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Question |
Answer |
| 001 |
M |
What 'M' is a character who enacts his daydreams? |
Mitty |
| 002 |
O |
What 'O' were the rulers of Turkey? |
Ottomans |
| 003 |
K |
What 'K' captained the Starship Enterprise? |
Kirk |
| 004 |
D |
What 'D' directed The Untouchables? |
De Palma |
| 005 |
J |
What 'J' is the home of sherry? |
Jerez |
| 006 |
P |
What `P' transforms light into energy in plants? |
Photosynthesis |
| 007 |
H |
What 'H' does one wear on one's sleeve? |
Heart |
| 008 |
W |
What 'W' was Moby Dick? |
Whale |
| 009 |
F |
What 'F' is a type of multi-coloured sweater? |
Fair Isle |
| 010 |
B |
What 'B' is a cricket run when the ball isn't hit? |
Bye |
| 011 |
L |
What 'L' is played in tennis when the serve touches the top of the net? |
Let |
| 012 |
S |
What 'S' is electricity caused by friction? |
Static |
| 013 |
T |
What 'T' athelete appears in Lucozade ads? |
Thomson |
| 014 |
R |
What 'R' composed Bolero? |
Ravel |
| 015 |
C |
What 'C' was a Greek sorceress who turned Ulysses' men into pigs? |
Circe |
| 016 |
E |
What 'E' was the hammer of the Scots? |
Edward |
| 017 |
A |
What 'A' was food of the Greek gods? |
Ambrosia |
| 018 |
V |
What 'V' gave their name to wanton destruction? |
Vandals |
| 019 |
G |
What 'G' was Richard III duke of before being king? |
Gloucester |
| 020 |
N |
What 'N' is the female to a male billy? |
Nanny |
| 021 |
C |
What 'C' is a constituent of anabolic steroids? |
Cortisone |
| 022 |
I |
What 'I' is a wasp that feeds on spiders? |
Ichneumon |
| 023 |
N |
What 'N' is a type of Indian bread? |
Nan |
| 024 |
O |
What 'O' is the centre of port production? |
Oporto |
| 025 |
F |
What 'F' means capable of making mistakes? |
Fallible |
| 026 |
K |
What 'K' is a small Australian 'bear"? |
Koala |
| 027 |
A |
What 'A' is a loss of memory? |
Amnesia |
| 028 |
P |
What `P' was the country of the Incas? |
Peru |
| 029 |
D |
What 'D' wrote Crime and Punishment? |
Dostoievsky |
| 030 |
J |
What 'J' is president of Poland? |
Jaruzelski |
| 031 |
B |
What 'B' is 'Nouveau' every November? |
Beaujolais |
| 032 |
Q |
What 'Q' was the hunchback of NOtre Dame? |
Quassimodo |
| 033 |
H |
What 'H' starred in A Man Called Horse? |
Harris |
| 034 |
L |
What `L' are German leather shorts? |
Lederhosen |
| 035 |
S |
What 'S' is the 'ball' in badminton? |
Shuttlecock |
| 036 |
R |
What 'R' is a major UK film organisation? |
Rank |
| 037 |
E |
What `E' is mercy killing? |
Euthanasia |
| 038 |
M |
What 'M' comes before pond and stone, and after water? |
Mill |
| 039 |
T |
What 'T' is indian food cooked in a clay oven? |
Tandoori |
| 040 |
U |
What 'U' was a planet discovered in 1781? |
Uranus |
| 041 |
G |
What `G' is a river dividing the USA and Mexico from each other? |
Grande |
| 042 |
Z |
What 'Z' merged with Tanganyika? |
Zanzibar |
| 043 |
A |
What 'A' is the study of antiquity? |
Archaeology |
| 044 |
T |
What 'T' is a mountain peak? |
Tor |
| 045 |
V |
What 'V' were renowned for prim hypocrisy? |
Victorians |
| 046 |
S |
What 'S' was the original of Robinson Crusoe? |
Selkirk |
| 047 |
U |
What `U' is a type of lancer? |
Uhlan |
| 048 |
B |
What 'B' is a type of woollen hat and Crimean battle? |
Balaclava |
| 049 |
E |
What `E' was Prime Minister during the Suez crisis? |
Eden |
| 050 |
N |
What 'N' sort of power is fission or fusion? |
Nuclear |
| 051 |
I |
What 'I' is used in a Rorschach test? |
Inkblots |
| 052 |
L |
What 'L' was star of many Kung Fu films? |
Lee |
| 053 |
P |
What `P' is Russian for reconstruction? |
Perestroika |
| 054 |
O |
What 'O' is a tapering square column? |
Obelisk |
| 055 |
H |
What 'H' were Spartan slaves? |
Helots |
| 056 |
F |
What 'F' wrote the James Bond books? |
Fleming |
| 057 |
D |
What 'D' built the Suez canal? |
De Lesseps |
| 058 |
M |
What 'M' was chief of the Aztecs when the Spanish invaded? |
Montezuma |
| 059 |
J |
What was the last Catholic king of England? |
James II |
| 060 |
R |
What 'R' was the first Director-General of the BBC? |
Reith |
| 061 |
C |
What 'C' wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner? |
Coleridge |
| 062 |
E |
What 'E' is a formal expression of praise? |
Encomium |
| 063 |
I |
What 'I' was the last king of Libya? |
Idris |
| 064 |
N |
What 'N' is ill fame? |
Notoriety |
| 065 |
R |
What 'R' are the Parachute Regiment? |
Red Berets |
| 066 |
W |
What 'W' directed and starred in Citizen Kane? |
Welles |
| 067 |
D |
What 'D' was Prime Minister and author of Sybil? |
Disraeli |
| 068 |
K |
What 'K' is an electric horn? |
Klaxon |
| 069 |
B |
What 'B' was captain of HMS Bounty? |
Blight |
| 070 |
V |
What 'V' is an action in fulfilment of a vow? |
Votive / Votary |
| 071 |
F |
What 'F' is a German sausage? |
Frankfurter |
| 072 |
T |
What 'T' is the transmission and reading of thoughts? |
Telepathy |
| 073 |
S |
What 'S' is devil-worship? |
Satanism |
| 074 |
Y |
What 'Y' is where Allied leaders met to divide post- World War II Europe? |
Yalta |
| 075 |
L |
What 'L' painted the Mona Lisa? |
Leonardo Da Vinci |
| 076 |
G |
What 'G' is a famous type of tapestry? |
Gobelin |
| 077 |
P |
What 'P' led the Suffragettes? |
Pankhurst |
| 078 |
U |
What 'U' is an official language in Pakistan? |
Urdu |
| 079 |
J |
What 'J' is the largest planet? |
Jupiter |
| 080 |
A |
What 'A' comes before Martin and Villa?
