T254 A TO Z QUIZ

[Mr Beefy]

Welcome Back Cotter?

[skywalker]

D: dendrology???

[magpie in the 80's]

J) Juventus

SPELLY

[magpie in the 80's]

Welcome Back Cotter?

MB

[magpie in the 80's]

D: dendrology???

close enough sw

[magpie in the 80's]

last days for this quiz

[HappyWanderer]

e - eames
n - nylon
t - threadneedle
w - Whack-o!

[magpie in the 80's]

e - eames
n - nylon
t - threadneedle
w - Whack-o!

OTHERS CORRECT HW

[locky801]

E) Egil Olsen

[magpie in the 80's]

E) Egil Olsen

correct locky

[magpie in the 80's]

(A) Which bone of the ear might be of particular interest to a blacksmith?
ANVIL
(B) What is the name of the arena in Sumo wrestling?
BASHO
(C) Which war is most closely associated with Florence Nightingale?
CRIMEAN
(D) What name is given to the science of dating using tree rings?
DENDROCHRONOLOGY
(E) In April 2000 who was sacked as manager of Wimbledon FC?
EGIL OLSEN
(F) What is the female equivalent of the Davis Cup in tennis?
FEDERATION
(G) What do Argentineans call cowboys?
GAUCHOS
(H) What did the Boulder Dam change its name to?
HOOVER
(I) What type of bird was sacred in Egypt?
IBIS
(J) Which famous football team hails from Turin?
JUVENTUS
(K) Which country was invaded by Iraq in 1990?
KUWAIT
(L) What name is given to a feet-first toboggan?
LUGE
(M) What was the name of the race of tiny people that lived in the Emerald City?
MUNCHKINS
(N) What was invented by Wallace Carothers?
NYLON
(O) What was the title of Michael Jackson's first UK No 1 hit single?
ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE
(P) What is the official language of Afghanistan?
PASHTU
(Q) What was the surname of the infamous Norwegian traitor of World War 1?
QUISLING
(R) What is the German word for empire?
REICH
(S) Which part of a flower produces the pollen?
STAMEN
(T) On which street is the Bank of England?
THREADNEEDLE
(U) What was the title of the No1 collaboration between Queen and David Bowie?
UNDER PRESSURE
(V) What is the capital of Malta?
VALLETTA
(W) What was the title of the 1960s sitcom that starred Jimmy Edwards as a teacher?
WHACK-O
(X) What is the name of the major Mexican lake that contains ten letters?
XOCHIMILCO
(Y) What slang word is the name given to a golfer's nervous disability that affects his putting?
YIPS
(Z) What is nicknamed Spice Island?
ZANZIBAR

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