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Question |
Answer |
| 001 |
M |
What 'M' is an eyelash beautifier? |
Mascara |
| 002 |
O |
What 'O' is a word for a smell? |
Odour |
| 003 |
K |
What 'K' is an A.A. Milne marsupial? |
Kanga |
| 004 |
D |
What 'D' is an Olympic sport involving ten different skills? |
Decathlon |
| 005 |
J |
What 'J' is a court joker? |
Jester |
| 006 |
P |
What 'P' is the flower used on Remembrance Sunday? |
Poppy |
| 007 |
H |
What 'H' was king of Judea at Jesus's birth? |
Herod |
| 008 |
W |
What 'W' was British prime minister in 1965? |
Wilson |
| 009 |
F |
What 'F' are the locomotory organs of aquatic vertebrates? |
Fins |
| 010 |
B |
What 'B' named his holiday camps after himself? |
Butlin |
| 011 |
L |
What 'L' has Beirut as a capital? |
Lebanon |
| 012 |
S |
What 'S' is the violins' section of the orchestra? |
Strings |
| 013 |
T |
What 'T' is rich in caffeine? |
Tea |
| 014 |
R |
What 'R' is a formula for making medicines and food? |
Recipe |
| 015 |
C |
What 'C' is a cheese and a gorge? |
Cheddar |
| 016 |
E |
What 'E' are the famous Marbles in the British Museum? |
Elgin |
| 017 |
A |
What 'A' is left when a fire burns out? |
Ash |
| 018 |
V |
What 'V' is an immoral habit — and means in place of? |
Vice |
| 019 |
G |
What 'G' captained England against Australia in cricket in 1989? |
Gower |
| 020 |
N |
What 'N' is the body of a church? |
Nave |
| 021 |
C |
What 'C' comes after tennis and before room? |
Court |
| 022 |
I |
What 'I' is a south-east Asian republic of many islands? |
Indonesia |
| 023 |
N |
What 'N' is a donkey's name? |
Neddy |
| 024 |
O |
What 'O' is another word meaning almighty? |
Omnipotent |
| 025 |
F |
What 'F' is a New York Meadow where tennis is played? |
Flushing |
| 026 |
K |
What 'K' is the capital of Nepal? |
Katmandu |
| 027 |
A |
What 'A' is I love in Latin? |
Amo |
| 028 |
P |
What `P' is a famous jockey? |
Piggott |
| 029 |
D |
What 'D' is an ancient Celtic priest? |
Druid |
| 030 |
J |
What `J' was the Sprat who couldn't eat fat? |
Jack |
| 031 |
B |
What 'B' is slang for crazy and eccentric? |
Barmy |
| 032 |
Q |
What 'Q' is a dance and a game of cards? |
Quadrille |
| 033 |
H |
H What 'H' is a place associated with show jumping? |
Hickstead |
| 034 |
L |
What 'L' is a popular golden or black dog? |
Labrador |
| 035 |
S |
What 'S' was renamed Volgograd in 1961? |
Stalingrad |
| 036 |
R |
What 'R' means affected by rabies? |
Rabid |
| 037 |
E |
What 'E' is the famous Dallas family? |
Ewing |
| 038 |
M |
What 'M' is a severe headache? |
Migraine |
| 039 |
T |
What 'T' is three people sharing power? |
Triumvirate |
| 040 |
U |
What 'U' is a milk-secreting organ? |
Udder |
| 041 |
G |
What 'G' is an eighteenth-century Spanish court painter? |
Goya |
| 042 |
Z |
What 'Z' is the hill where Jerusalem stands? |
Zion |
| 043 |
A |
What `A' means collectedness, assurance or poise? |
Aplomb |
| 044 |
T |
What 'T' is a hot pepper sauce? |
Tabasco |
| 045 |
V |
What 'V' carries blood to the heart? |
Vein |
| 046 |
S |
What 'S' is a large-bladed instrument for mowing? |
Scythe |
| 047 |
U |
What 'U' was George Formby's instrument? |
Ukulele |
| 048 |
B |
What 'B' is a small and private room for a lady? |
Boudoir |
| 049 |
E |
What `E' is a tree much diseased in Britain in recent years? |
Elm |
| 050 |
N |
What 'N' is the opposite of zenith? |
Nadir |
| 051 |
I |
What 'I' is the Spanish national airline? |
Iberia |
| 052 |
L |
What 'L' was a northern English painter of stick-like people? |
Lowry |
| 053 |
P |
What 'P' is the opposite of sacred? |
Profane |
| 054 |
O |
What 'O' is a herb much used in Italian cooking? |
Oregano |
| 055 |
H |
What 'H' is West Ham United's nickname? |
Hammers |
| 056 |
F |
What 'F' means easy in French but simplistic in English? |
Facile |
| 057 |
D |
What 'D' is a mythical beast? |
Dragon |
| 058 |
M |
What 'M' is a pouched animal? |
Marsupial |
| 059 |
J |
What 'J' is a gelatinous pudding? |
Jelly |
| 060 |
R |
What 'R' was a famously unfair 60s' landlord? |