|
Aston |
| 081 |
F |
What 'F' is a type of pirate? |
Freebooter |
| 082 |
O |
What 'O' was Popeye's girlfriend? |
Olive |
| 083 |
K |
What 'K' is a dish of fish, rice and hard-boiled eggs? |
Kedgeree |
| 084 |
R |
What 'R' was Don Quixote's horse? |
Rosinante |
| 085 |
T |
What 'T' is the Jewish law system? |
Talmud |
| 086 |
A |
What 'A' is capital of Greece? |
Athens |
| 087 |
E |
What 'E' is a chilli tortilla? |
Enchilada |
| 088 |
B |
What 'B' is the genus of cabbage and Brussel sprouts? |
Brassica |
| 089 |
P |
What 'P' is the US combined services HQ? |
Pentagon |
| 090 |
D |
What 'D' is one's ghostly double? |
Doppelganger |
| 091 |
N |
What 'N' is a loss of sensation? |
Numbness |
| 092 |
J |
What T is the Rolling Stones lead singer? |
Jagger |
| 093 |
S |
What 'S' is gloomy or morose? |
Saurine |
| 094 |
H |
What 'H' predicts ones future? |
Horoscope |
| 095 |
U |
What 'U' is a two-dot German punctuation mark? |
Umlaut |
| 096 |
G |
What 'G' is incomprehensible, foolish jargon? |
Gobbledygook |
| 097 |
M |
What 'M' did the Duke of Clarence drown in? |
Malmsey |
| 098 |
W |
What 'W' is someone successful at an early age? |
Wunderkind |
| 099 |
C |
What 'C' is an equestrian nomad from central Russia? |
Cossack |
| 100 |
L |
What 'L' is a complex maze? |
Labyrinth |
| 101 |
M |
What 'M' is an island and fortified wine? |
Madeira |
| 102 |
O |
What 'O' is the southern part of Namibia? |
Ovamboland |
| 103 |
K |
What 'K' is capital of Jamaica? |
Kingston |
| 104 |
D |
What 'D' causes the sound of moving vehicles to change as they pass by? |
Doppler Effect |
| 105 |
J |
What 'J' is used to lift a car? |
Jack |
| 106 |
P |
What `P' is the belief that one's life is preordained? |
Predestination |
| 107 |
H |
What 'H' was Dick Turpin? |
Highwayman |
| 108 |
W |
What 'W' England cricket captain adopted Dylan's name? |
Willis |
| 109 |
F |
What 'F' are the Malvinas? |
Falklands |
| 110 |
B |
What 'B' gained independence in 1830? |
Belgium |
| 111 |
L |
What 'L' is to be brief or terse in speech? |
Laconic |
| 112 |
S |
What 'S' is a nickname? |
Soubriquet |
| 113 |
T |
What 'T' is it a long way to? |
Tipperary |
| 114 |
R |
What 'R' is German measles? |
Roseola |
| 115 |
C |
What 'C' is the bullseye of a dartboard? |
Cork |
| 116 |
E |
What 'E' was a Greek tragedian? |
Euripides |
| 117 |
A |
What 'A' TV comedian always ended his shows 'And may your God go with you'? |
Allen |
| 118 |
V |
What 'V' is energy or a proprietary scourer? |
Vim |
| 119 |
G |
What 'G' just wanted to be alone? |
Garbot |
| 120 |
N |
What 'N' is an insult coined by the Princess Royal? |
Naffof |
| 121 |
C |
What 'C' is a measure of the strength of light? |
Candlepower |
| 122 |
I |
What 'I' was the Catholic office which fought heresy? |
Inquisition |
| 123 |
N |
What 'N' was captain of the Nautilus? |
Nemo |
| 124 |
O |
What 'O' are the people in Greek? |
Oi Poloi |
| 125 |
F |
What 'F' in fiction created a monster? |
Frankenstein |
| 126 |
K |
What 'K' were the German emperors? |
Kaisers |
| 127 |
A |
What 'A' heretics were also known as Cathars? |
Albigensians |
| 128 |
P |
What 'P' is a manuscript frequently erased and written over? |
Palimpset |
| 129 |
D |
What 'D' did Chuck Berry play with? |
Ding A Ling |
| 130 |
J |
What 'J' were the French revolutionaries? |
Jacobins |
| 131 |
B |
What 'B' is a common cattle disease? |
Brucellosis |
| 132 |
Q |
What '0' comes after in, re and be? |
Quest |
| 133 |
H |
What 'H' according to Oscar Wilde triumphed over experience in second marriages? |
Hope |
| 134 |
L |
What 'L' was Florence Nightingale the Lady of? |
Lamp |
| 135 |
S |
What 'S' played Inspector Clouseau in numerous films? |
Sellers |
| 136 |
R |
What 'R' is the scale for measuring earthquakes? |
Richter |
| 137 |
E |
What 'E' is a short, witty poem? |
Epigram |
| 138 |
M |
What 'M' drink has a lotta bottle? |
Milk |
| 139 |
T |
What 'T' is a Red Indian war axe and missile? |
Tomahawk |
| 140 |
U |
What 'U' is the largest province in European Russia? |
Ukraine |
| 141 |
G |
What `G' was a knot, symbolising a complex problem? |
