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Question |
Answer |
| 001 |
M |
What 'M' is the saint to which a London church said to be In the fields' is dedicated? |
Martin |
| 002 |
O |
What 'O' goes before glory, fashioned and maid? |
Old |
| 003 |
K |
What 'K' is a baby cat? |
Kitten |
| 004 |
D |
What 'D' are the curved uprights that carry a ship's lifeboat? |
Davits |
| 005 |
J |
What 'J' is known to its inhabitants as Nippon? |
Japan |
| 006 |
P |
What 'P' was an Egyptian ruling dynasty that came from Macedonia? |
Ptolemy |
| 007 |
H |
What 'H' is a stew nominally associated with Lancashire? |
Hotpot |
| 008 |
W |
What 'W' is the merry-thought or breast bone of a roast bird? |
Wishbone |
| 009 |
F |
What 'F' is a note played or sung below true pitch? |
Flat |
| 010 |
B |
What 'B' is a lawyer raised to when he becomes a Judge? |
Bench |
| 011 |
L |
What 'L' is made in the form of bobbin, pillow and needle point? |
Lace |
| 012 |
S |
What 'S' is a secret agent? |
Spy |
| 013 |
T |
What 'T' is a jewelled head-dress worn by women on grand occasions? |
Tiara |
| 014 |
R |
What 'R' is demanded after kidnap? |
Ransom |
| 015 |
C |
What 'C' do you strike when you take down tents and move off? |
Camp |
| 016 |
E |
What 'E' was the pen-name of the author of 'The Mill on the Floss'? |
Eliot |
| 017 |
A |
What 'A' is the sea, of which Venice is called the queen? |
Adriatic |
| 018 |
V |
What 'V' are the thirty-three essential parts of the spinal column? |
Vertibrae |
| 019 |
G |
What 'G' is a state that has had political figures called Bishop, Braithwaite, Hudson-Austin, and Scoon? |
Grenada |
| 020 |
N |
What 'N' goes with pamby? |
Namby |
| 021 |
C |
What 'C' can be alimentary, Regent's or Panama? |
Canal |
| 022 |
I |
What 'T' is an island republic, south-east of Greenland, and 500 miles north-west of Scotland? |
Iceland |
| 023 |
N |
What 'N' is a Canadian province, or a breed of dog? |
Newfoundland |
| 024 |
O |
What 'O' was the ancient Greek king whose name is given to a neurotic relationship with the parent? |
Oedipus |
| 025 |
F |
What 'F' comes before dog, lighter and alarm? |
Fire |
| 026 |
K |
What 'K' is an Australian marsupial related to the wallaby? |
Kangaroo |
| 027 |
A |
What 'A' is a famous 20th century poet with the first names Wystan Hugh? |
Auden |
| 028 |
P |
What `P' is the smallest and least valuable piece in chess? |
Pawn |
| 029 |
D |
What 'D' means 'become wider or larger', and is often applied to the pupil of the eye? |
Dilate |
| 030 |
W |
What 'W' is a little tool for beating eggs or cream to a froth? |
Whisk |
| 031 |
B |
What 'B' had been on a bread-fruit collection expedition when his crew mutinied? |
Bligh |
| 032 |
G |
What `G' was one of the seven dwarfs? |
Grumpy |
| 033 |
H |
What 'H' is tiny, sips nectar on the wing, and lives in hot countries? |
Hummingbird |
| 034 |
L |
What 'L' is the river that flows through the château country of France? |
Loire |
| 035 |
S |
What 'S' goes before plate, fir tree and lining? |
Silver |
| 036 |
R |
What 'R' wrote a history of the world while imprisoned in the tower in the early 17th century? |
Raleigh |
| 037 |
E |
What 'E' is a phone number that is deliberately left out of the book? |
Ex Directory |
| 038 |
M |
What 'M' is the lace veil worn by Spanish women over the head and shoulders? |
Mantilla |
| 039 |
T |
What 'T' is another word for lukewarm? |
Tepid |
| 040 |
U |
What 'U' are you on, when you're so poor that you've worn away the soles of your shoes? |
Uppers |
| 041 |
G |
What 'G' is divided in two and produces hock and sauerkraut? |
Germany |
| 042 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a tree often planted in graveyards? |
Yew |
| 043 |
A |
What 'A' is a fruit known also as an alligator pear? |
Avocado |
| 044 |
T |
What 'T' is a rose prickle? |
Thorn |
| 045 |
W |
What 'W' was responsible for the design of fifty-one London churches? |
Wren |
| 046 |
S |
What 'S' is the wire fastener that holds a booklet together through the centrefold? |
Staple |
| 047 |
U |
What 'U' is a little ragamuffin and is applied to a type of short haircut? |
Urchin |
| 048 |
B |
What 'B' is a kind of coarse fern that infests heath, moorland and mountain? |
Bracken |
| 049 |
E |
What 'E' comes after electric, sand and conger? |
Eel |
| 050 |
N |
What 'N' do you mean to hit with a hammer, but also often hit by mistake? |
Nail |
| 051 |
C |
What 'C' is the type of crow that feeds on dead animals? |
Carrion |
| 052 |
L |
What 'L' are you not in when you are fancy-free? |
Love |
| 053 |
P |
What 'P' is Scottish or American for the little finger, or a character in 'Brighton Rock'? |
Pinkie |
| 054 |
O |
What 'O' is Des, whose best known song was 'Careless Hands'? |
O Connor |
| 055 |
H |
What 'H' is an eleven-a-side game played with curved sticks? |
Hockey |
| 056 |
F |
What 'F' is the art of planting, managing, and tending great numbers of trees? |
Forestry |
| 057 |
D |
What 'D' comes before horse, ages and continent? |
Dark |
| 058 |
M |
What 'M' is a book which gave clues to the whereabouts of a jewelled hare? |
Masquerade |
| 059 |
J |
What 'J' is the profession of collection and writing news? |
Journalism |
| 060 |
R |
What 'R' is where you can occasionally find a stationary taxi? |
Rank |
| 061 |
C |