Rachman |
| 061 |
C |
What 'C' is the windy city? |
Chicago |
| 062 |
E |
What 'E' is a frame for supporting a painting? |
Easel |
| 063 |
I |
What 'I' is to set on fire? |
Ignite |
| 064 |
N |
What 'N' is a morbid liking for dead bodies? |
Necrophilia |
| 065 |
R |
What 'R' is a yellow plant produced for its oil-producing seeds? |
Rape |
| 066 |
W |
What 'W' is the venue for the FA Cup final? |
Wembley |
| 067 |
D |
What 'D' is a Disney elephant? |
Dumbo |
| 068 |
K |
What 'K' is a famous mull in Scotland? |
Kintyre |
| 069 |
B |
What 'B' follows Isambard Kingdom? |
Brunel |
| 070 |
V |
What 'V' is a large rapacious bird? |
Vulture |
| 071 |
F |
What 'F' are a prehistoric cartoon family? |
Flintstones |
| 072 |
T |
What 'T' is a Welshman's nickname? |
Taffy |
| 073 |
S |
What 'S' is to falter in speaking, to stutter? |
Stammer |
| 074 |
Y |
What 'Y' is the Abominable Snowman? |
Yeti |
| 075 |
L |
What `L' is a famous London cricket ground? |
Lords |
| 076 |
G |
What `G' is flavoured with junipers? |
Gin |
| 077 |
P |
What `P' is a meal outside? |
Picnic |
| 078 |
U |
What 'U' comes before class and most? |
Upper |
| 079 |
J |
What was Jupiter's wife? |
Juno |
| 080 |
A |
What 'A' is amusements after skiing? |
Apresski |
| 081 |
F |
What 'F' is a quarter of an old penny? |
Farthing |
| 082 |
O |
What 'O' is a fruit used for oil? |
Olive |
| 083 |
K |
What 'K' is often used for stuffing cushions? |
Kapok |
| 084 |
R |
What 'R' was Nadia Comaneci's home country? |
Romania |
| 085 |
T |
What 'T' is a violent tropical storm? |
Typhoon |
| 086 |
A |
What 'A' is the world's greatest river? |
Amazon |
| 087 |
E |
What `E' is the smallest continent? |
Europe |
| 088 |
B |
What 'B' follows Ludwig van? |
Beethoven |
| 089 |
P |
What `P' is an Italian palace? |
Palazzo |
| 090 |
D |
What 'D' is a yellow-flowered narcissus? |
Daffodil |
| 091 |
N |
What 'N' sang in Berkeley Square? |
Nightingale |
| 092 |
J |
What T is a sort of padded envelope or bag? |
Jiffy |
| 093 |
S |
What 'S' is a game and a vegetable? |
Squash |
| 094 |
H |
What 'H' comes after Plymouth and before down? |
Hoe |
| 095 |
U |
What is the taking of interest on a loan? |
Usury |
| 096 |
G |
What `G' is a camelopard, an African ruminant? |
Giraffe |
| 097 |
M |
What 'M' is a cold dry French wind? |
Mistral |
| 098 |
W |
What 'W' was a cardinal during Henry VIII's reign? |
Wolsey |
| 099 |
C |
What 'C' is a branched candlestick? |
Candelabrum |
| 100 |
L |
What 'L' is a form of insanity once thought to be influenced by the moon? |
Lunacy |
| 101 |
M |
What 'M' composed The Magic Flute? |
Mozart |
| 102 |
O |
What 'O' is where the sun sets? |
Occident |
| 103 |
K |
What 'K' wrote the surreal novels The Castle and The Trial? |
Kafka |
| 104 |
D |
What 'D' piloted a spaceship in the comic Eagle? |
Dan Dare |
| 105 |
J |
What T is a town in Israel and type of orange? |
Jaffa |
| 106 |
P |
What `P' rock band had a hit on the dark side of the moon? |
Pink Floyd |
| 107 |
H |
What 'H' is a six-sided figure? |
Hexagon |
| 108 |
W |
What 'W' is an Irish town famed for its glassware? |
Waterford |
| 109 |
F |
What 'F' is the capital of Liberia? |
Freetown |
| 110 |
B |
What 'B' was the minstrel who found Richard I (Lionheart) in prison? |
Blondel |
| 111 |
L |
What `L' first flew the Atlantic in a single-engined plane? |
Lindberg |
| 112 |
S |
What 'S' is the star known as the Dog Star? |
Sirius |
| 113 |
T |
What 'T' was the Norse god of thunder? |
Thor |
| 114 |
R |
What IV is the colour of port lights at sea? |
Red |
| 115 |
C |
What 'C' is the Spanish for leader? |
Caudillo |
| 116 |
E |
What `E' is a South American country meaning Equator? |
Ecuador |
| 117 |
A |
What 'A' was the treaty that meant a one-year break in the Napoleonic wars? |
Amiens |
| 118 |
V |
What 'V' preceded the modern cello? |
Viola da gamba |
| 119 |
G |
What `G' painted the original of Wellington on a fiver? |
Goya |
| 120 |
N |
What 'N' of myth fell in love with his own reflection?