Gordian |
| 142 |
Z |
What 'Z' means spirit of the times? |
Zeitgeist |
| 143 |
A |
What 'A' played for Arsenal while his country was at war with Britain? |
Ardiles |
| 144 |
T |
What 'T' of Greek myth was punished by putting fruit and water beyond his reach? |
Tantalus |
| 145 |
V |
What 'V' is a type of car and area of London? |
Vauxhall |
| 146 |
S |
What 'S' is a Greek or Roman stone coffin? |
Sarcophagus |
| 147 |
U |
What 'U' is lending money at interest? |
Usury |
| 148 |
B |
What 'B' superhero from a comic was released on film in 1989? |
Batman |
| 149 |
E |
What `E' used to be Abyssinia? |
Ethiopia |
| 150 |
N |
What 'N' was the title of the rulers of Hyderabad? |
Nizam |
| 151 |
I |
What 'I' is a dark, purplish blue? |
Indigo |
| 152 |
L |
What 'L' were red in the Wars of the Roses? |
Lancastrians |
| 153 |
P |
What 'P' opened a box that brought chaos and evil to the world? |
Pandora |
| 154 |
O |
What 'O' marks a boundary between England and Wales? |
Offa's Dyke |
| 155 |
H |
What 'H' commanded the British army in France in WWI? |
Haig |
| 156 |
F |
What 'F' is a small, Mediterranean sailing-boat? |
Felucca |
| 157 |
D |
What 'D' was the Fourth Musketeer? |
D' Artagnan |
| 158 |
M |
What 'M' was the 'father' of genetics? |
Mendel |
| 159 |
J |
What 'J' were Turkish elite soldiers? |
Janissaries |
| 160 |
R |
What 'R' is a cowboy show? |
Rodeo |
| 161 |
C |
What 'C' is a primary cause of ozone depletion? |
Chlorofluorocarbons |
| 162 |
E |
What 'E' were the Greek fates? |
Eumenides |
| 163 |
I |
What 'I' was a Norwegian dramatist? |
Ibsen |
| 164 |
N |
What 'N' was an emperor born in Corsica? |
Napoleon |
| 165 |
R |
What 'R' was the mad monk in Imperial Russia? |
Rasputin |
| 166 |
W |
What 'W' darts player was on the 'Ockey'? |
Wilson |
| 167 |
D |
What 'D' means absolutely required? |
De Riguer |
| 168 |
K |
What 'K' was the Indian goddess in Temple of Doom? |
Kali |
| 169 |
B |
What 'B' is to be fighting mad? |
Beserk |
| 170 |
V |
What 'V' is to irritate or anger? |
Vex |
| 171 |
F |
What 'F' is a hot Swiss food dip? |
Fondue |
| 172 |
T |
What 'T' are cards used for fortune telling? |
Tarot |
| 173 |
S |
What 'S' is the ancient language of India? |
Sanskrit |
| 174 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a Tibetan ox? |
Yak |
| 175 |
L |
What 'L' is a salamander-loving Labour politician? |
Livingstone |
| 176 |
G |
What 'G' was the school Billy Bunter attended? |
Greyfriars |
| 177 |
P |
What 'P' is a trunk or word combined from two others? |
Portmanteau |
| 178 |
U |
What 'IF is the house in a sinister Poe tale? |
Usher |
| 179 |
J |
What 'J' is a four-wheel drive car? |
Jeep |
| 180 |
A |
What 'A' is a self-taught person? |
Autodidact |
| 181 |
F |
What 'F' is an old-fashioned person? |
Fogey |
| 182 |
O |
What 'O' is eight notes? |
Octave |
| 183 |
K |
What 'K' was a Japanese suicide pilot? |
Kamikaze |
| 184 |
R |
What 'R' is an instinctive reaction? |
Reflex |
| 185 |
T |
What 'T' is the art of hedge sculpture? |
Topiary |
| 186 |
A |
What 'A' is the only film in which both Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart starred? |
African Queen |
| 187 |
E |
What 'E' is a person of refined taste? |
Epicure |
| 188 |
B |
What 'B' was the female prime minister of Sri Lanka? |
Bandaraneike |
| 189 |
P |
What 'P' was an extraordinary violinist and composer? |
Paganini |
| 190 |
D |
What 'D' was a famous 20th-century Russian choreographer? |
Diaghilev |
| 191 |
N |
What 'N' was the last Tsar of Russia? |
Nicholas II |
| 192 |
J |
What 'J' is Mr Hyde's better half? |
Jekyll |
| 193 |
S |
What 'S' is a striped and puckered cotton cloth? |
Seersucker |
| 194 |
H |
What 'H' are French Protestants? |
Huguenots |
| 195 |
U |
What 'U' is the empty part of a bottle? |
Ullage |
| 196 |
G |
What 'G' beer is good for you? |
Guinness |
| 197 |
M |
What 'M' is a 'gentleman in velvet', toasted by Jacobites? |
Mole |
| 198 |
W |
What 'W' spirit used to mean water of life? |
Whisky |
| 199 |
C |
What 'C' used to mean light, clear wine? |
Claret |