What 'C' is the game in which Emmanuel Lasker was supreme? |
Chess |
| 062 |
E |
What 'E' is the period between afternoon and night? |
Evening |
| 063 |
H |
What 'H' is the largest of London's Royal parks? |
Hyde |
| 064 |
N |
What 'N' had an ark and led animals in two by two? |
Noah |
| 065 |
R |
What 'R' is mass for the repose of the souls of the dead? |
Requiem |
| 066 |
W |
What 'W' is the family of trees to which the osiers and sallows belong? |
Willow |
| 067 |
D |
What 'D' is usually shown by a red signal and means beware? |
Danger |
| 068 |
K |
What 'K' is an Australian bear? |
Koala |
| 069 |
B |
What 'B' is the colour that in this country signifies mourning? |
Black |
| 070 |
V |
What 'V' is a tax? |
VAT |
| 071 |
F |
What 'F' is the tree that shows your genealogy? |
Family |
| 072 |
T |
What 'T' in Staffordshire gave its name to Peel's manifesto in 1834? |
Tamworth |
| 073 |
S |
What 'S' is a post for marking out territory, or is money placed in a bet? |
Stake |
| 074 |
O |
What 'O' was called Daniel and was the early 19th century leader of Irish Nationalism? |
O Connell |
| 075 |
L |
What 'L' are German songs? |
Lieder |
| 076 |
G |
What 'G' has a district called 'Pollock'? |
Glasgow |
| 077 |
P |
What 'P' is a hundredth part of a German Mark? |
Pfennig |
| 078 |
M |
What 'M' did Burns address as a 'Wee, sleekit, cowering, timorous beastie'? |
Mouse |
| 079 |
J |
What 'I' is part of the Channel Islands, a breed of cattle and an article of clothing? |
Jersey |
| 080 |
A |
What 'A' is kept in an urn at Lords? |
Ashes |
| 081 |
F |
What 'F' is an ordinal of one? |
First |
| 082 |
O |
What 'O' is a child without parents? |
Orphan |
| 083 |
I |
What 'I' lights up? |
Illuminate |
| 084 |
R |
What 'R' is commemorated on Easter Sunday? |
Ressurection |
| 085 |
T |
What 'T' is thirteen plus fourteen minus fifteen? |
Twelve |
| 086 |
A |
What 'A' is the science, or art, in which the adjective `palladian' is used? |
Architecture |
| 087 |
E |
What 'E' are two and two and two and two? |
Eight |
| 088 |
B |
What 'B' includes the Medulla oblongate, the pons and the cerebellum? |
Brain |
| 089 |
P |
What 'P' was Marshal of France and head of Vichy Government during the last war? |
Petain |
| 090 |
D |
What 'D' borrowed four million pounds to buy shares in the Suez Canal Company? |
Disraeli |
| 091 |
N |
What 'N' is a sandbank with a lightship near Sheerness that was the scene of a famous mutiny? |
Nore |
| 092 |
J |
What 'J' is the bone in which teeth are set? |
Jaw |
| 093 |
S |
What 'S' is what you are told to pull up when your performance has been substandard? |
Socks |
| 094 |
H |
What 'H' is the opposite of perpendicular? |
Horizontal |
| 095 |
V |
What 'V' does something do when it quivers and shakes? |
Vibrate |
| 096 |
G |
What 'G' is the ham of a hog and goes proverbially with spinach? |
Gammon |
| 097 |
M |
What 'M' is a single block of stone like a menhir? |
Monolith |
| 098 |
W |
What 'W' are you when you are tired? |
Weary |
| 099 |
C |
What 'C' is the BBC's teletext service? |
Ceefax |
| 100 |
L |
What 'L' was the name of three kings of Belgium? |
Leopold |
| 101 |
M |
What 'M' is a northern town once known as 'Cottonopolis'? |
Manchester |
| 102 |
O |
What 'O' is the surname of Scarlett in 'Gone with the Wind'? |
O Hara |
| 103 |
K |
What 'K' is an instrument for winding, turning, tightening and locking? |
Key |
| 104 |
D |
What 'D' was Britain's first Jewish Prime Minister? |
Disraeli |
| 105 |
J |
What 'J' is applied to a prejudiced eye that sees only faults like that of a person with an upset liver? |
Jaundiced |
| 106 |
P |
What 'P' goes before chair, bike and button? |
Push |
| 107 |
H |
What 'H' is that part of Hispaniola that isn't Dominica, and is the home of voodoo? |
Haiti |
| 108 |
W |
What 'W' is a battle that forms the backdrop of episodes in Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair'? |
Waterloo |
| 109 |
F |
What 'F' is an ancient implement for threshing corn? |
Flail |
| 110 |
B |
What 'B' was the youngest and favourite son of Jacob? |
Benjamin |
| 111 |
L |
What 'L' is the milky fluid produced by many plants, such as poppies and lettuce, but specially by the rubber plant? |
Latex |
| 112 |
S |
What 'S' is the sport with which Australian Geoff Hunt is chiefly associated? |
Squash |
| 113 |
T |
What 'T' is the Republic whose capital city is T'ai-pei? |
Taiwan |
| 114 |
R |
What 'R' do you 'bring up' when you are right at the back? |
Rear |
| 115 |
C |
What 'C' is the red pepper made from chillis? |
Cayenne |
| 116 |
E |
What 'E' is the age at which you can vote in Britain? |
Eighteen |
| 117 |
A |
What 'A' was the wife of silly Billy, who succeeded George and preceded Victoria? |
Adelaide |
| 118 |
V |
What 'V' was the name of Britain's entry in the 1984 Americas Cup race? |
Victory |
| 119 |
G |
What 'G' was eighty in 1984, wrote 'Our Man in Havana' and was christened Graham? |
Greene |
| 120 |
N |
What 'N' was the place where Charles 1 lost the Midlands to Fairfax? |
Naseby |
| 121 |
C |
What 'C' is the country with the second largest area in the world? |
Canada |
| 122 |
I |
What 'I' is the peninsular which was a theatre of war against the French? |
Iberian |
| 123 |
N |
What 'N' is the acid whose formula is HNO3? |
Nitric |
| 124 |
O |
What 'O' supplies the feathers for the Prince of Wales' crest? |