|
Narcissus |
| 121 |
C |
What 'C' means of the same time? |
Contemporrary |
| 122 |
I |
What 'I' was the Latin name for Troy? |
Ilium |
| 123 |
N |
What 'N' is the type of ion left by a thunder storm? |
Negative |
| 124 |
O |
What 'O' is the order some Northern Irish Protestants belong to? |
Orange |
| 125 |
F |
What 'F' is the old name for Taiwan? |
Formosal |
| 126 |
K |
What 'K' is the nation living on the borders of Iraq, Iran and Turkey? |
Kurdish |
| 127 |
A |
What 'A' is a river and a female warrior? |
Amazon |
| 128 |
P |
What 'P' directed the film Chariots of Fire? |
Putnam |
| 129 |
D |
What 'D' is to be tricky and unreliable? |
Devious |
| 130 |
J |
What 'J' is a large rally of guides and scouts? |
Jamboree |
| 131 |
B |
What 'B' is the Lord of the Flies? |
Beelzebub |
| 132 |
Q |
What 'Q' is a member of the Society of Friends? |
Quaker |
| 133 |
H |
What 'H' directed Dial M for Murder? |
Hitchcock |
| 134 |
L |
What `L' was sunk by the Germans in 1915? |
Lusitania |
| 135 |
S |
What 'S' is the duty that led to the American War of Independence? |
Wtamp |
| 136 |
R |
What 'R' describes a French writer and gross, coarse behaviour? |
Rabelaisian |
| 137 |
E |
What `E' is a skin infection causing inflammation? |
Erysipelas |
| 138 |
M |
What 'M' is the longest river in North America? |
Mississippi |
| 139 |
T |
What 'T' was the 'Scourge of God' to mediaeval Europe? |
Tamburlaine |
| 140 |
U |
What 'U' is to chant in a high-pitched manner? |
Ululate |
| 141 |
G |
What `G' was Hitler's propaganda minister? |
Goebbels |
| 142 |
Z |
What 'Z' is used to make tin? |
Zinc |
| 143 |
A |
What 'A' is Blackadder's portrayer? |
Atkinson |
| 144 |
T |
What 'T' is a college at Dublin, Oxford and Cambridge? |
Trinity |
| 145 |
V |
What 'V' is a Mexican revolutionary leader? |
Villa |
| 146 |
S |
What 'S' is the Nobel-prize winning novelist who originally wrote in Yiddish? |
Singer |
| 147 |
U |
What is a German submarine? |
U Boat |
| 148 |
B |
What 'B' is a female classical dancer? |
Ballerina |
| 149 |
E |
What `E' is also honeysuckle? |
Eglantine |
| 150 |
N |
What 'N' is the organisation that raises money for the IRA in the USA? |
Noraid |
| 151 |
I |
What T is lazy? |
Indolent |
| 152 |
L |
What 1' involves cutting out a section of brain? |
Lobotomy |
| 153 |
P |
What `P' is a person who studies voting patterns? |
Psephologist |
| 154 |
O |
What 'O' precedes an opera? |
Overture |
| 155 |
H |
What 'H' said man's life was 'nasty, brutish and short'? |
Hobbes |
| 156 |
F |
What 'F' was the licentious, drunken friend of Henry V? |
Falstaff |
| 157 |
D |
What 'D' is the main port of Tanzania? |
Daressalaam |
| 158 |
M |
What 'M' describes a pathological urge or obsession? |
Mania |
| 159 |
J |
What `J' is a green-eyed monster? |
Jealousy |
| 160 |
R |
What 'R' is a cult that worships Haile Selassie? |
Rastafarianism |
| 161 |
C |
What 'C' is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical? |
Cats |
| 162 |
E |
What `E' is a town to which St Paul wrote letters? |
Ephesus |
| 163 |
I |
What 'I' is a common South American lizard? |
Iguana |
| 164 |
N |
What 'N' led the Communists to power in Afghanistan? |
Najibullah |
| 165 |
R |
What 'R' means stepping backwards? |
Retrograde / Retrogressing |
| 166 |
W |
What 'W' was the author of Decline and Fall? |
Waugh |
| 167 |
D |
What 'D' is an inhabitant? |
Denizen |
| 168 |
K |
What 'K' describes many colours, mixed at random? |
Kaleidoscopic |
| 169 |
B |
What 'B' is a French naval port? |
Brest |
| 170 |
V |
What 'V' was the peace congress after World War I? |
Versailles |
| 171 |
F |
What 'F' city was at the centre of the Italian Renaissance? |
Florence |
| 172 |
T |
What 'T' is a fly carrying sleeping sickness? |
Tsetse |
| 173 |
S |
What 'S' demanded John the Baptist's head? |
Salome |
| 174 |
Y |
What was the skull that Hamlet held? |
Yorick's |
| 175 |
L |
What 'L' is the land of tiny folk? |
Lilliput |
| 176 |
G |
What `G' is the width between two rails? |
Gauge |
| 177 |
P |
What `P' is the Russian ship which mutinied in 1905? |
Potemkin |