| 200 |
L |
What 'L' is talking too much? |
Logorrhoea |
| 201 |
M |
What 'M' thought there were allegories on the banks of the Nile? |
Mrs Malaprop |
| 202 |
O |
What 'O' is the mother-love complex? |
Oedipus |
| 203 |
K |
What 'K' is a pass between India and Afghanistan? |
Khyber |
| 204 |
D |
What 'D' is a Pinscher? |
Dobermann |
| 205 |
J |
What 'J' is a chauvinistic patriot? |
Jingoist |
| 206 |
P |
What 'P' goes with a mortar? |
Pestle |
| 207 |
H |
What 'H' snooker-player is known as Hurricane? |
Higgins |
| 208 |
W |
What 'W' was a short-lived German republic? |
Weimar |
| 209 |
F |
What 'F' is Helsinki capital of? |
Finland |
| 210 |
B |
What 'B' is the highest mountain in the UK? |
Ben Nevis |
| 211 |
L |
What 'L' is a feeling of inertia? |
Lethargy |
| 212 |
S |
What 'S' used to be Windscale? |
Sellafield |
| 213 |
T |
What 'T' is the weather zone of the UK? |
Temperate |
| 214 |
R |
What 'R' is the right-hand page of a book? |
Recto |
| 215 |
C |
What 'C' founded a model village at Bournville? |
Cadbury |
| 216 |
E |
What 'E' is a large North American reindeer? |
Elk |
| 217 |
A |
What 'A' is a breed of cattle and a Channel Island? |
Alderney |
| 218 |
V |
What 'V' was a famous 17th-century fortress designer? |
Vauban |
| 219 |
G |
What 'G' is a ship's kitchen and a ship with cars? |
Galley |
| 220 |
N |
What 'N' is the cathedral of Paris? |
Notre Dame |
| 221 |
C |
What 'C' was the king who hid up an oak tree? |
Charles II |
| 222 |
I |
What 'I' fell into the sea after flying too near the sun? |
Icarus |
| 223 |
N |
What 'N' means something without equal? |
Nonpareil |
| 224 |
O |
What 'O' is the science of dentistry? |
Odontology |
| 225 |
F |
What 'F' is a Disney musical cartoon? |
Fantasia |
| 226 |
K |
What 'K' was an Australian outlaw? |
Kelly |
| 227 |
A |
What 'A' was an American bird painter? |
Audubon |
| 228 |
P |
What 'P' was John Bunyan's allegorical work? |
Pilgrims Progress |
| 229 |
D |
What 'D' is a female operatic star? |
Diva |
| 230 |
J |
What 'J' was the Maid of Orleans? |
Joan Of Arc |
| 231 |
B |
What 'B' US comedian died young of cocaine addiction? |
Belushi |
| 232 |
Q |
What 'Q' means unrealistically idealistic? |
Quixotic |
| 233 |
H |
What 'H' is the Irish national game? |
Hurley |
| 234 |
L |
What 'L' is a town and type of cheese? |
Leicester |
| 235 |
S |
What 'S' is a drink and also to kill a rumour or idea? |
Scotch |
| 236 |
R |
What 'R' is beating an argument by taking it to its logical conclusion? |
Reductio ad absurdum |
| 237 |
E |
What 'E' is a Dutch cheese with a red rind? |
Edam |
| 238 |
M |
What 'M' was the doctrine that kept Europe out of the Americas? |
Monroe |
| 239 |
T |
What 'T' were martyrs of early trade unionism? |
Tolpuddle |
| 240 |
U |
What 'U' means wavy? |
Undulating |
| 241 |
G |
What 'G' are brothers famous for fairy tales? |
Grimm |
| 242 |
Z |
What 'Z' is a mild, gentle breeze? |
Zephyr |
| 243 |
A |
What 'A' starred in Play it again, Sam? |
Allen |
| 244 |
T |
What 'T' is ringing in the ears? |
Tinnitus |
| 245 |
V |
What 'V' is giddiness induced by heights? |
Vertigo |
| 246 |
S |
What 'S' is a Liverpudlian? |
Scouse |
| 247 |
U |
What 'U' is anointing? |
Unction |
| 248 |
B |
What 'B' is a Royal home in Scotland? |
Balmoral |
| 249 |
E |
What 'E' is a famous public school? |
Eton |
| 250 |
N |
What 'N' had its first election in November 1989? |
Namibia |
| 251 |
I |
What 'I' is a holy image? |
Icon |
| 252 |
L |
What 'L' is the Wimbledon tennis governing body? |
Lawn Tennis Association |
| 253 |
P |
What 'P' is a flat fish with red spots? |
Plaice |
| 254 |
O |
What 'O' is a large Bornean or Sumatran ape? |
Orangutan |
| 255 |
H |
What 'H' family ruled the Austro-Hungarian Empire? |
Hapsburg |
| 256 |
F |
What 'F' means splittable? |
Fissile |
| 257 |
D |
What 'D' is an American tennis tournament? |
Davis Cup |
| 258 |
M |
What 'M' is the red planet? |
Mars |
| 259 |
J |
What 'J' is an aeroplane's control column? |
Joystick |
| 260 |
R |
What 'R' is the town named on champagne bottles? |
Rheims |
| 261 |
C |