Ostrich |
| 125 |
F |
What 'F' was the saint associated with Assisi? |
Francis |
| 126 |
K |
What 'K' from Australia is called a 'laughing Jackass'? |
Kookaburra |
| 127 |
A |
What 'A' was the Liberal leader whose second wife was called Margot? |
Asquith |
| 128 |
P |
What 'P' is where one sometimes has to put one's pride? |
Pocket |
| 129 |
D |
What 'D' live in columbarium? • |
Doves |
| 130 |
W |
What 'W' goes before pepper, lie and elephant? |
White |
| 131 |
B |
What 'B' do mammals have platelets or thrombocytes? |
Blood |
| 132 |
G |
What `G' is the network of lines used for locating points on a map? |
Grid |
| 133 |
H |
What 'H' did John Jorrocks call 'The sport of Kings - the image of war without its guilt'? |
Hunting |
| 134 |
L |
What 'I,' is a self-propelled vehicle, particularly a railway engine? |
Locomotive |
| 135 |
S |
What 'S' goes before man, line and jacket? |
Straight |
| 136 |
R |
What 'R' is another name for the breakdance called 'The Mannequin'? |
Robot |
| 137 |
E |
What 'E' do you raise as a sign of surprise or shock? |
Eyebrows |
| 138 |
M |
What 'M' was Uncas, the last chief, according to Fennimore Cooper? |
Mohicans |
| 139 |
T |
What 'T' was the Sherpa who first climbed Everest? |
Tensing |
| 140 |
U |
What 'U' is the special bread eaten by the Jews which contains no yeast? |
Unleavened |
| 141 |
G |
What 'G' do you do in a betting shop? |
Gamble |
| 142 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a television programme about a group of students? |
Young |
| 143 |
A |
What 'A' is wilful setting-on-fire of property, often with the object of gain from the insurance? |
Arson |
| 144 |
T |
What 'T' is the hero of a world famous comic strip for children created by Herge? |
Tintin |
| 145 |
W |
What 'W' is the site of the Thames flood barrier? |
Woolwich |
| 146 |
S |
What 'S' do you use to catch a mackerel? |
Sprat |
| 147 |
U |
What 'U is where a female goat or sheep keeps its milk? |
Udder |
| 148 |
B |
What 'B' is where your heart goes when you get that sinking feeling? |
Boots |
| 149 |
E |
What `E' is a way of identifying something you intend for a special purpose - like one of your own animals? |
Earmark |
| 150 |
N |
What 'N' is what a baby wears that needs constant changing? |
Nappy |
| 151 |
C |
What 'C' is the standard unit of heat? |
Calorie |
| 152 |
L |
What 'L' provides bits called 'best end' and 'saddle'? |
Lamb |
| 153 |
P |
What 'P' is the supposed science of deducing character by feeling the bumps on the head? |
Phrenology |
| 154 |
O |
What 'O' are the bandits that are fruit machines? |
One Armed |
| 155 |
H |
What 'H' is a group of birds, proverbially said to have very good sight? |
Hawks |
| 156 |
F |
What 'F' are toadstools and penicillin? |
Fungi |
| 157 |
D |
What 'D' is a notorious sand bank in the North Sea? |
Dogger |
| 158 |
M |
What 'M' is the unlawful killing of one person by another? |
Murder |
| 159 |
J |
What 'J' is reserved when a decision is delayed after a trial? |
Judgement |
| 160 |
R |
What 'R' was the method by which the British electorate decided we should join the EEC? |
Referendum |
| 161 |
C |
What 'C' is a large country house in France? |
Chateau |
| 162 |
E |
What 'E' is the Harold who wrote 'Good Times, Bad Times' and was once a major newspaper editor? |
Evans |
| 163 |
H |
What 'H' is a mongrel or crossbreed? |
Hybrid |
| 164 |
N |
What 'N' is a seamstress or embroiderer? |
Needlewoman |
| 165 |
R |
What 'R' is pink, and stewed, and is what actors in crowd scenes are supposed to mumble? |
Rhubarb |
| 166 |
W |
What 'W' is the Sunday that can be May 10, at the earliest, and June 23, at the latest? |
Whit |
| 167 |
D |
What 'D' is our name for German porcelain shepherdesses, which actually came from Meissen? |
Dresden |
| 168 |
K |
What 'K' is the bone joint at the base of the finger? |
Knuckle |
| 169 |
B |
What 'B' comes before alley, corner, and date? |
Blind |
| 170 |
V |
What 'V' is a very soft silken fabric? |
Velvet |
| 171 |
F |
What 'F' is a derogatory word for things easily done, or for a ready, fluent way of doing things? |
Factile |
| 172 |
T |
What 'T' are the Separatist group in Sri Lanka? |
Tamil |
| 173 |
S |
What 'S' is a horse-race over obstacles, or a race for men over hurdles and water-jumps? |
Steeplechase |
| 174 |
O |
What 'O' is a child without brothers and sisters? |
Only |
| 175 |
L |
What 'L' was written by Shirley Conran and is about a woman trying to identify her mother? |
Lace |
| 176 |
G |
What 'G' is to chew away at something like a dog with a bone? |
Gnaw |
| 177 |
P |
What 'P 'is complete loss of motor function, in the nervous system? |
Paralysis |
| 178 |
M |
What 'M' goes with pestle for grinding and pounding? |
Mortar |
| 179 |
J |
What 'J' is rubbish and an Oriental sailing boat? |
Junk |
| 180 |
A |
What 'A' has a population of over 51/4 million, and is an island continent? |
Australia |
| 181 |
F |
What 'F' comes before tale, ring and cake? |
Fairy |
| 182 |
O |
What 'O' are international games held in a different country every four years? |
Olympic |
| 183 |
I |
What 'I' is a pause or break? |
Interval |
| 184 |
R |
What 'R' is the system of support and the ropes for moving sails on a ship? |
Rigging |
| 185 |
T |
What 'T' is what a compositor sets? |
Type |
