GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NO. 68 A TO Z MIXED
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:20 pm(A) Who won the men's London Marathon in 2000? (full name
ANTONIO PINTO
(B) What was the stage name of the horror movie star William Henry Pratt? (full name)
BORIS KARLOFF
(C) What is the state capital of Wyoming?
CHEYENNE
(D) Who wrote about the amorous adventures of Moll Flanders? (full name)
DANIEL DEFOE
(E) 350 Fifth Avenue, New York is the official address of what? (3 words)
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
(F) What did Charles Dickens refer to as a London particular?
FOG
(G) Which screen monster lived on Odo Island?
GODZILLA
(H) The word amen originated in which language?
HEBREW
(I) Which is the 14th wedding anniversary?
IVORY
(J) When Edward Harwicke played Dr Watson, who played Sherlock Holmes? (full name)
JEREMY BRETT
(K) In the song Waltzing Matilda, what is a matilda?
KNAPSACK
(L) In which Egyptian city would you find the Valley of the Kings?
LUXOR
(M) What did Robert Burns refer to as a "wee sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie"?
MOUSE
(N) Who did Robert Vaughan play in the The Man From UNCLE? (full name)
NAPOLEON SOLO
(O) Where are the Bislett Games held?
OSLO
(P) What name is given to a field that rice grows in?
PADDY
(Q) Doha is the capital city of which country?
QATAR
(R) Who was the leader of the Gunpowder Plot? (full name)
ROBERT CATESBY
(S) Which Beatles song did Frank Sinatra describe as the greatest love song of the last forty years?
SOMETHING
(T) What is the name of the Famous Five’s dog?
TIMMY
(U) Which film company took over MGM in the 1970s?
UNITED ARTISTS
(V) What name is given to rust on copper?
VERDIGRIS
(W) What is the official national sport of Bulgaria?
WEIGHTLIFTING
(X) What is the chemical symbol for xenon?
XE
(Y) What five-letter word is the name given to a country bumpkin?
YOKEL
(Z) Which pop duo hit the top of the charts with the song In The Year 2525?
ZAGER AND EVANS
ANTONIO PINTO
(B) What was the stage name of the horror movie star William Henry Pratt? (full name)
BORIS KARLOFF
(C) What is the state capital of Wyoming?
CHEYENNE
(D) Who wrote about the amorous adventures of Moll Flanders? (full name)
DANIEL DEFOE
(E) 350 Fifth Avenue, New York is the official address of what? (3 words)
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
(F) What did Charles Dickens refer to as a London particular?
FOG
(G) Which screen monster lived on Odo Island?
GODZILLA
(H) The word amen originated in which language?
HEBREW
(I) Which is the 14th wedding anniversary?
IVORY
(J) When Edward Harwicke played Dr Watson, who played Sherlock Holmes? (full name)
JEREMY BRETT
(K) In the song Waltzing Matilda, what is a matilda?
KNAPSACK
(L) In which Egyptian city would you find the Valley of the Kings?
LUXOR
(M) What did Robert Burns refer to as a "wee sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie"?
MOUSE
(N) Who did Robert Vaughan play in the The Man From UNCLE? (full name)
NAPOLEON SOLO
(O) Where are the Bislett Games held?
OSLO
(P) What name is given to a field that rice grows in?
PADDY
(Q) Doha is the capital city of which country?
QATAR
(R) Who was the leader of the Gunpowder Plot? (full name)
ROBERT CATESBY
(S) Which Beatles song did Frank Sinatra describe as the greatest love song of the last forty years?
SOMETHING
(T) What is the name of the Famous Five’s dog?
TIMMY
(U) Which film company took over MGM in the 1970s?
UNITED ARTISTS
(V) What name is given to rust on copper?
VERDIGRIS
(W) What is the official national sport of Bulgaria?
WEIGHTLIFTING
(X) What is the chemical symbol for xenon?
XE
(Y) What five-letter word is the name given to a country bumpkin?
YOKEL
(Z) Which pop duo hit the top of the charts with the song In The Year 2525?
ZAGER AND EVANS