What 'C' wrote the Canterbury Tales? |
Chaucer |
| 262 |
E |
What 'E' is the supreme example? |
Epitome |
| 263 |
I |
What 'I' is the motto of the Prince of Wales? |
Ich Dien |
| 264 |
N |
What 'N' is a nerve cell? |
Neuron |
| 265 |
R |
What 'R' was the original 'eminence grise'? |
Richelieu |
| 266 |
W |
What 'W' football club is known as the 'Hammers'? |
West Ham |
| 267 |
D |
What 'D' did Nicholas Nickleby teach at? |
Dotheboys Hall |
| 268 |
K |
What 'K' wrote musicals in the USA? |
Kern |
| 269 |
B |
What 'B' was the author of the hymn Jerusalem? |
Blake |
| 270 |
V |
What 'V' was beaten by Nelson at Trafalgar? |
Villeneuve |
| 271 |
F |
What 'F' is the Persian language? |
Farsi |
| 272 |
T |
What 'T' is a drummer in an orchestra? |
Tympanist |
| 273 |
S |
What 'S' is a surgeon's knife? |
Scalpel |
| 274 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a type of lock and American university? |
Yale |
| 275 |
L |
What 'L' preceded the United Nations? |
League Of Nations |
| 276 |
G |
What 'G' is a US nuclear base with a permanent protest picket? |
Greenham |
| 277 |
P |
What 'P' is an art gallery in Madrid? |
Prado |
| 278 |
U |
What 'U' is a mythical horse with a horn on its nose? |
Unicorn |
| 279 |
J |
What 'T' is an articulated lorry or Hindu god? |
Juggernaut |
| 280 |
A |
What 'A' describes a spider? |
Arachnid |
| 281 |
F |
What 'F' is an exact reproduction? |
Facsimile Ordnance |
| 282 |
O |
What 'O' is the UK's maker of maps? |
Survey |
| 283 |
K |
What 'K' is the colour of British Army uniforms? |
Khaki |
| 284 |
R |
What 'R' is an automaton? |
Robot |
| 285 |
T |
What 'T' is the science of the interaction of heat and other energies? |
Thermodynamics |
| 286 |
A |
What 'A' is a structure used to carry water? |
Aqueduct |
| 287 |
E |
What 'E' is Barry Humphries in drag? |
Edna Everage |
| 288 |
B |
What 'B' was Germany unified under? |
Bismark |
| 289 |
P |
What 'P' is the annual horse-race in Siena? |
Palio |
| 290 |
D |
What 'D' is a Dutch truck manufacturer? |
Daf |
| 291 |
N |
What 'N' is a token sum of money? |
Nominal |
| 292 |
J |
What 'J' is bad luck? |
Jinx |
| 293 |
S |
What 'S' is a second-year student in the USA? |
Sophomore |
| 294 |
H |
What 'H' wrote Hansel and Gretel and was also a pop star? |
Humperdinck |
| 295 |
U |
What 'U' is Schubert's 8th Symphony? |
Unfinshed |
| 296 |
G |
What 'G' is a type of bag and was Prime Minister? |
Gladstone |
| 297 |
M |
What 'M' was the line dividing North and South in the USA? |
Mason Dixon |
| 298 |
W |
What 'W' is capital of Namibia? |
Windhoek |
| 299 |
C |
What 'C' was First Sea Lord in World War I? |
Churchill |
| 300 |
L |
What 'L' is the southern half of France? |
Languedoc |
| 301 |
M |
What 'M' composed the Reformation and Italian symphonies? |
Mendelssohn |
| 302 |
O |
What 'O' is of the eye? |
Ocular |
| 303 |
K |
What 'K' were the kops in early film comedy? |
Keystone |
| 304 |
D |
What 'D' was the main religion of the Celts? |
Druidism |
| 305 |
J |
What 'J' is the club that runs horse-racing? |
Jockety |
| 306 |
P |
What 'P' is a South American peasant? |
Peon |
| 307 |
H |
What 'H' prevents imprisonment without being charged? |
Habeas Corpus |
| 308 |
W |
What 'W' was the Germany army in World War II? |
Wehrmacht |
| 309 |
F |
What 'F' is a friend who deserts you in a crisis? |
Fairweather |
| 310 |
B |
What 'B' do Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg belong to? |
Benelux |
| 311 |
L |
What 'L' is the text of an opera? |
Libretto |
| 312 |
S |
What 'S' is a Royal residence in Norfolk? |
Sandringham |
| 313 |
T |
What 'T' are actors known as? |
Thespians |
| 314 |
R |
What 'R' is lying down? |
Recumbent |
| 315 |
C |
What 'C' is a South American alligator and group of islands? |
Cayman |
| 316 |
E |
What 'E' is a code of morals? |
Ethics |
| 317 |
A |
What 'A' wrote London Fields? |
Amis |
| 318 |
V |
What 'V' was a French 19th-century science fiction writer? |
Verne |
| 319 |
G |
What 'G' is a quarter of a pint? |
Gill |
| 320 |
N |
What 'N' is used in incendiary bombs? |
Napalm |
| 321 |