| 186 |
A |
What 'A' is the process of cutting off an arm or a leg? |
Amputation |
| 187 |
E |
What 'E' were the people who had a principal deity called Osiris? |
Egyptians |
| 188 |
B |
What 'B' was the scene of history's most famous tea party? |
Boston |
| 189 |
P |
What 'P' is a mixture of flour, fat and water, rolled and used for pies and tarts? |
Pastry |
| 190 |
D |
What 'D' is the process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the blood? |
Digestion |
| 191 |
N |
What 'N' is the study of coins and medals? |
Numismatics |
| 192 |
J |
What 'J' is a famous psychologist? |
Jung |
| 193 |
S |
What 'S' is the Russian for 'Fellow-traveller', and the name given to their first artificial satellites? |
Sputnik |
| 194 |
H |
What 'H' is usually mentioned as the second of the three theological virtues? |
Hope |
| 195 |
V |
What 'V' is an innoculation against disease? |
Vaccination |
| 196 |
G |
What 'G' do you see in skeins and gaggles? |
Geese |
| 197 |
M |
What 'M' in London is 202 feet high, and commemorates the Great Fire? |
Monument |
| 198 |
W |
What 'W' are birds that are pied and grey? |
Wagtail |
| 199 |
C |
What 'C' did Mrs Malaprop really mean when she referred to the 'Allegories of the Nile' (because her English was as peculiar as her knowledge of natural history)? |
Crocodiles |
| 200 |
L |
What 'L' means noisy? |
Loud |
| 201 |
M |
What 'M' is a two-syllable word for the human race? |
Mankind |
| 202 |
O |
What 'O' is the value rating for petrol? |
Octane |
| 203 |
K |
What 'K' is the recoil of a shotgun or rifle? |
Kick |
| 204 |
D |
What 'D' is the eider that produces eiderdown? |
Duck |
| 205 |
J |
What 'J' are the calendars that begin with `Nisan' for the church and `Tishni' for civil affairs? |
Jewish |
| 206 |
P |
What 'P' do mice do when the cat's away? |
Play |
| 207 |
H |
What 'H' do falconers fly at small game? |
Hawks |
| 208 |
W |
What 'W' is a very difficult breakdance move that might grind the corn? |
Windmill |
| 209 |
F |
What 'F' is how one would like to be in a foreign language and means a ready use of words? |
Fluent |
| 210 |
B |
What 'B' is where Queen Elizabeth is Head of State, and where Nassau is the principal city? |
Bahamas |
| 211 |
L |
What 'L' was, and is, the German Airforce? |
Luftwaffe |
| 212 |
S |
What 'S' was the host nation for the final tournament of the World Cup in 1982? |
Spain |
| 213 |
T |
What 'T' is a loudspeaker for reproducing high frequencies? |
Tweeter |
| 214 |
R |
What 'R' was originally a political label for the Ultraliberals, which we now call the Left? |
Radicals |
| 215 |
C |
What 'C' is the nickname for Norwich City football club? |
Canaries |
| 216 |
E |
What 'E' has a winter resort on the river at Luxor? |
Egypt |
| 217 |
A |
What 'A' is an animal found in South Africa called a klipspringer? |
Antelope |
| 218 |
V |
What 'V' was a Dutch painter, famous for sunflowers, whose surname was Van Gogh? |
Vincent |
| 219 |
G |
What 'G' goes before eye, fleece and rod? |
Golden |
| 220 |
N |
What 'N' is the first name of Sinatra's singing daughter? |
Nancy |
| 221 |
C |
What 'C' is a heap of stones, or a Scottish terrier? |
Cairn |
| 222 |
I |
What 'I' wrote 'Fools are in a terrible, overwhelming majority all the wide world over', and was Norway's greatest dramatist? |
Isben |
| 223 |
N |
What 'N' was a twenty franc piece named after an emperor? |
Napoleon |
| 224 |
O |
What 'O' is the longest river in South Africa? |
Orange |
| 225 |
F |
What 'F' is a flat slab of rock, an iris, or a piece of bunting used as a signal? |
Flag |
| 226 |
K |
What 'K' is used of difficult problems or of a string tied in several places? |
Knotty |
| 227 |
A |
What 'A' is the Dutch language of South Africa? |
Afrikaans |
| 228 |
P |
What 'P' do you establish with a plumb line? |
Perpendicular |
| 229 |
D |
What 'D' is what American soldiers in the First World War were called? |
Doughboys |
| 230 |
W |
What 'W' is a town in Hampshire with a cathedral, and a table said to be King Arthur's? |
Winchester |
| 231 |
B |
What 'B' comes before rate, and note, and after piggy? |
Bank |
| 232 |
G |
What 'G' is an instrument called a stratocaster? |
Guitar |
| 233 |
H |
What 'H' is the Cinque Port that isn't Hastings? |
Hythe |
| 234 |
L |
What 'L' had a thorn removed from its foot by And rocles? |
Lion |
| 235 |
S |
What 'S' goes before interest, fracture and minds? |
Simple |
| 236 |
R |
What 'R' was the name of the monk who dominated the court of Nicholas II of Russia? |
Rasputin |
| 237 |
E |
What 'E' was the name given to children sent away from big cities for safety during the last war? |
Evacuees |
| 238 |
M |
What 'M' is characteristically guilty of the sin of avarice? |
Miser |
| 239 |
T |
What 'T is a polyester fibre noted for its non-creasing properties? |
Terylene |
| 240 |
U |
What 'U' is another word for the Cosmos? |
Universe |
| 241 |
G |
What 'G' is the principal city in Lake Leman? |
Geneva |
| 242 |
Y |
What 'Y' is an American university and a type of lock? |
Yale |
| 243 |
A |
What 'A' is the region round the North Pole? |
Arctic |
| 244 |
T |
What 'T' goes before clap, bolt and storm? |
Thunder |
| 245 |
W |
What 'W' was the heathen god who gave his name to Wednesday? |
Woden |
| 246 |
S |
What 'S' was the canal built by De Lesseps in Egypt? |
Suez |