| 178 |
U |
What `U' means beyond one's power in law? |
Ultravires |
| 179 |
J |
What 'J' is an insult and change of tack on a boat? |
Jibe |
| 180 |
A |
What 'A' is the capital of Corsica? |
Ajaccio |
| 181 |
F |
What 'F' means happiness? |
Felicity |
| 182 |
O |
What 'O' was the operation to invade Normandy in 1944? |
Overlord |
| 183 |
K |
What 'K' led Kenya to independence? |
Kenyatta |
| 184 |
R |
What is odd and a drink? |
Rum |
| 185 |
T |
What 'T' is the man in the Bob Dylan song? |
Tambourine |
| 186 |
A |
What 'A' means man-like? |
Android |
| 187 |
E |
What 'E' means revelation? |
Epiphany |
| 188 |
B |
What 'B' was a French novelist who died partly from drinking too much black coffee? |
Balzac |
| 189 |
P |
What `P' is a device against falling too fast? |
Parachute |
| 190 |
D |
What 'D' is an Australian wild dog? |
Dingo |
| 191 |
N |
What 'N' is five cents in the USA? |
Nickel |
| 192 |
J |
What T is a type of artichoke? |
Jerusalem |
| 193 |
S |
What 'S' means discovering useful things by chance? |
Serendipity |
| 194 |
H |
What 'H' is both male and female? |
Hermaphrodite |
| 195 |
U |
What 'LP was the land invented by Sir Thomas More? |
Utopia |
| 196 |
G |
What `G' was Picasso's famous Spanish Civil War painting? |
Guernica |
| 197 |
M |
What 'M' was the land between the Tigris and Euphrates? |
Mesopotamia |
| 198 |
W |
What 'W' is the garden of England? |
Weald |
| 199 |
C |
What 'C' means like a crow? |
Corvine |
| 200 |
L |
What `L' is changing into a werewolf? |
Lycanthropy |
| 201 |
M |
What 'M' is the most or the greatest? |
Maximum |
| 202 |
O |
What 'O' are terms like bitter-sweet, love-hate? |
Oxymorons |
| 203 |
K |
What 'K' is a Zulu village? |
Kraal |
| 204 |
D |
What 'D' is a type of china? |
Derbyware |
| 205 |
T |
What 'T starred as I, Claudius? |
Jacobi |
| 206 |
P |
What 'P' is the island where the Bounty mutineers ended up? |
Pitcairn |
| 207 |
H |
What 'H' means no choice? |
Hobson's |
| 208 |
W |
What 'W' is Belgian fish and vegetable soup? |
Waterzooi |
| 209 |
F |
What 'F' was a comic with a ukulele? |
Formby |
| 210 |
B |
What 'B' was Alexander the Great's horse? |
Bucephalus |
| 211 |
L |
What 'L' is an opera by Delibes? |
Lakeme |
| 212 |
S |
What 'S' was a famous explorer of the Antarctic? |
Shackleton |
| 213 |
T |
What 'T' is a bird that comes after coal, blue and great? |
Tit |
| 214 |
R |
What 'R' are gypsies? |
Romany |
| 215 |
C |
What 'C' had a nuclear disaster? |
Chernobyl |
| 216 |
E |
What 'E' is the main course of a meal? |
Entree |
| 217 |
A |
What 'A' asked Romans to lend him their ears? |
Antony |
| 218 |
V |
What 'V' was America named after? |
Vespucci |
| 219 |
G |
What 'G' is a neighbour of Nicaragua? |
Guatemala |
| 220 |
N |
What 'N' left a book of mystic prophecies? |
Nostrodamus |
| 221 |
C |
What 'C' was the Rumanian dictator? |
Ceausecu |
| 222 |
I |
What 'I' is the old Dutch East Indies? |
Indonesia |
| 223 |
N |
What 'N' is a cure for something? |
Nostrum |
| 224 |
O |
What 'O' is armpit? |
Oxter |
| 225 |
F |
What 'F' were Charlemagne's subjects? |
Franks |
| 226 |
K |
What 'K' is the smallest Russian coin? |
Kopeck |
| 227 |
A |
What 'A' means south? |
Austral |
| 228 |
P |
What `P' is the gland that affects growth? |
Pituitary |
| 229 |
D |
What 'D' is a divine creator? |
Demiurge |
| 230 |
J |
What 'J' is the surname of the singer who wrote " Yellow Brick Road"? |
John |
| 231 |
B |
What 'B' comes before bone, ward and slide? |
Back |
| 232 |
Q |
What 'Q' means complaining? |
Querulous |
| 233 |
H |
What 'H' redesigned Paris for Napoleon III? |
Haussmann |
| 234 |
L |
What 'I.' do Letts come from? |
Latvia |
| 235 |
S |
What 'S' is a famous make of grand piano? |
Steinway |
| 236 |
R |
What 'R' is the capital of Iceland? |
Reykjavik |
| 237 |
E |
What `E' is trying to improve through breeding? |
Eugenics |
| 238 |
M |
What 'M' is a fatal rabbit disease introduced from Australia? |
Myxomatosis |
| 239 |
T |
What 'T' is to change sides or equivocate? |
Tergiversify / Tergiversate |
| 240 |
U |
What 'U' is to be fond of one's wife?