C |
What 'C' is before bun and flower show? |
Chelsea |
| 322 |
I |
What 'I' is a means of identifying criminals from assembled features? |
Identikit |
| 323 |
N |
What 'N' was a famous dancer and a race-horse? |
Nijinksky |
| 324 |
O |
What 'O' is believed to bury its head in the sand? |
Ostrich |
| 325 |
F |
What 'F' is debris found at sea? |
Flotsam |
| 326 |
K |
What 'K' is the giant ape of film? |
King Kong |
| 327 |
A |
What 'A' is the symbol for 'and'? |
Ampsersand |
| 328 |
P |
What 'P' did Walter Raleigh bring back from the New World? |
Potato |
| 329 |
D |
What 'D' is a novel by Bram Stoker? |
Dracula |
| 330 |
J |
What 'J' is God in the Old Testament? |
Jehovah |
| 331 |
B |
What 'B' was a composer who went deaf? |
Beethoven |
| 332 |
Q |
What 'Q' is used to carry arrows? |
Quiver |
| 333 |
H |
What 'H' was the Ancient Greek underworld? |
Hades |
| 334 |
L |
What 'L' precedes Easter for 40 days? |
Lent |
| 335 |
S |
What 'S' is after red, pace and scene? |
Setter |
| 336 |
R |
What 'R' band made Goat's Head Soup? |
Rolling Stones |
| 337 |
E |
What 'E' is the largest land mammal? |
Elephant |
| 338 |
M |
What 'M' used to be Tyburn? |
Marble Arch |
| 339 |
T |
What 'T' wrote Vanity Fair? |
Thackeray |
| 340 |
U |
What 'U' is an organisation founded to keep world peace? |
United Nations |
| 341 |
G |
What 'G' was a Nazi district controller? |
Gauleiter |
| 342 |
Z |
What 'Z' was Bob Dylan's real name? |
Zimmerman |
| 343 |
A |
What 'A' are the legends of the Round Table? |
Arthurian |
| 344 |
T |
What 'T' discovered the process of photography? |
Talbot |
| 345 |
V |
What 'V' was a 19th-century Italian opera composer? |
Verdi |
| 346 |
S |
What 'S' is an excess of drinking or eating? |
Surfeit |
| 347 |
U |
What 'U' is to sack a priest? |
Unfrock |
| 348 |
B |
What 'B' is a small triangular guitar? |
Balalaika |
| 349 |
E |
What 'E' are wandering knights? |
Errant |
| 350 |
N |
What 'N' fiddled while Rome burnt? |
Nero |
| 351 |
I |
What 'I' is a school of 19th-century painters? |
Impressionist |
| 352 |
L |
What 'L' is a raspberry-blackberry hybrid? |
Loganberry |
| 353 |
P |
What 'P' is a temporary floating bridge? |
Pontoon |
| 354 |
O |
What 'O' is the house built by Queen Victoria on the Isle of Wight? |
Osborne House |
| 355 |
H |
What 'H' is the longest wall in Britain? |
Hadrians |
| 356 |
F |
What 'F' is fruit-bearing? |
Fructiferous |
| 357 |
D |
What 'D' is an enthusiast? |
Devotee |
| 358 |
M |
What 'M' wrote Winnie the Pooh? |
Milne |
| 359 |
J |
What 'J' is a temporary repair to a ship's mast? |
Jury |
| 360 |
R |
What 'R' are you on in defeat and does an expert know? |
Ropes |
| 361 |
C |
What 'C' is a policeman and painter? |
Constable |
| 362 |
E |
What 'E' is the Portuguese currency unit? |
Escudo |
| 363 |
I |
What 'I' did Julius Caesar have to beware? |
Ides Of March |
| 364 |
N |
What 'N' is a mean person? |
Niggard |
| 365 |
R |
What 'R' is the stone which gave the key to Egyptian hieroglyphics? |
Rosetta |
| 366 |
W |
What 'W' is a type of china famous for cameo design? |
Wedgwood |
| 367 |
D |
What 'D' is after kettle, snare and bass? |
Drum |
| 368 |
K |
What 'K' was the centre of a gold rush in the Yukon? |
Klondike |
| 369 |
B |
What 'B' is a famous make of raincoat? |
Burberry |
| 370 |
V |
What 'V' is an appearance of reality? |
Verismilitude |
| 371 |
F |
What 'F' is a cartoon set in the Stone Ages? |
Flintstones |
| 372 |
T |
What 'T' is a 'mother' famed for good works in Calcultta? |
Teresa |
| 373 |
S |
What 'S' is the nautical equivalent of radar? |
Sona |
| 374 |
Y |
What 'Y' is cosmonaut Gagarin's first name? |
Yuri |
| 375 |
L |
What 'L' are machine-breakers? |
Luddites |
| 376 |
G |
What 'G' is the gift of talkative people? |
Gab |
| 377 |
P |
What 'P' is a type of dolphin? |
Porpoise |
| 378 |
U |
What 'U' is the other name of the Conservative party? |
Unionist |
| 379 |
J |
What 'J' is a country and sort of hard varnish? |
Japan |
| 380 |
A |
What 'A' is Hawaian for hello? |
Aloha |
| 381 |
F |
What 'F' is either a fishing port with a raincoat or a pop group? |
