T179 THROUGH THE ALPHABET QUIZ
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:20 pmA- What were Spanish matadors allowed to add to their suits for the first time on August 2, 1987?
ADVERTISMENTS
B- What seven letter word derives from the Italian for scaffold?
BALCONY
C- Nevada and Canberra are both varieties of what?
CAULIFLOWER
D- Who owns a pet spider called Dasher?
DENNIS THE MENACE
E- What forms the outer body regions of a jellyfish?
ECTOPLASM
F- What was named as the wealthiest city in the EU in 2001?
FRANKFURT
G- Which is the only creature that can see ultraviolet and infrared light?
GOLDFISH
H- Epilation is the removal of what?
HAIR
I- Which novel featured the characters of Rowena and Isaac of York?
IVANHOE
J- Which song character was said to have been inspired by Keith Richards’s gardener?
JUMPING JACK FLASH
K- Which town is known as the Gateway to the Lakes?
KENDAL
L – What is the capital city of Zambia?
LUSAKA
M- What is the English translation of the Russian word Bolshevik?
MAJORITY
N- Who married a rich widow called Anne Ponsarde in 1547?
NOSTRADAMUS
O- Which O has appeared in Little Britain, the TV reality show The Farm and the video for Is This The Way to Amarillo?
ORVILLE THE DUCK
P-Which TV drama is set at the Fox River State Penitentiary?
PRISON BREAK
Q- What is the nickname of Darlington FC?
QUAKERS
R- Chelmsford was the first town or city in the world to mass produce what?
RADIOS
S- What name is given to the parliament of Norway?
STORTING
T- Which TV sheriff possessed four magic feathers?
TEX TUCKER
U- In which fictional Lancashire mining town was the TV comedy drama Brass set?
UTTERLY
V- Which novel features the character of Neely O’Hara, said to be based on Judy Garland?
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
W- Mullingar is the county town of which Irish county?
WESTMEATH
X- Which gas derives its name from the Greek word for stranger?
XENON
Y- Whose skull was exhumed by a grave digger in Act 5 of Hamlet?
YORRICK
Z- In the Bible who is the father of the apostles James and John?
ZEBEDEE
ADVERTISMENTS
B- What seven letter word derives from the Italian for scaffold?
BALCONY
C- