L |
What 'L' is the linear measurement of something |
Length |
| 072 |
S |
What 'S' is a short strip of railway track |
Siding |
| 073 |
T |
What 'T' is an automatic instrument for regulating temperature |
Thermostat |
| 074 |
R |
What 'R' was a popular English outlaw and a bird |
Robin |
| 075 |
C |
What 'C' is coconut fibre used to make matting |
Coir |
| 076 |
E |
What 'E' is the world's largest song contest |
Eurovision |
| 077 |
A |
What 'A' is the ultimate conflict between nations |
Armageddon |
| 078 |
V |
What 'V' means giving birth to live young |
Viviparous |
| 079 |
G |
What 'G' is a monster that supposedly feeds on corpses |
Ghoul |
| 080 |
N |
What 'N' was India's first Prime Minister |
Nehru |
| 081 |
C |
What 'C' discovered Hawaii |
Cook |
| 082 |
I |
What 'I' is the outer garment of a Moslem woman |
Izar |
| 083 |
N |
What 'N' is a top female tennis player |
Navratilova |
| 084 |
O |
What 'O' is a drama in which music is vital |
Opera |
| 085 |
F |
What 'F' is someone who makes bows and arrows |
Fletcher |
| 086 |
K |
What 'K' is the 'Garden of England' |
Kent |
| 087 |
A |
What 'A' is a political grouping |
Alliance |
| 088 |
V |
What 'V is a Brazilian world champion racing driver |
Piquet |
| 089 |
D |
What 'D' is crystallised carbon |
Diamond |
| 090 |
J |
What 'J' is a cloth shearing machine and cartoon mouse |
Jerry |
| 091 |
B |
What 'B' unified 19th century Germany |
Bismarck |
| 092 |
Q |
What 'Q' is a province of Canada |
Quebec |
| 093 |
H |
What 'H' is a middle-eastern pipe |
Hookah |
| 094 |
L |
What 'L' is a disease which eats away the body |
Leprosy |
| 095 |
S |
What 'S' is a snake with unusual motion |
Sidewinder |
| 096 |
R |
What 'R' is to raise and stiffen feathers |
Ruffle |
| 097 |
E |
What 'E' is Darwin's theory of natural selection |
Evolution |
| 098 |
M |
What 'M' is the French national anthem |
Marseillaise |
| 099 |
T |
What 'T' is saying the same thing twice in different words |
Tautology |
| 100 |
U |
What 'U' means beyond what is immediate |
Ulterior |
| 101 |
G |
What 'G' are innards or entrails |
Giblets |
| 102 |
Y |
What 'Y' is the highest living domesticated animal |
Yak |
| 103 |
A |
What 'A' is acetylsalicylic acid |
Aspirin |
| 104 |
T |
What 'T' means long and tiresome |
Tedious |
| 105 |
V |
What 'V' is a place where animals are kept almost in their natural state |
Vivarium |
| 106 |
S |
What 'S' was Freud's first name |
Sigmund |
| 107 |
U |
What 'U' is an interjection of disgust |
Ugh |
| 108 |
B |
What 'B' was an Italian sculptor and painter |
Bernini |
| 109 |
E |
What 'E' is the sacrament of transubstantiation |
Eucharist |
| 110 |
N |
What 'N' is to feed, nourish or rear |
Nurture |
| 111 |
I |
What 'I' was a repressive ecclesiastic tribunal |
Inquisition |
| 112 |
L |
What 'L' is an Irish elf |
Leprechaun |
| 113 |
P |
What 'P' was winner of the golf Open Championship |
Player / Palmer |
| 114 |
O |
What 'O' is a tributary of the St Laurence River |
Ottawa |
| 115 |
H |
What 'H' is robust - and a novelist |
Hardy |
| 116 |
F |
What 'F' were cars called in the 1920s |
Flivvers |
| 117 |
D |
What 'D' was the creator of 'Man Friday' |
Defoe |
| 118 |
M |
What 'M' are animals that carry their young in a pouch |
Marsupials |
| 119 |
J |
What 'J' is an Elizabethan close-fitting jacket |
Jerkin |
| 120 |
R |
What 'R' is a US abbreviation for a nasty insect |
Roach |
| 121 |
M |
What 'M' is pie topping made from egg whites |
Meringue |
| 122 |
O |
What 'O' is someone the wrong side of a rugby ball |
Offside |
| 123 |
K |
What 'K' is a New Zealander |
Kiwi |
| 124 |
D |
What 'D' is a triangle-shaped Greek letter |
Delta |
| 125 |
J |
What 'J' was the star of the first talking film |
Jolson |
| 126 |
P |
What 'P' is anarchic rock music |
Punk |
| 127 |
H |
What 'H' is a cigar and a city |
Havana |
| 128 |
W |
What 'W' is a poetic word for anger |
Wrath |
| 129 |
F |
What 'F' is a setter's tail |
Flag |
| 130 |
B |
What 'B' is to decapitate |
Behead |
| 131 |
L |
What 'L' was a Hungarian pianist and composer |
Liszt |
| 132 |
S |
What 'S' is leather with a napped surface |
Suede |
| 133 |
T |
What 'T' comes before tone, step and time |
Two |
| 134 |
R |
What 'R' is a tedious routine |
Rut |
| 135 |
C |
What 'C' is the 'Windy City" |
Chicago |
| 136 |
E |
What 'E' is the manner in which you speak |
Elocution |
| 137 |
A |
What 'A' is a rocket and a god |
Apollo |
| 138 |
V |
What 'V' is a long, open porch |
Verandah |
| 139 |
G |
What 'G' is the degree a road slopes |
Gradient |
| 140 |
N |
What 'N' was an arc-builder |
Noah |
| 141 |
C |
What 'C' is 'The Garden of England' |
Cheltenham |
| 142 |
I |
What 'I' is slightly ill |
Indisposed |
| 143 |
N |
What 'N' is a small metal spike |
Nail |
| 144 |
O |
What 'O' is a dish made of eggs |
Omelette |
| 145 |
F |
What 'F' comes before pipe, tank and pump - or can be eaten |
Feed |
| 146 |
K |
What 'K' is West German chancellor |
Kohl |
| 147 |
A |
What 'A' is a flowering shrub plant |
Azalea |
| 148 |
P |
What 'V' is a specialist in child medicine |
Paediatrician |
| 149 |
D |
What 'D' is a rheostat light switch |
Dimmer |
| 150 |
J |
What 'J' was the god of beginnings |
Janus |
| 151 |
B |
What 'B' is the thicker end of anything |
Butt |
| 152 |
Q |
What 'Q' is an idiosyncracy |
Quirk |
| 153 |
H |
What 'H' are ladies' tights and stockings |
Hosiery |
| 154 |
V |
What 'V' is a Scottish lake |
Loch |
| 155 |
S |
What 'S' is a device used to inject fluid |
Syringe |
| 156 |
R |
What 'R' is the 'Eternal City' |
Rome |
| 157 |
E |
What 'E' is an obsolete measure of forty-five inches |
Ell |
| 158 |
M |
What 'M' is a sauce eaten with lamb |
Mint |
| 159 |
T |
What 'T' is a woman's skirt trail - and a locomotive |
Train |
| 160 |
U |
What 'U' is a capacity for understanding |
Uptake |
| 161 |
G |
What 'G' is a ravine (with a gold deposit) |
Gulch |
| 162 |
Y |
What 'Y' is 0.9144 of a metre |
Yard |
| 163 |
A |
What 'A' is the French singer of 'She' |
Aznavour |
| 164 |
T |
What 'T' is a froglike amphibian |
Toad |
| 165 |
V |
What 'V' is a wine-based, herb-flavoured drink |
Vermouth |
| 166 |
S |
What 'S' is a country bordering Lebanon |
Syria |
| 167 |
U |
What 'U' comes before state, done and age |
Under |
| 168 |
B |
What 'B' is a small tool for hole-making |
Bradawl |
| 169 |
E |
What 'E' is an ambassador's residence |
Embassy |
| 170 |
N |
What 'N' is to catch or apprehend |
Nab / Nick |
| 171 |
I |
What 'I' is the Oxford University magazine |
Isis |
| 172 |
L |
What 'L' was 1987 world darts champion |
Lowe |
| 173 |
P |
What 'P' is a duck dish and a city |
Peking |
| 174 |
O |
What 'O' is a cinematic award |
Oscar |
| 175 |
H |
What 'H' is a polite way of saying 'Hell!' |
Heck |
| 176 |
F |
What 'F' means frantically angry |
Furious |
| 177 |
D |
What 'D' is the two at dice - and forty-all at tennis |
Deuce |
| 178 |
M |
What 'M' is a derogatory term for a small dog |
Mutt |
| 179 |
J |
What 'J' is the tool used to lift a car |
Jack |
| 180 |
R |
What 'R' was syncopated piano music |
Ragtime |
| 181 |
C |
What 'C' was the star of the western High Noon |
Cooper |
| 182 |
E |
What 'E' is part of an atom |
Electron |
| 183 |
I |
What 'I' is burnt at religious ceremonies |
Incense |
| 184 |
N |
What 'N' is an island and province of Canada |
Newfoundland |
| 185 |
R |
What 'R' is the traditional Sunday joint |
Roast |
| 186 |
W |
What 'W' is a Red Indian but made of skins |
Wigwam |
| 187 |
D |
What 'D' is a drill or stupid student |
Dunce |
| 188 |
K |
What 'K' comes before ring, word and hole |
Key |
| 189 |
B |
What 'B' is a monkey with a dog-like snout |
Baboon |
| 190 |
V |
What 'V' is a railway station - and a cross |
Victoria |
| 191 |
F |
What 'F was the last dictator of Spain |
Franco |
| 192 |
T |
What 'T' is a traditional mender of pots and pans |
Tinker |
| 193 |
S |
What 'S' are a group of people who combine to do business |
Syndicate |
| 194 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a quick, sharp bark |
Yap |
| 195 |
L |
What 'L' is the fifth sign of the Zodiac |
Leo |
| 196 |
G |
What 'G' is pregnancy |
Gestation |
| 197 |
P |
What 'P' is the smallest South American republic |
Panama |
| 198 |
U |
What 'U' are representatives of workers' rights |
Unions |
| 199 |
J |
What 'J' was a ragtime composer and pianist |
Joplin |
| 200 |
A |
What 'A' is the imaginary line round which something rotates |
Axis |
| 201 |
F |
What 'F' was a female US jazz singer |
Fitzgerald |
| 202 |
O |
What 'O' is a method of photographic book repro-duction |
Offset |
| 203 |
K |
What 'K' is a tailless arboreal Australian marsupial |
Koala |
| 204 |
R |
What 'R' comes before cast, shod and house |
Rough |
| 205 |
T |
What 'T' is a Spanish city famous for sword-making |
Toledo |
| 206 |
A |
What 'A' is a self-evident truth |
Axiom |
| 207 |
E |
What 'E' is Mayor of Carmel |
Eastwood |
| 208 |
B |
What 'B' is a platform projecting from a house |
Balcony |
| 209 |
P |
What 'P' is to supplicate the Almighty |
Pray |
| 210 |
D |
What 'D' is a 'wet' person |
Drip |
| 211 |
N |
What 'N' comes before born, gate and market |
New |
| 212 |
J |
What 'J' is a large rally of boy scouts |
Jamboree |
| 213 |
S |
What 'S' is the outline of a story |
Synopsis / Summary |
| 214 |
H |
What 'H' means Henry |
Harry |
| 215 |
U |
What 'U' is a Manchester football team |
United |
| 216 |
G |
What 'G' is rough voiced or mannered |
Gruff |
| 217 |
M |
What 'M' were the original people of New Zealand |
Maori |
| 218 |
W |
What 'W' is a container for money |
Wallet |
| 219 |
C |
What 'C' is to gently entice or wheedle |
Coax |
| 220 |
L |
What 'L' are British Rail almost always |
Late |
| 221 |
M |
What 'M' was star of the film Paint Your Wagon |
Marvin |
| 222 |
O |
What 'O' are hops stored in |
Oasthouse |
| 223 |
K |
What 'K' is a type of cabbage with open curled leaves |
Kale |
| 224 |
D |
What 'D' means to toy amorously |
Dally |
| 225 |
J |
What 'J' is a disease that turns skin yellow |
Jaundice |
| 226 |
P |
What 'P' is the port of Athens |
Piraeus |
| 227 |
H |
What 'H' comes before Ford - and after Rex |
Harrison |
| 228 |
W |
What 'W' is a small kangaroo |
Wallaby |
| 229 |
F |
What 'F' is traditional music |
Folk |
| 230 |
B |
What 'B' is a Spanish golfer |
Ballesteros |
| 231 |
L |
What 'L' is rubbish and puppies born together |
Litter |
| 232 |
S |
What 'S' is water saturated with sugar |
Syrup |
| 233 |
T |
What 'T is a native of Central Asia east of the Caspian |
Tartar |
| 234 |
R |
What 'R' is the sound of dry leaves |
Rustle |
| 235 |
C |
What 'C' is a poisonous hooded snake |
Cobra |
| 236 |
E |
What 'E' is to abscond with a lover |
Elope |
| 237 |
A |
What 'A' means for a short time |
Awhile |
| 238 |
V |
What 'V' is a solemn promise |
Vow |
| 239 |
G |
What 'G' is to dig in the ground |
Grub |
| 240 |
N |
What 'N' is one's lowest point |
Nadir |
| 241 |
C |
What 'C' comes after black, pea and wood |
Cock |
| 242 |
I |
What 'I' is a Spanish romantic ballad singer |
Iglesias |
| 243 |
N |
What 'N' is to steal - or arrest |
Nick |
| 244 |
O |
What 'O' is the noise of a pig |
Oink |
| 245 |
F |
What 'F is fitness, condition or trim |
Fettle |
| 246 |
K |
What 'K' is a South African gold coin |
Krugerrand |
| 247 |
A |
What 'A' is flushed with, or washed by, waves |
Awash |
| 248 |
P |
What 'P' is a prickly rodent |
Porcupine |
| 249 |
D |
What 'D' is government by the people |
Democracy |
| 250 |
J |
What 'J' is an old Irish dance |
Jig |
| 251 |
B |
What 'B' means commonplace or trivial |
Banal |
| 252 |
Q |
What 'Q' was a 'swinging sixties' fashion designer |
Quant |
| 253 |
H |
What 'H' is a large piece or person |
Hunk |
| 254 |
L |
What 'L' is a country bordering Vietnam |
Laos |
| 255 |
S |
What 'S' is a formal ecclesiastical meeting |
Synod |
| 256 |
R |
What 'R' is someone who shows no pity or compassion |
Ruthless |
| 257 |
E |
What 'E' is to omit a vowel in pronounciation |
Elide |
| 258 |
M |
What 'M' is sheep meat |
Mutton |
| 259 |
T |
What 'T' is Australia's smallest state |
Tasmania |
| 260 |
U |
What 'U' is a sense of injury or offence |
Umbrage |
| 261 |
G |
What 'G' is Britain's third largest city |
Glasgow |
| 262 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a light pleasure vessel |
Yacht |
| 263 |
A |
What 'A' means uncle-like |
Avuncular |
| 264 |
T |
What 'T' is to twirl your thumb |
Twiddle |
| 265 |
V |
What 'V' is the sixth sign of the Zodiac |
Virgo |
| 266 |
S |
What 'S' is the TV personality who can fix it for you |
Savile |
| 267 |
U |
What 'U' is a persistent open sore |
Ulcer |
| 268 |
B |
What 'B' comes before gage, man and pipe |
Bag |
| 269 |
E |
What 'E' are atoms called when energised |
Excited |
| 270 |
N |
What 'N' is a British military canteen |
Naafi |
| 271 |
I |
What 'I' means beginning |
Inception |
| 272 |
L |
What 'L' is Australian slang for hooligan |
Larrikan |
| 273 |
P |
What 'P' is a promenade concert |
Prom |
| 274 |
O |
What 'O' is extremely fat |
Obese |
| 275 |
H |
What 'H' was a UK defence minister who resigned |
Heseltine |
| 276 |
F |
What 'F' are surgical pincers |
Forceps |
| 277 |
D |
What 'D' is where milk is processed |
Dairy |
| 278 |
M |
What 'M' was the soul sound from Detroit |
Motown |
| 279 |
J |
What 'J' is a woman of stately beauty |
Junoesque |
| 280 |
R |
What 'R' is a crisp, rebaked piece of bread |
Rusk |
| 281 |
C |
What 'C' is a high fashion designer |
Cardin |
| 282 |
E |
What 'E' is the resister in an electric kettle |
Element |
| 283 |
I |
What 'I' is to bring upon oneself |
Incur |
| 284 |
N |
What 'N' is pile, a racing tip and a short sleep |
Nap |
| 285 |
R |
What 'R' comes before peck, grass and whisky |
Rye |
| 286 |
W |
What 'W' is headquarters of The Times newspaper group |
Wapping |
| 287 |
D |
What 'D' is someone who gives blood |
Donor |
| 288 |
K |
What 'K' is Barbie Doll's boyfriend |
Ken |
| 289 |
B |
What 'B' is a method of secret voting |
Ballot |
| 290 |
V |
What 'V' was Roman god of fire and metal-working |
Vulcan |
| 291 |
F |
What 'F' is a place where a river can be waded |
Ford |
| 292 |
T |
What 'T' is slang for someone silly |
Twit / Twerp |
| 293 |
S |
What 'S' is cohabitation of different life-forms |
Symbiosis |
| 294 |
V |
What 'V' is a major Japanese sea-port |
Yokohama |
| 295 |
L |
What 'L' is to stagger |
Lurch |
| 296 |
G |
What 'G' is a moorland game bird |
Grouse |
| 297 |
P |
What 'P' is a case for keeping loose paper or drawings |
Portfolio |
| 298 |
U |
What 'U' is an ideally perfect place |
Utopia |
| 299 |
J |
What 'J' is a type of gold club |
Jigger |
| 300 |
A |
What 'A' is clumsy, bungling or embarrassing |
Awkward |
| 301 |
F |
What 'F' means of iron |
Ferric / Ferrous |
| 302 |
O |
What 'O' was the singer of 'Love Really Hurts' |
Ocean |
| 303 |
K |
What 'K' is an Eskimo canoe |
Kayak |
| 304 |
R |
What 'R' comes before hour and candle, and after gold |
Rush |
| 305 |
T |
What 'T' is called the 'roof of the world' |
Tibet |
| 306 |
A |
What 'A' is the first sign of the Zodiac |
Aries |
| 307 |
E |
What 'E' is a piece of live wood in a dying fire |
Ember |
| 308 |
B |
What 'B' comes before holiday, teller and note |
Bank |
| 309 |
P |
What 'P' comes before able, hole and folio |
Port |
| 310 |
D |
What 'D' means to do with the home |
Domestic |
| 311 |
N |
What 'N' is a housing for an aircraft engine |
Nacelle |
| 312 |
Y |
What 'Y was a Roman poet and stoic |
Juvenal |
| 313 |
S |
What 'S' is a stick to flatten fizzy drinks |
Swizzle |
| 314 |
H |
What 'H' is dull or commonplace |
Humdrum |
| 315 |
U |
What 'U' is being out of work |
Unemployed |
| 316 |
G |
What 'G' is a stringed instrument played with the hands |
Guitar |
| 317 |
M |
What 'M' is something purely fictitious |
Myth |
| 318 |
W |
What 'W' is world heavyweight boxing champion |
Weaver |
| 319 |
C |
What 'C' is criminal or blameworthy |
Culpable |
| 320 |
L |
What 'L' is Australian slang for flashily dressed |
Lairy |
| 321 |
M |
What 'M' is to increase in number |
Multiple |
| 322 |
O |
What 'O' were a pop-singing family |
Osmonds |
| 323 |
K |
What 'K' is a fine cotton used as cushion filling |
Kapok |
| 324 |
D |
What 'D' is a northern English county |
Derbyshire / Durham |
| 325 |
J |
What 'J' is a wine bottle eight times normal size |
Jeroboam |
| 326 |
P |
What 'P' is the left hand side of a boat |
Port |
| 327 |
H |
What 'H' is meek and modest and rhymes with a bee |
Humble |
| 328 |
W |
What 'W' is a derogatory US name for illegal immigrants |
Wetbacks |
| 329 |
F |
What 'F' is a fat Shakespearean figure of fun |
Falstaff |
| 330 |
B |
What 'B' comes before side, hand and bone |
Back |
| 331 |
L |
What 'L' is a blood-like fluid without red corpuscles |
Lymph |
| 332 |
S |
What 'S' is artificial or man-made |
Synthetic |
| 333 |
T |
What 'T' is to walk heavily or laboriously |
Trudge |
| 334 |
R |
What 'R' is a poisonous Australian spider |
Redback |
| 335 |
C |
What 'C' is to ponder |
Cogitate |
| 336 |
E |
What 'E' is the ejection of an evil spirit |
Exorcism |
| 337 |
A |
What 'A' is a canvas roof |
Awning |
| 338 |
V |
What 'V' means fox-like |
Vulpine |
| 339 |
G |
What 'G' is a Libyan leader |
Gaddafi |
| 340 |
N |
What 'N' is someone who constantly scolds |
Nag |
| 341 |
C |
What 'C' is the mouth of a volcano |
Crater |
| 342 |
I |
What 'I' is interfamilial sex |
Incest |
| 343 |
N |
What 'N' was first premier of Tanzania |
Nyerere |
| 344 |
O |
What 'O' is to submit to commands |
Obey |
| 345 |
F |
What 'F' comes after diamond, gold and coal |
Field |
| 346 |
K |
What 'K' is slang for broken |
Kaput |
| 347 |
A |
What 'A' is roused from sleep |
Awakened |
| 348 |
P |
What 'P' is an instrument to measure distance walked |
Pedometer |
| 349 |
D |
What 'D' is the state of owing |
Debt |
| 350 |
J |
What 'J' is to chatter senselessly |
Jabber |
| 351 |
B |
What 'B' is the fruit of the Musa Sapientum |
Banana |
| 352 |
Q |
What 'Q' means completely - and to a moderate degree |
Quite |
| 353 |
H |
What 'H' is to vacuum |
Hoover |
| 354 |
L |
What 'L' is the capital of Peru |
Lima |
| 355 |
S |
What 'S' is slang for an extra-studious type |
Swot |
| 356 |
R |
What 'R' is West Indian pop music |
Reggae |
| 357 |
E |
What 'E' is something that supposedly prolongs life |
Elixir |
| 358 |
M |
What 'M' is a bivalve mollusc |
Mussel |
| 359 |
T |
What 'T' is the sparkle of a star |
Twinkle |
| 360 |
U |
What 'U' is Northern Ireland |
Ulster |
| 361 |
H |
What 'G' is a South American cowboy |
Gaucho |
| 362 |
Y |
What 'Y' is over there |
Yonder |
| 363 |
A |
What 'A' is a wide, tree-lined street |
Avenue |
| 364 |
T |
What 'T' is a serious bacterium caused disease |
Typhoid |
| 365 |
V |
What 'V' is a wanderer or tramp |
Vagabond |
| 366 |
S |
What 'S' is a sweet made with wine and cream |
Syllabub |
| 367 |
U |
What 'U' means calling for immediate action |
Urgent |
| 368 |
B |
What 'B' was the Russian rival of Kruschev |
Bulgarin |
| 369 |
E |
What 'E' is to fraudulently appropriate money |
Embezzle |
| 370 |
N |
What 'N' is naked |
Nude |
| 371 |
I |
What 'I' a distinct separate entity |
Individual |
| 372 |
L |
What 'L' is habitual enjoyment of costly things |
Luxury |
| 373 |
P |
What 'P' is a Spanish rice dish |
Paella |
| 374 |
O |
What 'O' is a shaft used to propel a boat |
Oar |
| 375 |
H |
What 'H' comes after deer, white and elephant |
Hunter |
| 376 |
F |
What 'F' is a species of thrush that winters in Britain |
Fieldfare |
| 377 |
D |
What 'D' are artificial teeth |
Dentures |
| 378 |
M |
What 'M' was the Reggae singer who died in 1981 |
Marley |
| 379 |
J |
What 'J' is the sidepost of a doorway |
Jamb |
| 380 |
R |
What 'R' is India's monetary unit |
Rupee |
| 381 |
C |
What 'C' is to assemble or accumulate |
Collect |
| 382 |
E |
What 'E' was the star of Silver Dream Machine |
Essex |
| 383 |
I |
What 'I' is to Sit on eggs |
Incubate |
| 384 |
N |
What 'N' is artless or unsophisticated |
Naive |
| 385 |
R |
What 'R' is to suspend someone from university |
Rusticate |
| 386 |
W |
What 'W' is a crease in the skin |
Wrinkle |
| 387 |
D |
What 'D' is a person appointed to act for another |
Deputy |
| 388 |
K |
What 'K' is an Eastern Inn; a prince and governor |
Khan |
| 389 |
B |
What 'B' is a lure for fish |
Bait |
| 390 |
V |
What 'V' means woundable |
Vulnerable |
| 391 |
F |
What 'F' is an enclosed apparatus for producing heat |
Furnace |
| 392 |
T |
What 'T' is a Moroccan free port |
Tangier |
| 393 |
S |
What 'S' comes before fish, stick and play |
Sword |
| 394 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a quick tug - and an American |
Yank |
| 395 |
L |
What 'L' is to put to death illegally by mob action |
Lynch |
| 396 |
G |
What 'G' was a Japanese movie monster |
Godzilla |
| 397 |
P |
What 'P' is an earthenware pot - and domestic animal |
Pig |
| 398 |
U |
What 'U' is rising and falling in waves |
Undulating |
| 399 |
J |
What 'J' is to cast off a lover |
Jilt |
| 400 |
A |
What 'A' was the forbidden fruit |
Apple |
| 401 |
F |
What 'F was Prime Minister of Australia |
Fraser |
| 402 |
O |
What 'O' is a four-sided pillar terminating in a pyramid |
Obelisk |
| 403 |
K |
What 'K' is a commotion |
Kerfuffle |
| 404 |
R |
What 'R' is a Jamaican sect |
Rastafarian |
| 405 |
T |
What 'T' is a violent hurricane |
Typhoon |
| 406 |
A |
What 'A' means to do with birds |
Avian |
| 407 |
E |
What 'E' is the festival of Christ's resurrection |
Easter |
| 408 |
B |
What 'B' is to uncover |
Bare |
| 409 |
P |
What 'P' is a universal cure for all ills |
Panacea |
| 410 |
D |
What 'D' is a hoist or framework over an oil well |
Derrick |
| 411 |
N |
What 'N' comes before front, debt and guard |
National |
| 412 |
J |
What 'J' is something said to make you laugh |
Joke |
| 413 |
S |
What 'S' is a long and complex orchestral sonata |
Symphony |
| 414 |
H |
What 'H' is emperor of Japan |
Herohito |
| 415 |
U |
What 'U' comes before hand, class and cut |
Upper |
| 416 |
G |
What 'G' is thin porridge or near-liquid food |
Gruel |
| 417 |
M |
What 'M' is dark and gloomy |
Murky |
| 418 |
W |
What 'W' is a red-brown, stoat-like animal |
Weasel |
| 419 |
C |
What 'C' is a kind of revolver |
Colt |
| 420 |
V |
What 'V' is Britain's number two port |
Liverpool |
| 421 |
M |
What 'M' is the nose and mouth of a dog |
Muzzle |
| 422 |
O |
What 'O' is a musical term for something not to be left out |
Obligate |
| 423 |
K |
What 'K' was leader of the USSR |
Krushchev |
| 424 |
D |
What 'D' is numbered, or proceeding, by tens |
Decimal |
| 425 |
J |
What 'J' is someone supposed to bring bad luck |
Jinx / Jonah |
| 426 |
P |
What 'P' is an Italian city famous for ham and cheese |
Parma |
| 427 |
H |
What 'H' is a fence made to be jumped |
Hurdle |
| 428 |
W |
What 'W' are prevailing atmospheric conditions |
Weather |
| 429 |
F |
What 'F' comes before liquid, ring and tale |
Fairy |
| 430 |
B |
What 'B' is to belch |
Burp |
| 431 |
L |
What 'L' is the state secondary school in France |
Lychee |
| 432 |
S |
What 'S' are pigs |
Swine |
| 433 |
T |
What 'T' is a business magnate - and a Japanese Shogun |
Tycoon |
| 434 |
R |
What 'R' is the crossbar in a chair or ladder |
Rung |
| 435 |
C |
What 'C' is small, flat, Indian bread |
Chapatty |
| 436 |
E |
What 'E' is the opposite of introvert |
Extrovert |
| 437 |
A |
What 'A' means literally 'messenger' |
Apostle |
| 438 |
V |
What 'V' is a Swedish motor car |
Volvo |
| 439 |
G |
What 'G' is sea-bird excrement used as fertiliser |
Guano |
| 440 |
N |
What 'N' is the word by which something is known |
Name |
| 441 |
C |
What 'C' was the male star of Educating Rita |
Caine |
| 442 |
I |
What 'I' is a cast bar of gold or silver |
Ingot |
| 443 |
N |
What 'N' is a nursemaid |
Nanny |
| 444 |
O |
What 'O' is a notice of someone's death |
Obituary |
| 445 |
F |
What 'F' comes before teller, cookie and seeker |
Fortune |
| 446 |
K |
What 'K' is a viewing tube containing coloured glass |
Kaleidoscope |
| 447 |
A |
What 'A' is someone's signature |