Fleetwood Mac |
| 382 |
O |
What 'O' is the willow from which baskets are made? |
Osiers |
| 383 |
K |
What 'K' was author of the Just So stories? |
Kipling |
| 384 |
R |
What 'R' is an extortionate landlord? |
Rackrent |
| 385 |
T |
What 'T' had his tomb discovered by Howard Carter in 1922? |
Tutankhamen |
| 386 |
A |
What 'A' was the first woman MP? |
Astor |
| 387 |
E |
What 'E' means play it again? |
Encore |
| 388 |
B |
What 'B' do you have bats in? |
Belfry |
| 389 |
P |
What 'P' is the right of the firstborn to inherit property? |
Primoggeniture |
| 390 |
D |
What 'D' is a Hindu loincloth? |
Dhoti |
| 391 |
N |
What 'N' is a horse-racing town near Cambridge? |
Newmarket |
| 392 |
J |
What 'J' is a short song used in advertisements? |
Jingle |
| 393 |
S |
What 'S' is a Japanese warrior? |
Samurai |
| 394 |
H |
What 'H' is October 31st? |
Halloween |
| 395 |
U |
What 'U' is the Great Bear? |
Ursa Major |
| 396 |
G |
What 'G' is an easily tricked person and a seabird? |
Gull |
| 397 |
M |
What 'M' US general swore he would return to the Philippines? |
Macarthur |
| 398 |
W |
What 'W' is to grow larger? |
Wax |
| 399 |
C |
What 'C' is the largest province of Spain? |
Castile |
| 400 |
L |
What 'L' is a South American relative of the camel?
|
Llama |
| 401 |
M |
What 'M' did Heseltine swing in Parliament? |
Mace |
| 402 |
O |
What 'O' is the soaking up of liquids as in a sponge? |
Osmosis |
| 403 |
K |
What 'K' was Thor Heyerdahl's raft? |
Kon Tiki |
| 404 |
D |
What 'D' is the opposite of credit? |
Debit |
| 405 |
J |
What 'J' is a light spear used in athletics? |
Javelin |
| 406 |
P |
What 'P' were 19th-century English painters seeking to restore purer art? |
Pre Raphaelites |
| 407 |
H |
What 'H' is the symbol of the USSR? |
Hammer & Sickle |
| 408 |
W |
What 'W' is the oldest incorporated town in the USA? |
Williamsburg |
| 409 |
F |
What 'F' is the promotion of women's rights? |
Feminism |
| 410 |
B |
What 'B' were the first London policemen? |
Bow Street Runners |
| 411 |
L |
What 'L' are the words of a song? |
Lyrics |
| 412 |
S |
What 'S' is before seeking, interest and conscious? |
Self |
| 413 |
T |
What 'T' is a chef's hat? |
Toque |
| 414 |
R |
What 'R' is moral uprightness? |
Rectitude |
| 415 |
C |
What 'C' is part of the digestive system and a punctuation mark? |
Colon |
| 416 |
E |
What 'E' was home to British film studios? |
Eltree |
| 417 |
A |
What 'A' cried 'Eureka' in the bath? |
Archimedes |
| 418 |
V |
What 'V' is a particularly hot Indian curry? |
Vindaloo |
| 419 |
G |
What 'G' used to be worth fourpence? |
Groat |
| 420 |
N |
What 'N' invented dynamite? |
Nobel |
| 421 |
C |
What 'C' is an unmarried person? |
Celibate |
| 422 |
I |
What 'I' is the Communist anthem? |
Internationale |
| 423 |
N |
What 'N' is a galaxy or 'cloud' of stars? |
Nebula |
| 424 |
O |
What 'O' is banishment or exclusion from society? |
Ostracism |
| 425 |
F |
What 'F' is used to cut shapes in wood? |
Fretsaw |
| 426 |
K |
What 'K' is the Muslim sacred book? |
Koran |
| 427 |
A |
What 'A' is a Saxon king known as the 'Great'? |
Alfred |
| 428 |
P |
What 'P' is a large shrimp? |
Prawn |
| 429 |
D |
What 'D' is a destructive car race? |
Demolition Derby |
| 430 |
J |
What 'T' discovered vaccination? |
Jenner |
| 431 |
B |
What 'B' is a large Russian wolfhound? |
Borzoi |
| 432 |
Q |
What 'Q' is a joke? |
Quip |
| 433 |
H |
What 'H' was a famous escapologist? |
Houdini |
| 434 |
L |
What 'L' are Parliamentary correspondents? |
Lobby |
| 435 |
S |
What 'S' is the majority nation in Yugoslavia? |
Serbs |
| 436 |
R |
What 'R' is superfluous or no longer employed? |
Redundant |
| 437 |
E |
What 'E' was General Peron's wife and a musical? |
Evita |
| 438 |
M |
What 'M' was Alexander the Great king of? |
Macedonia |
| 439 |
T |
What 'T' is prioritisation of casualties? |
Triage |
| 440 |
U |
What 'U' is the doctrine advocating the greatest happiness of the greatest number? |
Utiilarianism |
| 441 |
G |
What 'G' rode naked through the streets of Coventry? |
Godiva |
| 442 |