|
Uxorious |
| 241 |
G |
What `G' is the study of old people? |
Gerontology |
| 242 |
Z |
What 'Z' was the last king of Albania? |
Zog |
| 243 |
A |
What 'A' is a town and type of carpet? |
Axminster |
| 244 |
T |
What 'T' is a Greek food dip made from cod's roe? |
Taramasalata |
| 245 |
V |
What 'V' was the first king of a united Italy? |
Victor Emanuel II |
| 246 |
S |
What 'S' is the surgical name for stitches? |
Sutures |
| 247 |
U |
What 'IT was the capital of the ancient Sumerians? |
Ur |
| 248 |
B |
What 'B' means doing good? |
Beneficient |
| 249 |
E |
What `E' were the brothers who won the gunfight at the OK Corral? |
Earp |
| 250 |
N |
What 'N' is a mythical land in C.S. Lewis's books? |
Narnia |
| 251 |
I |
What 'I' is a type of African antelope? |
Impala |
| 252 |
L |
What `L' means lukewarm, unenthusiastic? |
Laodicean |
| 253 |
P |
What `P' describing chaotic disorder, literally means `all the spirits'? |
Pandemonium |
| 254 |
O |
What 'O' makes novices into priests? |
Ordination |
| 255 |
H |
What 'H' was a famous Mark Twain character? |
Huckleberry Finn |
| 256 |
F |
What 'F' are the tubes through which ovae pass in 1 women? |
Fallopian |
| 257 |
D |
What 'D' is a World War I battleship? |
Dreadnought |
| 258 |
M |
What 'M' was a famous Paris nightclub where Toulouse Lautrec painted? |
Moulin Rouge |
| 259 |
J |
What 'J' compiled a dictionary and was famous for his wit? |
Johnson |
| 260 |
R |
What 'R' is a big dipper? |
Roller Coaster |
| 261 |
C |
What 'C' steers a rowing eight? |
Cox |
| 262 |
E |
What 'E' means well-sounding? |
Euphonious |
| 263 |
I |
What 'I' is a line showing equal atmospheric pressure? |
Isobar |
| 264 |
N |
What 'N' is the Greek goddess of retribution? |
Nemesis |
| 265 |
R |
What 'R' is the Sunday nearest November 11th? |
Rememberance |
| 266 |
W |
What 'W' is a small Thames boat? |
Wherry |
| 267 |
D |
What 'D' is alcohol addiction? |
Dipsomania |
| 268 |
K |
What 'K' is a Walter Scott novel and a ruined Warwickshire castle? |
Kenilworth |
| 269 |
B |
What 'B' was poet laureate and creator of Metroland? |
Betjeman |
| 270 |
V |
What 'V" do you make of necessity? |
Virtue |
| 271 |
F |
What 'F' is Groucho Marx in Duck Soup? |
Firefily |
| 272 |
T |
What 'T' is an island at the east end of Indonesia? |
Timor |
| 273 |
S |
What 'S' comes before board, lane and scape? |
Sea |
| 274 |
Y |
What 'Y' may live in the mountains of Tibet? |
Yeti |
| 275 |
L |
What 'L' means Spartan? |
Lacedaemonian |
| 276 |
G |
What 'G' are the swine Jesus sent over a cliff? |
Gadarene |
| 277 |
P |
What 'P' is frightened but literally means turned to stone? |
Petrified |
| 278 |
U |
What 'U' do you take when annoyed? |
Umbrage |
| 279 |
J |
What 'J' is a renowned US school of music? |
Juilliard |
| 280 |
A |
What 'A' is a brand of indigestion tablets? |
Alka Seltzer |
| 281 |
F |
What 'F' made a compact with the Devil? |
Faust |
| 282 |
O |
What 'O' is a rectangle? |
Oblong |
| 283 |
K |
What 'K' was the ancient capital of Russia? |
Kiev |
| 284 |
R |
What 'R' is a film and Tom Wolfe novel about air aces? |
Right Stuff |
| 285 |
T |
What 'T' was a town in both ancient Greece and Egypt? |
Thebes |
| 286 |
A |
What 'A' is a defence against being at the scene of a crime? |
Alibi |
| 287 |
E |
What `E' is weird, common to witches and other spirits? |
Eldritch |
| 288 |
B |
What 'B' is to quarter soldiers? |
Billet |
| 289 |
P |
What `P' shouldn't you cast before swine? |
Pearls |
| 290 |
D |
What 'D' is a sword hanging by a thread? |
Damocles |
| 291 |
N |
What 'N' did the second atom bomb fall on? |
Nagasaki |
| 292 |
J |
What is a Muslim holy war? |
Jihad |
| 293 |
S |
What 'S' is Chelsea Football Club's ground? |
Stamford Bridge |
| 294 |
H |
What 'H' is the Latin for Switzerland? |
Helvetia |
| 295 |
U |
What 'U' is the Indian state next to Nepal? |
Uttar Pradesh |
| 296 |
G |
What 'G' are the major industrial nations known as? |
G8 |
| 297 |
M |
What 'M' composed Pictures at an Exhibition? |
Mussorgsky |
| 298 |
W |
What 'W' led the Lollards? |
Wycliffe |
| 299 |
C |
What 'C' was originally a drink discovered by the Aztecs? |
Chocolate |
| 300 |
L |
What 'L' lives in a land of luxurious indolence? |
Lotus Eater |
| 301 |
M |
What 'M' was Henry Stanley's middle name? |
Morton |
| 302 |
O |
What 'O' is the hat-flinging villain of Bond films? |
Oddjob |
| 303 |
K |