Autograph |
| 448 |
P |
What 'P' is an Iberian republic |
Portugal |
| 449 |
D |
What 'D' is to fail to meet an expectation |
Disappoint |
| 450 |
T |
What 'T' is a member of the Hebrew people |
Jew |
| 451 |
B |
What 'B' is a curved club, racket stroke - and bow-legged |
Bandy |
| 452 |
Q |
What 'Q' is a migratory game bird |
Quail |
| 453 |
H |
What 'H' is a transport aircraft and mythical strongman |
Hercules |
| 454 |
V |
What 'V' is true or faithful |
Loyal |
| 455 |
S |
What 'S' is the sound of something cutting through air |
Swish |
| 456 |
R |
What 'R' is a brook or gutter |
Runnel |
| 457 |
E |
What 'E' is our outer layer of skin |
Epidermis |
| 458 |
M |
What 'M' is something inexplicable |
Mystery |
| 459 |
T |
What 'T' is a bird and a country |
Turkey |
| 460 |
U |
What 'U' is to try to persuade |
Urge |
| 461 |
G |
What 'G' is an upward gushing hot spring |
Geyser |
| 462 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a form of German spoken by Jews |
Yiddish |
| 463 |
A |
What 'A' is a glass vessel for hypodermic injection |
Ampoule |
| 464 |
T |
What 'T' is the mountain near Cape Town |
Table |
| 465 |
V |
What 'V' is a drapery along the edge of a bed |
Valance |
| 466 |
S |
What 'S' comes before board, blade and man |
Switch |
| 467 |
U |
What 'U' was discovered by Herschel in 1781 |
Uranus |
| 468 |
B |
What 'B' is a bargeman |
Bargee |
| 469 |
E |
What 'E' was a jazz pianist and bandleader |
Ellington |
| 470 |
N |
What 'N' is thickened petroleum used in incendiary bombs |
Napalm |
| 471 |
I |
What 'I' is inebriation |
Intoxication |
| 472 |
L |
What 'L' is the country with the world's largest merchant fleet |
Liberia |
| 473 |
P |
What 'P' is a scaly ant-eater |
Pangolin |
| 474 |
O |
What 'O' is a fertile place in a desert |
Oasis |
| 475 |
H |
What 'H' is the title of the Pope |
Holiness |
| 476 |
F |
What 'F is a small shrill flute |
Fife |
| 477 |
D |
What 'D' is Australia's monetary unit |
Dollar |
| 478 |
M |
What 'M' is a genetic alteration |
Mutation |
| 479 |
J |
What 'J' was king of the gods |
Jupiter |
| 480 |
R |
What 'R' is to wrinkle or crumple |
Rumple |
| 481 |
C |
What 'C' was the fourth Labour Prime Minister |
Callaghan |
| 482 |
E |
What 'E' comes before money, song and handed |
Even |
| 483 |
I |
What 'I' is an angular cut in an edge |
Indentation |
| 484 |
N |
What 'N' is the unaided eye |
Naked |
| 485 |
R |
What 'R' is an undersized animal in a litter |
Runt |
| 486 |
W |
What 'W' is a tennis venue |
Wimbledon |
| 487 |
D |
What 'D' is a nightspot to dance in |
Disco |
| 488 |
K |
What 'K' is the holy stone of Islam |
Kaaba |
| 489 |
B |
What 'B' is a brand of soft drink - and part of a castle's defence |
Barbican |
| 490 |
V |
What 'V' is a long (sea) journey |
Voyage |
| 491 |
F |
What 'F' was the inventor of the vertical fairground wheel |
Ferris |
| 492 |
T |
What 'T' is a plant with brilliant bell-shaped flowers |
Tulip |
| 493 |
S |
What 'S' is a Jewish place of worship |
Synagogue |
| 494 |
Y |
What 'Y' is the Christmas season |
Yuletide |
| 495 |
L |
What 'L' means growing profusely |
Luxuriant |
| 496 |
G |
What 'G' is the flesh in which teeth stand |
Gums |
| 497 |
P |
What 'P' is to beat by a narrow margin |
Pip |
| 498 |
U |
What 'U' is a mischievous scruffy boy |
Urchin |
| 499 |
J |
What 'J' was late 19th century US black music |
Jazz |
| 500 |
A |
What 'A' is morbid self-admiration |
Autism |
