GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ. NO. 69 A TO Z
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:21 pm(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
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
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