What 'K' is a Soviet satirical magazine? |
Krokodil |
| 304 |
D |
What 'D' is a foolish old man? |
Dotard |
| 305 |
J |
What 'J' blew down the walls of Jericho? |
Joshua |
| 306 |
P |
What 'P' is a fictional philosopher who thinks we live in the best of all possible worlds? |
Pangloss |
| 307 |
H |
What 'H' is a word that sounds like one spelt differently? |
Homonym |
| 308 |
W |
What 'W' was a saint-king of Bohemia? |
Wenceslas |
| 309 |
F |
What 'F' is a short-lived fashion? |
Fad |
| 310 |
B |
What 'B' is the largest woodwind in an orchestra? |
Bassoon |
| 311 |
L |
What 'L' is used to look down the throat? |
Laryngoscope |
| 312 |
S |
S. What 'S' is to be sleepy? |
Somnolent |
| 313 |
T |
What 'T' is capital of Estonia? |
Tallin |
| 314 |
R |
What 'R' won the Grand National a record number of times? |
Red Rum |
| 315 |
C |
What 'C' means bounteous plenty? |
Cornucopia |
| 316 |
E |
What 'E' composed the Enigma Variations? |
Elgar |
| 317 |
A |
What 'A' is the town in which the Archers live? |
Ambridge |
| 318 |
V |
What 'V' was a writing material made from sheep-skin? |
Vellum |
| 319 |
G |
What 'G' describes a simpleton? |
Gourmless |
| 320 |
N |
What 'N' is a Japanese born outside Japan? |
Nisei |
| 321 |
C |
What 'C' was chief of the Zulus in the Zulu Wars? |
Cetewayo |
| 322 |
I |
What 'I' is the peninsular of Spain and Portugal? |
Iberia |
| 323 |
N |
What 'N' should one see and die? |
Naples |
| 324 |
O |
What 'O' is to go past something at a higher speed? |
Overtake |
| 325 |
F |
What 'F' wrote the novel Tom Jones? |
Fielding |
| 326 |
K |
What 'K' is the West German Chancellor? |
Kohl |
| 327 |
A |
What 'A' in Spain did one of Henry VIII's wives come from? |
Aragon |
| 328 |
P |
What 'P' commonly describes the community charge? |
Poll Tax |
| 329 |
D |
What 'D' was the crown prince in France? |
Dauphin |
| 330 |
J |
What `J' was Ronald Reagan's favourite sweet? |
Jellybabies |
| 331 |
B |
What 'B' is a tower of many languages? |
Babel |
| 332 |
Q |
What 'Q' are the rules that govern boxing? |
Queensbury |
| 333 |
H |
What 'H' describes Greece? |
Hellenic |
| 334 |
L |
What `L' is a county in Ireland and a jocular verse? |
Limerick |
| 335 |
S |
What 'S' is a cowboy's hat? |
Stetson |
| 336 |
R |
What 'R' was a band led by Bryan Ferry? |
Roxy Music |
| 337 |
E |
What 'E' is a symbol or part of insignia? |
Emblem |
| 338 |
M |
What 'M' starred in the film Cabaret? |
Minnelli |
| 339 |
T |
What 'T' is a psychological shock? |
Trauma |
| 340 |
U |
What 'U' is a secret resistance group known as?
|
Underground |
| 341 |
G |
What `G' describes a grass-eater? |
Graminivorous |
| 342 |
Z |
What 'Z' was Manichaeism also known as? |
Zoroastrianism |
| 343 |
A |
What 'A' means hidden from the mass, esoteric? |
Arcane |
| 344 |
T |
What 'T' is a large wood-eating ant? |
Termite |
| 345 |
V |
What 'V' is used to protect people against smallpox? |
Vaccination |
| 346 |
S |
What 'S' is a flying boat and a coastal town? |
Sunderland |
| 347 |
U |
What 'U' is a cord cut at birth? |
Umbilical |
| 348 |
B |
What 'B' made a film of Henry V? |
Branagh |
| 349 |
E |
What `E' means learned or highly educated? |
Erudite |
| 350 |
N |
What 'N' is seeking out a standard? |
Normative |
| 351 |
I |
What 'I' is the Palestinian uprising in Israel? |
Intifada |
| 352 |
L |
What `L' is the capital of Tibet? |
Lhasa |
| 353 |
P |
What `P' describes the muscles of the chest? |
Pectoral |
| 354 |
O |
What 'O' is to travel round the earth in space? |
Orbit |
| 355 |
H |
What 'H' are the Parliamentary records? |
Hansard |
| 356 |
F |
What 'F. wrote Madame Bovary? |
Flaubert |
| 357 |
D |
What 'D' starred in Licence to Kill? |
Dalton |
| 358 |
M |
What 'M' is a form of pasta or a fop? |
Macaroni |
| 359 |
J |
What T was the king known as Lackland? |
John |
| 360 |
R |
What 'R' brought Sylvester Stallone to fame? |
Rocky |
| 361 |
C |
What 'C' is an order of Greek architecture? |
Corinthian |
| 362 |
E |
What 'E' means to do with hermits? |
Eremitical |
| 363 |
I |
What 'I' is native to an area? |
Indigenous |
| 364 |
N |
What 'N' was 'Tricky Dicky' in the USA? |
Nixon |
| 365 |
R |
What 'R' is a type of Greek wine? |
Retsina |
| 366 |
W |
What 'W' is a peruke? |
Wig |
| 367 |
D |
What 'D' publishes a 'Peerage'? |
Debrett |
| 368 |
K |
What 'K' was an Egyptian ruler? |
Khedive |
| 369 |
B |
What 'B' is star of TV's Shelley? |
Bennett |
| 370 |
V |