Z |
What 'Z' was a dirigible balloon in World War I? |
Zeppelin |
| 443 |
A |
What 'A' is to have equal use of both hands? |
Ambidextrous |
| 444 |
T |
What 'T' was invented by Alexander Graham Bell? |
Telephone |
| 445 |
V |
What 'V' means word for word? |
Verbatim |
| 446 |
S |
What 'S' is the Nicaraguan government? |
Sandinista |
| 447 |
U |
What 'U' did Idi Amin rule? |
Uganda |
| 448 |
B |
What 'B' are elite Italian soldiers? |
Bersaglieri |
| 449 |
E |
What 'E' is a sort of grease used in polishing? |
Elbow |
| 450 |
N |
What 'N' is the column in Trafalgar Square? |
Nelson's |
| 451 |
I |
What 'I' is the border between East and West Europe? |
Iron Curtain |
| 452 |
L |
What 'L' throws itself over cliffs in hordes? |
Lemming |
| 453 |
P |
What 'P' is the type of psychology founded by Freud? |
Psychoanalysis |
| 454 |
O |
What 'O' is capital of Canada? |
Ottawa |
| 455 |
H |
What 'H' wrote Tess of the D'Urbervilles? |
Hardy |
| 456 |
F |
What 'F' is cryogenics to do with? |
Freezing |
| 457 |
D |
What 'D' ex-cricketer is head of the England selectors? |
Dexter |
| 458 |
M |
What 'M' is the speed of sound? |
Mach |
| 459 |
J |
What 'J' was a film and Lewis Carroll poem? |
Jabberwocky |
| 460 |
R |
What 'R' were the Puritans in the English Civil War? |
Roundheads |
| 461 |
C |
What 'C' is a reason for going to war? |
Casus Belli |
| 462 |
E |
What 'E' is a novel by Jane Austen? |
Emma |
| 463 |
I |
What 'I' is the Muslim religion? |
Islam |
| 464 |
N |
What 'N' is a type of cloud or halo? |
Nimbus |
| 465 |
R |
What 'R' is the mountain ash? |
Rowan |
| 466 |
W |
What 'W' composed the Ring cycle? |
Wagner |
| 467 |
D |
What 'D' is a Greek letter or triangular piece of land at the end of a river? |
Delta |
| 468 |
K |
What 'K' opposed Mao Tse-Tung under Chiang Kai-shek? |
Kuomintang |
| 469 |
B |
What 'B' is good faith? |
Bona Fides |
| 470 |
V |
What 'V' is public opinion? |
Vox Populi |
| 471 |
F |
What 'F' made eggs from precious materials? |
Faberge |
| 472 |
T |
What 'T' is a ballerina's short gauzy skirt? |
Toutou |
| 473 |
S |
What 'S' is capital of the Mormons? |
Salt Lake city |
| 474 |
Y |
What 'Y' is a form of meditation? |
Yoga |
| 475 |
L |
What 'L' is a street in London named after Italian bankers? |
Lombard |
| 476 |
G |
What 'G' is Istanbul situated around? |
Golden Horn |
| 477 |
P |
What `P' is a card-game designed to improve one's memory? |
Pelmanism |
| 478 |
U |
What 'U' was King Arthur's father? |
Uther Pendragon |
| 479 |
J |
What 'J' was the first aviatrix to fly from England to Australia? |
Johnson |
| 480 |
A |
What 'A' US state was purchased from Russia? |
Alaska |
| 481 |
F |
What 'F' is a famous dance show in Paris? |
Follies |
| 482 |
O |
What 'O' actor died in 1989? |
Olivier |
| 483 |
K |
What 'K' is an infants' school? |
Kindergarten |
| 484 |
R |
What 'R' was the first president of the Royal Academy? |
Reynolds |
| 485 |
T |
What 'T' was the Sherpa who accompanied Hillary up Everest? |
Tensing |
| 486 |
A |
What 'A' is an independent state between France and Spain? |
Andorra |
| 487 |
E |
What 'E' commanded the Allied forces on D-Day? |
Eisenhower |
| 488 |
B |
What 'B' is a biscuit and the last French royal dynasty? |
Bourbon |
| 489 |
P |
What 'P' is a mythical bird reborn in fire? |
Phoenix |
| 490 |
D |
What 'D' said 'Non' to Britain's entry into the EEC? |
De Gaulle |
| 491 |
N |
What 'N' is attached to horses for them to feed from? |
Nosebag |
| 492 |
J |
What 'J' was Napoleon's wife? |
Josephine |
| 493 |
S |
What 'S' is a Czech make of car? |
Skoda |
| 494 |
H |
What 'H' is a leading US university? |
Harvard |
| 495 |
U |
What 'U' is a tree with poisonous sap used for arrowheads? |
Upas |
| 496 |
G |
What 'G' are Asterix and Obelix? |
Gauls |
| 497 |
M |
What 'M' was sealed by King John at Runnymede? |
Magna Carta |
| 498 |
W |
What 'W' led the Americans in the War of Independence? |
Washington |
| 499 |
C |
What 'C' underground burial chambers did Christians hide in in Rome? |
Catacombs |
| 500 |
L |
What 'L' is a sore throat? |
Laryngitus |