| 247 |
U |
What 'U' is a final demand or a threat? |
Ultimatum |
| 248 |
B |
What 'B' is what some people can't say to a goose? |
Boo |
| 249 |
E |
What 'E' is a grossly excessive or extortionate price or demand? |
Exorbitant |
| 250 |
N |
What 'N' is a string of beads? |
Necklace |
| 251 |
C |
What 'C' is a perforated strainer for getting water out of vegetables? |
Colander |
| 252 |
L |
What 'L' was the party of the red rose during the Wars of the Roses? |
Lancaster |
| 253 |
P |
What 'P' goes before apple, marten and cone? |
Pine |
| 254 |
O |
What O0' is a hazard that arises out of your work, or what you habitually do? |
Occupational |
| 255 |
H |
What 'H' is the flat bit at the end of a nail? |
Head |
| 256 |
F |
What 'F' is the colloquial name for a note worth 500 pence? |
Fiver |
| 257 |
D |
What 'D' is to reduce in rank or importance? |
Demote |
| 258 |
M |
What 'M' comes before field, storm and pole? |
Magnetic |
| 259 |
J |
What 'J' was the wife of Punch? |
Judy |
| 260 |
R |
What 'R' is a coloured arc which has something in common with Finian? |
Rainbow |
| 261 |
C |
What 'C' is something arranged in order of time? |
Chronological |
| 262 |
E |
What 'E' is a ballet dancer's leap, during which the legs are rapidly crossed? |
Entrechat |
| 263 |
H |
What 'H' is beautiful when it is calligraphy? |
Handwriting |
| 264 |
N |
What 'N' is the Roman Deity identified with Poseidon? |
Neptune |
| 265 |
R |
What 'R' is the animal class that includes tortoises, crocodiles and snakes? |
Reptilia |
| 266 |
W |
What 'W' is to talk under your breath, or in an undertone? |
Whisper |
| 267 |
D |
What 'D' is silly nonsense, or twaddle? |
Drivel |
| 268 |
K |
What 'K' is a Scottish church? |
Kirk |
| 269 |
B |
What 'B' is an exchange of goods, insead of money? |
Barter |
| 270 |
V |
What 'V' are rats, mice and fleas? |
Vermin |
| 271 |
F |
What 'F' is an Italian city almost destroyed by flood in 1966? |
Florence |
| 272 |
T |
What 'T' is the aquatic larval state of most amphibians? |
Tadpole |
| 273 |
S |
What 'S' is the favourite slang name for the potato? |
Spud |
| 274 |
O |
What 'O' means thoroughly stupid and is also applied to angles? |
Obtuse |
| 275 |
L |
What 'L' is a sheet of water, occupying a depression in the earth's surface? |
Lake |
| 276 |
G |
What 'G' was mustard with mutton said to be a sign? |
Gluttony |
| 277 |
P |
What 'P' is said to be mightier than the sword? |
Pen |
| 278 |
M |
What 'M' is the name we use for the Moslems who invaded Spain, and sometimes for Moroccans? |
Moors |
| 279 |
J |
What 'J' did Romeo love? |
Juliet |
| 280 |
A |
What 'A' is a bridge for carrying water across a valley, that the Romans built in many places?
|
Aqueduct |
| 281 |
F |
What 'F' is the verb for a sow giving birth to a litter of piglets? |
Farrow |
| 282 |
O |
What 'O' is a colour, an oil and something that can be eaten? |
Olive |
| 283 |
I |
What 'T' is the part of the body where food is digested? |
Intestine |
| 284 |
R |
What 'R' is the Army bugle-call for waking soldiers? |
Reveille |
| 285 |
T |
What 'T are the plants with which Bill Mason has to struggle? |
Triffids |
| 286 |
A |
What 'A' was Socialist Prime Minister in 1945? |
Attlee |
| 287 |
E |
What 'E' is a plain-coloured flag with a Union Jack in the corner? |
Ensign |
| 288 |
B |
What 'B' was the ship whose crew colonised Pitcairn Island, before they burned the ship? |
Bounty |
| 289 |
P |
What 'P' were Socrates, Descartes, Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein? |
Philosophers |
| 290 |
D |
What 'D' is the way a particular community within a county speaks? |
Dialect |
| 291 |
N |
What 'N' is a work of fiction writing? |
Novel |
| 292 |
J |
Which 'J' is always running away from Tom? |
Jerry |
| 293 |
S |
What 'S' did the Rolling Stones not get? |
Satisfaction |
| 294 |
H |
What 'H' is a chart said to be 'cast' by an astrologer? |
Horoscope |
| 295 |
V |
What 'V' was a Scandinavian seaman or pirate? |
Viking |
| 296 |
G |
What 'G' was imprisoned for saying that the earth moved? |
Galileo |
| 297 |
M |
What 'M' was created on the fourth day? |
Moon |
| 298 |
W |
What 'W' is a thin cake of batter, is cooked with an iron, and also means talking rubbish? |
Waffle |
| 299 |
C |
What 'C' is in charge of gambling games in a casino? |
Croupier |
| 300 |
L |
What 'L' is a black bootlace you can eat? |
Licorice |
| 301 |
M |
What 'M' is the planet fourth from the Sun? |
Mars |
| 302 |
O |
What 'O' was the port near which uranium hexafluoride containers were sunk in a French boat? |
Ostend |
| 303 |
K |
What 'K' is a tower stronghold, usually square? |
Keep |
| 304 |
D |
What 'D' is a tubular wooden Australian wind instrument? |
Didgerydoo |
| 305 |
J |
What 'J' is an umbrella-shaped fish, called a Medusa, that stings? |
Jellyfish |
| 306 |
P |
What 'P' is a flat-bottomed boat, or a type of kick in rugby? |
Punt |
| 307 |
H |
What 'H' is a woman who has, or is going to inherit a lot of money? |
Heiress |
| 308 |
W |
What 'W' goes before cub, hound or whistle? |
Wolf |
| 309 |
F |
What 'F' can be in kettles, on coat collars or on an unhealthy tongue? |
Fur |
| 310 |
B |
What 'B' is the ecclesiastical boss of a diocese? |
Bishop |
| 311 |
L |
What 'L' is a country smaller than Washington DC, that lies between Switzerland and Austria? |
Liechtenstein |
| 312 |
S |
What 'S' is used to cut grass, and appears with a hammer on the Soviet flag? |
Sickle |
| 313 |
T |
What 'T' is the great river on which Newcastle stands? |
Tyne |
| 314 |
R |
What 'R' is a cattle-breeding station in Canada and the USA? |
Ranch |
| 315 |
C |
What 'C' was the country that had a communist leader called Dubcek? |
Czechoslovakia |
| 316 |
E |
What 'E' are the native human inhabitants of the Arctic? |
Eskimos |
| 317 |
A |
What 'A' makes, with Socrates and Plato, the great trio of Greek philosophy? |
Aristotle |
| 318 |
V |
What 'V' is the city where you see the Bridge of Sighs? |
Venice |
| 319 |
G |
What 'G' is the professional occupation of Gary Player? |
Golf |
| 320 |
N |
What 'N' was chained up in the yard, which enabled Peter Pan to get into the Darlings' house? |
Nana |
| 321 |
C |
What 'C' is a vegetable with a large, white, edible flower-head? |
Cauliflower |
| 322 |
I |
What 'I' is one of the Balearic islands that live on importing tourists and exporting salt? |
Ibiza |
| 323 |
N |
What 'N' is the English county that includes Ainwich and Bamburgh castles? |
Northumberland |
| 324 |
O |
What 'O' is commonplace or usual? |
Ordinary |
| 325 |
F |
What 'F' means a silly person when preceding brain, pate or head? |
Feather |
| 326 |
K |
What 'K' is a small falcon that is also known as a windhover? |
Kestrel |
| 327 |
A |
What 'A' is the Balkan communist state adjoining Greece? |
Albania |
| 328 |
P |
What `P' is the fruit called Kaki in Asia, that looks a bit like a tomato and figures in American folk stories? |
Persimmon |
| 329 |
D |
What 'D' is an author of plays? |
Dramatist |
| 330 |
W |
What 'W' is occidental? |
West |
| 331 |
B |
What 'B' goes before pipe, up and lamp? |
Blow |
| 332 |
G |
What 'G' is the nickname for the Royal Artillery? |
Gunners |
| 333 |
H |
What 'H' can be ball-pane, tack, sledge or claw? |
Hammer |
| 334 |
L |
What 'L' is the British rugby union overseas touring side? |
Lions |
| 335 |
S |
What 'S' goes before lane, mile and shell? |
Sea |
| 336 |
R |
What 'R' is to cut grain with a sickle at harvest? |
Reap |
| 337 |
E |
What 'E' is the residence and office of an ambassador? |
Embassy |
| 338 |
M |
What 'M' is a fine-grained, reddish wood, much used by the cabinet makers? |
Mahogany |
| 339 |
T |
What 'T' goes before water, set and paper? |
Toilet |
| 340 |
U |
What 'U' is an actor ready to take over someone else's part in an emergency? |
Understudy |
| 341 |
G |
What 'G' is the carriage on which the coffins of soldiers and statesmen are often transported? |
Gun |
| 342 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a monetary unit of Japan's currency? |
Yen |
| 343 |
A |
What 'A' are mountains that form a range entirely in Italy? |
Apennines |
| 344 |
T |
What 'T' is the number made by multiplying a hundred by ten? |
Thousand |
| 345 |
W |
What 'W' is the abbey owned by the Duke of Bedford? |
Woburn |
| 346 |
S |
What 'S' is a system of steps in a country wall or fence, where people, but not animals can cross? |
Stile |
| 347 |
U |
What 'U' sits high up and gets abused by 'the brat of tennis'? |
Umpire |
| 348 |
B |
What 'B' comes after Christmas, witness and letter? |
Box |
| 349 |
E |
What 'E' is an aluminium cupid in Piccadilly? |
Eros |
| 350 |
N |
What 'N' is a female goat or a child's nurse? |
Nanny |
| 351 |
C |
What 'C' is a deep blue pigment of metallic origin? |
Cobalt |
| 352 |
L |
What 'L' is a sore throat in Latin? |
Laryngitis |
| 353 |
P |
What 'P' is the name of Edward Western closely linked with? |
Photography |
| 354 |
O |
What 'O' means to acquire or get? |
Obtain |
| 355 |
H |
What 'H' is where Winston Churchill went to school? |
Harrow |
| 356 |
F |
What 'F' is the penalty that is an unchangeable fine for parking? |
Fixed |
| 357 |
D |
What 'D' is the cathedral in the north of England, started in 1093? |
Durham |
| 358 |
M |
What 'M' could only be treated with quinine? |
Malaria |
| 359 |
J |
What are Split and Dubrovnik? |
Jugoslavia |
| 360 |
R |
What 'R' were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter? |
Rabbits |
| 361 |
C |
What 'C' is a thick, coarse fleshed, omnivorous river fish of the carp family? |
Chub |
| 362 |
E |
What 'E' is the suffix meaning smaller imitation or female that can be added to flannel, usher or kitchen? |
Ette |
| 363 |
H |
What 'H' is commonly used as a synonym for mesmerised? |
Hypnotised |
| 364 |
N |
What 'N' is the popular name for an allergic skin irritation called urticaria? |
Nettlerash |
| 365 |
R |
What 'R' is the versatile Mr Daltry, the pop star and actor? |
Roger |
| 366 |
W |
What 'W' is spelt with an `e' when it's Irish, and without when it's scotch? |
Whiskey |
| 367 |
D |
What 'D' is the product of phoenix dactylifera that grows in the Near East? |
Dates |
| 368 |
K |
What 'K' is a smoked herring? |
Kipper |
| 369 |
B |
What 'B' was the lump of wood on which people were beheaded? |
Block |
| 370 |
V |
What 'V' are blinds? |
Venetian |
| 371 |
F |
What 'F' was the name taken by a group of non- revolutionary socialists in England in 1884? |
Fabians |
| 372 |
T |
What 'T' is the art and science of fighting battles? |
Tactics |
| 373 |
S |
What 'S' is the saucepan in which bones are boiled to make the basis of soups and sauces? |
Stockpot |
