GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ. NO. 69 A TO Z

[magpie in the 80's]

(A) Which six-letter word is the name given to an enclosure for birds?
AVIARY
(B) What is the home city of Manuel in Fawlty Towers?
BARCELONA
(C) What is the former name of Istanbul?
CONSTATINEOPLE
(D) What name is given to the triangular shaped piece of land at the mouth of a river?
DELTA
(E) Which Nobel Prize was instituted in 1969?
ECONOMICS
(F) Vitu Levu is the largest island in which island group?
FIJI
(G) In which city does Batman fight crime?
GOTHAM
(H) Which cowboy rode a horse called Topper?
HOPALONG CASSIDY
(I) In which country was Katie Boyle born?
ITALY
(J) What is the first name of Inspector Clouseau?
JACQUES
(K) Which sitcom features the character of Hyacinth Bucket?
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
(L) Who is credited with inventing jeans?
LEVI STRAUSS
(M) What is the capital of the Philippines?
MANILA
(N) Which literary character married Madeline Bray?
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
(O) On which lake does the city of Toronto stand?
ONTARIO
(P) Who did Don Warrington play in Rising Damp?
PHILIP
(Q) What seven-letter word is the name of a sacred Aztec bird?
QUETZAL
(R) What does a herpetologist study?
REPTILES
(S) By what six-letter nickname is Daniel Hooper better known?
SWAMPY
(T) Who played Magnum PI?
TOM SELLECK
(U) What does a cosmologist study?
UNIVERSE
(V) Andrew Fitzgibbon, aged 15, was the youngest recipient of what?
VICTORIAN CROSS
(W) Who was the first ever president of the England Bowls Association?
W.G. GRACE
(X) Which group of fruits does a coconut belong?
XYLOCARP
(Y) What type of tree is often found in churchyards?
YEW
(Z) In which city if the headquarters of FIFA?
ZURICH

[Pseudo]

Aviary
Barcelona
Constantinople
Delta
Economics (which strictly speaking isn't a Nobel Prize )
Fiji
Gotham

Jacques

Levi Strauss
Manila

Quetzalcoatl... hmm, that ain't 7 letters...
Reptiles

Tom Selleck
Universe
Victoria Cross ?

Yew
Zurich

[godoubleblues]

K - Keeping up appearances

[Turkeywizz]

h hopalong Cassidy
i ireland

[panthergurl]

H. Hopalong Cassidy
I. Ireland ??
N. Nicholas Nickelby
O. Ontario

[magpie in the 80's]

Aviary
Barcelona
Constantinople
Delta
Economics (which strictly speaking isn't a Nobel Prize )
Fiji
Gotham

Jacques

Levi Strauss
Manila

Quetzalcoatl... hmm, that ain't 7 letters... answer just quoted quetzal
Reptiles

Tom Selleck
Universe
Victoria Cross ?

Yew
Zurich

all correct pseudo

[magpie in the 80's]

K - Keeping up appearances

correct gdb

[magpie in the 80's]

h hopalong Cassidy...correct
i ireland.........incorrect

[magpie in the 80's]

H. Hopalong Cassidy
I. Ireland ??.................incorrect
N. Nicholas Nickelby
O. Ontario

all others correct PG

[JAS]

I Italy
P Phillip something

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

I Italy
P Phillip something

Regards
JAS

CORRECT JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

(A) Which six-letter word is the name given to an enclosure for birds?
AVIARY
(B) What is the home city of Manuel in Fawlty Towers?
BARCELONA
(C) What is the former name of Istanbul?
CONSTATINEOPLE
(D) What name is given to the triangular shaped piece of land at the mouth of a river?
DELTA
(E) Which Nobel Prize was instituted in 1969?
ECONOMICS
(F) Vitu Levu is the largest island in which island group?
FIJI
(G) In which city does Batman fight crime?
GOTHAM
(H) Which cowboy rode a horse called Topper?
HOPALONG CASSIDY
(I) In which country was Katie Boyle born?
ITALY
(J) What is the first name of Inspector Clouseau?
JACQUES
(K) Which sitcom features the character of Hyacinth Bucket?
KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
(L) Who is credited with inventing jeans?
LEVI STRAUSS
(M) What is the capital of the Philippines?
MANILA
(N) Which literary character married Madeline Bray?
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
(O) On which lake does the city of Toronto stand?
ONTARIO
(P) Who did Don Warrington play in Rising Damp?
PHILIP
(Q) What seven-letter word is the name of a sacred Aztec bird?
QUETZAL
(R) What does a herpetologist study?
REPTILES
(S) By what six-letter nickname is Daniel Hooper better known?
SWAMPY
(T) Who played Magnum PI?
TOM SELLECK
(U) What does a cosmologist study?
UNIVERSE
(V) Andrew Fitzgibbon, aged 15, was the youngest recipient of what?
VICTORIAN CROSS
(W) Who was the first ever president of the England Bowls Association?
W.G. GRACE
(X) Which group of fruits does a coconut belong?
XYLOCARP
(Y) What type of tree is often found in churchyards?
YEW
(Z) In which city if the headquarters of FIFA?
ZURICH

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

END OF QUIZ