T258 A TO Z QUIZ

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T Tangerine
P Portland

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(A) Which Ocean is to the west of Portugal?
ATLANTIC
(B) According to a survey in The Listener, Jeremy Paxman's ambitions were to star in which TV programme?
BLACK ADDER
(C) Which drink was first sold at Jacobs Pharmacy in Atlanta in 1886?
COCA COLA
(D) Which famous artist was also a military engineer for Caesar Borgia?
DA VINCI
(E) Which Warwickshire ground hosts Test Cricket?
EDGBASTON
(F) What was the title of Irene Cara's only British No 1 single?
FAME
(G) Who is the grocer's assistant in Open All Hours?
GRANVILLE
(H) What is the name of the children’s game which involves drawing chalk squares on the ground?
HOPSCOTCH
(I) Who was Prime Minister of India and was assassinated by her own Sikh bodyguards following a prolonged religious disturbance?
INDIRA GHANDI
(J) What name does spy writer David J Cornwell write under?
JOHN LE CARRE
(K) Which Club is concerned with pedigree in the dog world?
KENNEL
(L) In which county would you find Charnwood Forest?
LEICESTERSHIRE
(M) Daniel Day Lewis starred in Last of the what in 1992?
MOHICANS
(N) In the famous Monty Python Parrot Sketch, what breed of parrot had John Cleese supposedly sold?
NORWEGIAN BLUE
(O) Which bird is known world wide as the symbol of wisdom?
OWL
(P) In which American city did Brazil win their fourth World Cup?
PASADENA
(Q) What American TV programme was Dr Sam Beckett the main character?
QUANTUM LEAP
(R) Planters Punch has no set formula but on which spirit must it be based?
RUM
(S) In the film Grease, what type of Loving were John Travolta and Olivia Newton John singing about?
SUMMER
(T) Which word is both a fruit and the native of a North African city?
TANGERINE
(U) What famous book did Dylan Thomas write?
UNDER MILKWOOD
(V) Who succeeded Boris Yeltsin as Russian President?
VLADIMIR PUTIN
(W) The song Trail Of the Lonesome Pine appears in which Laurel and Hardy film?
WAY OUT WEST
(X) Which series was a spin off from Hercules and had Lucy Lawless playing the main character?
XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS
(Y) Which group had albums entitle Upstairs At Erics and You And Me Both?
YAZOO
(Z) On which river would you find the Victoria Falls?
ZAMBESI

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

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