| 374 |
O |
What 'O' indicates the anti-knock rating of fuel? |
Octane |
| 375 |
L |
What 'L.' is a rope with a running noose, for catching cattle? |
Lasso |
| 376 |
G |
What 'G' is an engineless aeroplane? |
Glider |
| 377 |
P |
What 'P' is a combination of specified numbers used in football pools? |
Permutation |
| 378 |
M |
What 'M' is the relationship of Princess Diana to Prince William? |
Mother |
| 379 |
J |
What 'J' brings people bad luck? |
Jinx |
| 380 |
A |
What 'A' has, as its ore, a substance called bauxite? |
Aluminium |
| 381 |
F |
What 'F' has a polypod got a lot of? |
Feet |
| 382 |
O |
What 'O' is the edible home of a pearl? |
Oyster |
| 383 |
I |
What 'I' is important when applying for a job? |
Interview |
| 384 |
R |
What 'R' was the French cardinal who was the virtual ruler of France in the early 17th century? |
Richlieu |
| 385 |
T |
What 'T' means to wait, or delay, and rhymes with marry? |
Tarry |
| 386 |
A |
What 'A' is demanded for refugees and is a home for lunatics? |
Asylum |
| 387 |
E |
What 'E' is for ever and ever and ever? |
Eternity |
| 388 |
B |
What 'B' comes before spanner, room and office? |
Box |
| 389 |
P |
What 'P' is a traveller in a motor car who is not driving? |
Passenger |
| 390 |
D |
What 'D' in a pharmacy makes up the prescriptions? |
Dispenser |
| 391 |
N |
What 'N' is a person or tribe who wanders from place to place? |
Nomad |
| 392 |
J |
What 'J' is a car and a big cat? |
Jaguar |
| 393 |
S |
What 'S' is a ship designed to sail under the sea? |
Submarine |
| 394 |
H |
What 'H' is the full moon nearest the Autumn equinox? |
Harvest |
| 395 |
V |
What 'V' is the official residence of the Pope? |
Vatican |
| 396 |
G |
What 'G' is the element with the atomic number seventy- nine? |
Gold |
| 397 |
M |
What 'M' in the Yemen is thought to have been the place where coffee originated? |
Mocha |
| 398 |
W |
What 'W' is a ballroom dance and one that Matilda did? |
Waltz |
| 399 |
C |
What 'C' can be a hen, lives in the sea and has pincers? |
Crab |
| 400 |
L |
What 'L' was the husband of a woman in the bible who was turned into a pillar of salt? |
Lot |
| 401 |
M |
What 'M' is a name meaning pearl, given to a member of the Royal family? |
Margaret |
| 402 |
O |
What 'O' is the piece of music that opens an opera or oratorio? |
Overture |
| 403 |
K |
What 'K' in Tanzania is the highest peak in Africa? |
Kilimanjaro |
| 404 |
D |
What 'D' wrote 'The Idiot' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'? |
Dostoevsky |
| 405 |
J |
What 'J' is the triangular stay-sail, between the bowsprit and the masthead on a small boat? |
Jib |
| 406 |
P |
What 'P' is the raised place in a church where the preacher delivers his sermon? |
Pulpit |
| 407 |
H |
What 'H' was the mother of Hermione and caused the Trojan War? |
Helen |
| 408 |
W |
What 'W' is the noise a horse makes when it is pleased? |
Whinny |
| 409 |
F |
What 'F' comes before body, office, country and legion? |
Foreign |
| 410 |
B |
What 'B' weighs 163/4 tons and is called 'Great Paul'? |
Bell |
| 411 |
L |
What 'L' was once called St Petersburg, and is Russia's second city? |
Leningrad |
| 412 |
S |
What 'S' is another word for a water-ice? |
Sorbet |
| 413 |
T |
What 'T' is a thirteenth of twenty-six? |
Two |
| 414 |
R |
What 'R' is a fence of balustrade - often made of metal? |
Railing |
| 415 |
C |
What 'C' was a Danish King of England who sat with his feet in the sea? |
Canute |
| 416 |
E |
What 'E' is a print made from an engraved copper plate? |
Etching |
| 417 |
A |
What 'A' is hard, dustfree, highly compressed coal? |
Anthracite |
| 418 |
V |
What 'V' were Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler, and Paganini? |
Violinists |
| 419 |
G |
What 'G' are Welsh, Scots, Horse and Grenadier? |
Guards |
| 420 |
N |
What 'N' is a kind of ice-cream and is an inhabitant of Naples? |
Neapolitan |
| 421 |
C |
What 'C' is the vessel in which butter is made? |
Churn |
| 422 |
I |
What 'I' is a house made of ice and snow? |
Igloo |
| 423 |
N |
What 'N' is the nickname usually given, in the navy or army, to someone called Clarke? |
Nobby |
| 424 |
O |
What 'O' are found at Kitt Peak, Mount Palomar and Jodrell Bank? |
Observatories |
| 425 |
F |
What 'F' do you add to thirty-three to get forty-seven? |
Fourteen |
| 426 |
K |
What 'K' is the desert north of the Orange River, mostly in Botswana? |
Kalahari |
| 427 |
A |
What 'A' is a plea of having been -elsewhere at the material time? |
Alibi |
| 428 |
P |
What `P' is government where a woman is dominant in the home of family life? |
Petticoat |
| 429 |
D |
What 'D' is a light sleep? |
Doze |
| 430 |
W |
What 'W' is the Duke commemorated at Apsley House? |
Wellington |
| 431 |
B |
What 'B' are you said to kick when you die? |
Bucket |
| 432 |
G |
What 'G' were Nepalese soldiers serving in the British Army? |
Gurkhas |
| 433 |
H |
What 'H' is a musical instrument (like a portable organ) with bellows worked by the feet? |
Harmonium |
| 434 |
L |
What 'I,' was originally made from flax, oil and corkdust, and is found in many kitchens? |
Linoleum |
| 435 |
S |
What 'S' goes before string, hand and fiddle? |
Second |
| 436 |
R |
R. What 'R' is a vegetable that can be red, white, black or horse? |
Radish |
| 437 |
E |
What 'E' supplies the evidence in ocular proof? |