What 'V' is French for town? |
Ville |
| 371 |
F |
What 'F' is the point of balance between two weights? |
Fulcrum |
| 372 |
T |
What 'T' are Cancer and Capricorn? |
Tropics |
| 373 |
S |
What 'S' comes before hawk and grass? |
Sparrow |
| 374 |
Y |
What 'Y' is America's largest national park? |
Yellowstone |
| 375 |
L |
What `L' is a river inducing forgetfulness? |
Lethe |
| 376 |
G |
What 'G' describes the family to which a species belongs? |
Genus |
| 377 |
P |
What 'P' is a fish and a poem by Ted Hughes? |
Pike |
| 378 |
U |
What 'U' is courteous or suave? |
Urbane |
| 379 |
J |
What 'J' does one do something quickly in? |
Jiffy |
| 380 |
A |
What 'A' was Wellington's London residence? |
Apsley |
| 381 |
F |
What 'F' made the film Roma? |
Fellini |
| 382 |
O |
What 'O' was Augustus before becoming emperor? |
Ovtavian / Ovtavius |
| 383 |
K |
What 'K' was a US black civil rights leader? |
King |
| 384 |
R |
What 'R' sang 'Take a walk on the wild side'? |
Reed |
| 385 |
T |
What 'T' composed the Nutcracker Suite? |
Tchaikovsky |
| 386 |
A |
What 'A' means of trees? |
Arboreal |
| 387 |
E |
What 'E' is a statue in Piccadilly Circus and a Greek god? |
Eros |
| 388 |
B |
What 'B' was a Venezuelan after whom a South American country was named? |
Bolivar |
| 389 |
P |
What 'P' is a treeless plain in South America? |
Pampas |
| 390 |
D |
What 'D' is a singer and capital of Colorado? |
Denver |
| 391 |
N |
What 'N' means one ought to act as one's rank requires? |
Nobleese Oblige |
| 392 |
J |
What 'J' was invented by Sir Frank Whittle? |
Jet Engine |
| 393 |
S |
What 'S' led a Roman slave revolt? |
Spartacus |
| 394 |
H |
What 'H' was the scene of a football disaster in 1989? |
Hillsborough |
| 395 |
U |
What 'U' is capital of Mongolia? |
Ulan Bator |
| 396 |
G |
What 'G' was cup-bearer to the Greek gods? |
Ganymede |
| 397 |
M |
What 'M' is to soften or appease? |
Mollify |
| 398 |
W |
What 'W' originally opposed the Tories? |
Whigs |
| 399 |
C |
What 'C' was China originally called? |
Cathay |
| 400 |
L |
What 'L' is an African fever? |
Lassa |
| 401 |
M |
What 'M' is a famous artefact from Hereford Cathedral? |
Mappa Mundi |
| 402 |
O |
What 'O' is an American state and musical? |
Oklahoma |
| 403 |
K |
What 'K' is the seat of Russian government? |
Kremlin |
| 404 |
D |
What 'D' is an Indian bandit? |
Dacoit |
| 405 |
J |
What 'J' is an aeroplane, car and big cat? |
Jaguar |
| 406 |
P |
What 'P' were the wars between Carthage and Rome? |
Punic |
| 407 |
H |
What 'H' is a break or gap in something? |
Hiatus |
| 408 |
W |
What 'W' is a Marlon Brando motorcycling film? |
The Wild One |
| 409 |
F |
What 'F' is the name of the Angolan resistance? |
Frelimo |
| 410 |
B |
What 'B' was a Medieval Flemish painter of surreal scenes? |
Bosch |
| 411 |
L |
What 'L' is a non-evergreen conifer? |
Larch |
| 412 |
S |
What 'S' directed Taxi Driver? |
Scorsese |
| 413 |
T |
What 'T' is a river feeding another? |
Tributary |
| 414 |
R |
What 'R' is a robin? |
Redbreast |
| 415 |
C |
What 'C' is the art of handwriting? |
Calligraphy |
| 416 |
E |
What `E' comes before salts and Downs? |
Epsom |
| 417 |
A |
What 'A' is the Roman wall beyond Hadrian's? |
Antonine |
| 418 |
V |
What 'V' is to experience something via someone else? |
Vicariosly |
| 419 |
G |
What `G' led the Italian Risorgimento? |
Garibaldi |
| 420 |
N |
What 'N' is the largest tribe of Indians in the USA? |
Navajo |
| 421 |
C |
What 'C' is a pepper also known as? |
Capsicum |
| 422 |
I |
What 'I' is an obsession with somebody? |
Infatuation |
| 423 |
N |
What 'N' was the first prime minister of independent India? |
Nehru |
| 424 |
O |
What 'O' was Darwin's famous book on evolution? |
Origin Of The Species |
| 425 |
F |
What 'F' is a medley or hotchpotch? |
Farrago |
| 426 |
K |
What 'K' is a Gurkha knife? |
Kukri |
| 427 |
A |
What 'A' is the white of an egg? |
Albumen |
| 428 |
P |
What 'P' shouldn't you cast before swine? |
Pearls |
| 429 |
D |
What 'D' oversaw the Prague spring in 1968? |
Dubcek |
| 430 |
R |
What 'R' was the calendar before the Gregorian? |
Julian |
| 431 |
B |
What 'B' was an English explorer after whom a bay in Canada was named? |
Baffin |
| 432 |
O |
What 'O' means erstwhile, former? |
Quondam |
| 433 |
H |
What 'H' wrote the Good Soldier Svejk? |
Husak |
| 434 |
I |
What 'I' was born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov? |
Lenin |
| 435 |
S |
What 'S' was the previous Russian capital? |
St Petersburg |
| 436 |
R |
What 'R' were Teddy Roosevelt's cavalry? |
Rough Riders |
| 437 |
E |
What 'E' is the unification of Greece and Cyprus? |
Enosis |
| 438 |
M |
What 'M' was the American anti-communist senator? |
McCarthy |
| 439 |
T |
What 'T' is a ship with three banks of oars? |
Trireme |
| 440 |
U |
What 'U' is a cricket referee? |
Umpire |
| 441 |
G |
What '0' acted Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind? |
Gable |
| 442 |
Z |
What 'Z' means yoking together? |
Zeugma |
| 443 |
A |
What 'A' is another name for Britain? |
Albion |
| 444 |
T |
What 'T' in Spain is famous for swords? |
Toledo |
| 445 |
V |
What 'V' is a car whose name means 'I roll' in Latin? |
Volvo |
| 446 |
S |
What 'S' is a river between Wales and England? |
Severn |
| 447 |
U |
What `U.' is everywhere? |
Unitquitous |
| 448 |
B |
What 'B' sang Space Oddity? |
Bowie |
| 449 |
E |
What `E' is an assembly of Welsh Druids? |
Eisteddfod |
| 450 |
N |
What 'N' is the New Stone Age? |
Neolithic |
| 451 |
I |
What 'I' is a narrow strip of land joining two larger areas? |
Isthmus |
| 452 |
L |
What `L' was commander-in-chief of the Confederate army? |
Lee |
| 453 |
P |
What `P' is French bowls? |
Petanque |
| 454 |
O |
What 'O' means burdensome? |
Onerous |
| 455 |
H |
What 'H' is rule by priests? |
Hierocracy |
| 456 |
F |
What 'F' is a victim or scapegoat? |
Fall Guy |
| 457 |
D |
What 'D' is the Southern states of the USA? |
Dixie |
| 458 |
M |
What 'M' is an American Revolutionary soldier and a missile? |
Minuteman |
| 459 |
J |
What T preceded judo as a martial art? |
Jujitsu |
| 460 |
R |
What 'R' is a gaping mouth? |
Rictus |
| 461 |
C |
What 'C' is a French deep-sea explorer? |
Cousteau |
| 462 |
E |
What 'E' set out the Theory of Relativity? |
Einstein |
| 463 |
I |
What 'I' is an ancient way running through Oxfordshire and Berkshire? |
Icknield |
| 464 |
N |
What 'N' won the Milk Cup in 1988? |
Nottingham Forest |
| 465 |
R |
What 'R' dynasty did the Tsars belong to? |
Romanov |
| 466 |
W |
What 'W' wrote the music for The Threepenny Opera? |
Weill |
| 467 |
D |
What 'D' is a fish or flat-bottomed rowing boat? |
Dory |
| 468 |
K |
What 'K' is the capital of Afghanistan? |
Kabul |
| 469 |
B |
What 'B' won Wimbledon men's singles in 1989? |
Becker |
| 470 |
V |
What 'V' was Bede? |
Venerable |
| 471 |
F |
What 'F' is a type of flour? |
Farinaceous |
| 472 |
T |
What 'T' is sung to celebrate victory? |
Te Deum |
| 473 |
S |
What 'S' are some of Stonehenge's stones? |
Sarsen |
| 474 |
Y |
What 'Y' causes fermentation in beer? |
Yeast |
| 475 |
L |
What 'L' is also a plover or peewit? |
Lapwing |
| 476 |
G |
What 'G' captained England in the Ashes series in 1989? |
Gower |
| 477 |
P |
What 'P' is a flightless bird and book company? |
Penguin |
| 478 |
U |
What 'U' is an epic poem by Dylan Thomas? |
Under Milkwood |
| 479 |
J |
What 'J' holds 22 bottles of champagne? |
Jeroboam |
| 480 |
A |
What 'A' means self-ruling? |
Autonomous |
| 481 |
F |
What 'F' is anti-aircraft fire or criticism? |
Flak |
| 482 |
O |
What 'O' founded a model factory at New Lanark and was an early socialist? |
Owen |
| 483 |
K |
What 'K' is slang for New Zealander? |
Kiwi |
| 484 |
R |
What 'R' was the Italian war of liberation? |
Risorgimento |
| 485 |
T |
What 'T' is the river on the Anglo-Scottish border? |
Tweed |
| 486 |
A |
What 'A' was the predecessor of the helicopter? |
Autogyro |
| 487 |
E |
What `E' starred in A Fistful of Dollars? |
Eastwood |
| 488 |
B |
What 'B' produced The White Album? |
Beatles |
| 489 |
P |
What 'P' is the smallest planet? |
Pluto |
| 490 |
D |
What 'D' is compere of radio's Any Questions? |
Dimbleby |
| 491 |
N |
What 'N' was the presenter of Film 89? |
Norman |
| 492 |
J |
What 'J' is a lamentation? |
Jeremiad |
| 493 |
S |
What 'S' is an Indian woman's dress? |
Sari |
| 494 |
H |
What 'H' is German white wine? |
Hock |
| 495 |
U |
What 'U' is to seize a ruler's position? |
Usurp |
| 496 |
G |
What 'G' is a New York art museum? |
Guggenheim |
| 497 |
M |
What 'M' is a wind and famous Provencal poet? |
Mistral |
| 498 |
W |
What 'W' brothers made the first heavier-than-air flight? |
Wright |
| 499 |
C |
What 'C' is a French cheese made from goat's milk? |
Chevre |
| 500 |
L |
What 'L' was married to Yoko Ono? |
Lennon |