Eyes |
| 438 |
M |
What 'M' is the animal studied by anthropologists? |
Man |
| 439 |
T |
What 'T' is stretched between the winning posts of a racetrack? |
Tape |
| 440 |
U |
What 'U' means on the first floor, or a higher storey? |
Upstairs |
| 441 |
G |
What 'G' is between Honduras and Mexico? |
Guatamala |
| 442 |
Y |
What 'Y' is the festive season of Christmas time? |
Yuletide |
| 443 |
A |
What 'A' is vulnerable in the heel? |
Achilles |
| 444 |
T |
What 'T' is called a 'pourboire' or `backsheesh'? |
Tip |
| 445 |
W |
What 'W' does a bigamist have more than one of? |
Wife |
| 446 |
S |
What 'S' did Aristotle think women hadn't got, and which most people think goes to heaven after death? |
Soul |
| 447 |
U |
What 'U' goes before crust, cut and class? |
Upper |
| 448 |
B |
What 'B' is the name given to a special gravy or sauce jug? |
Boat |
| 449 |
E |
What 'E' is another word for an age, a period or an epoch? |
Era |
| 450 |
N |
What 'N' was a pig in 'Animal Farm', or emperor of France? |
Napoleon |
| 451 |
C |
What 'C' are pale-coloured French beef cattle from near Lyons? |
Charollais |
| 452 |
L |
What 'L' is a decapod marine crustacean with claws, which is red when cooked? |
Lobster |
| 453 |
P |
What 'P' is the capital of Arizona? |
Phoenix |
| 454 |
O |
What 'O' is the expression used to mean the time when the least electricity is used? |
Offpeak |
| 455 |
H |
What 'H' do you fly-off if you get loquaciously angry? |
Handle |
| 456 |
F |
What 'F' is used to knock you down when you are astonished and amazed? |
Feather |
| 457 |
D |
What 'D' was Argus who recognised Ulysses after twenty years? |
Dog |
| 458 |
M |
What 'M' was Sir Thomas who compiled the `Morte D'Arthur'? |
Mallory |
| 459 |
J |
What 'I' is Lennon's pop musician son? |
Julian |
| 460 |
R |
What 'R' was the king who may have murdered the princes in the tower? |
Richard III |
| 461 |
C |
What 'C' is a monster with a lion's head, a goat's body and a dragon's tail? |
Chimera |
| 462 |
E |
What 'E' is an exaggerated feeling of well-being usually based on over-confidence? |
Euphoria |
| 463 |
H |
What 'H' identified as 'IBN Talal' is King of Jordan? |
Hussein |
| 464 |
N |
What 'N' is the wine you mustn't put into old bottles? |
New |
| 465 |
R |
What 'R' can be metamorphic, sedimentary, or igneous? |
Rock |
| 466 |
W |
What 'W' is, or was, called baleen plate and was used in corsets and for brushes? |
Whalebone |
| 467 |
D |
What 'D' is the disease you suffer from if you can't make your own insulin? |
Diabetes |
| 468 |
K |
What 'K' is a famous diamond which weighs 102 carats and is one of the British crown jewels? |
Koh I Noor |
| 469 |
B |
What 'B' can be a pole, an itch or a shop? |
Barber's |
| 470 |
V |
What 'V' is the poison secreted in snakes and bees? |
Venom |
| 471 |
F |
What 'F' married the world's sweetheart and played in the 'Thief of Baghdad'? |
Fairbanks |
| 472 |
T |
What 'T' is a child's cuddly bear? |
Teddy |
| 473 |
S |
What 'S' is the correct name of the pedal of a piano, sometimes called the loud pedal? |
Sustaining |
| 474 |
O |
What 'O' is a group of eight - like the notes in a scale? |
Octave |
| 475 |
L |
What 'L' is a decorative textile for which Nottingham is famous? |
Lace |
| 476 |
G |
What 'G' is a familiar name for a piece of linen used for drying-up? |
Glasscloth |
| 477 |
P |
What 'P' is the pause at the end of a sentence - a full stop? |
Peroid |
| 478 |
M |
What 'M' won 108 caps for England at soccer? |
Moore |
| 479 |
J |
What 'J' was very close to Mr Hyde? |
Jeckyll |
| 480 |
A |
What 'A' are made into calvados and cider? |
Apples |
| 481 |
F |
What 'F' are rockets, roman candles, and bengal lights? |
Fireworks |
| 482 |
O |
What 'O' appears in a newspaper after a person's death? |
Orbituary |
| 483 |
I |
What 'I' is the 'I' to which Moses led his people? |
Israel |
| 484 |
R |
What 'R' is a din, an organised swindle, or a thing you play games with? |
Racket |
| 485 |
T |
What 'T' is a person employed to judge the quality of tea or wine? |
Taster |
| 486 |
A |
What 'A' was the Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha who married Queen Victoria? |
Albert |
| 487 |
E |
What 'E' are you said to walk on when you go very gingerly for some reason? |
Eggs |
| 488 |
B |
What 'B' is reed-mace, among which Moses was laid? |
Bullrush |
| 489 |
P |
What 'P' is the important prison on the Isle of Wight? |
Parkhurst |
| 490 |
D |
What 'D' were the reptiles dominant during the Mesozoic period? |
Dinosaurs |
| 491 |
N |
What 'N' is a prize for physics, literature and peace? |
Nobel |
| 492 |
J |
What 'J' was the wife of Napoleon? |
Josephine |
| 493 |
S |
What 'S' was a tube-like dress, of the early 50s, or a cloth container for potatoes? |
Stack |
| 494 |
H |
What 'H' are dried in an oasthouse? |
Hops |
| 495 |
V |
What 'V' is the zodiacal sign for someone born on September 1st? |
Virgo |
| 496 |
G |
What `G' precedes ray or globulin? |
Gamma |
| 497 |
M |
What 'M' are animals called capuchin, green and marmoset? |
Monkeys |
| 498 |
W |
What 'W' does the bride usually wear white at and is supposed to be the best day of her life? |
Wedding |
| 499 |
C |
What 'C' is the tropic on the line of latitude 231/2 degrees north? |
Cancer |
| 500 |
L |
What 'L' are you if you have a gammy leg? |
Lame |
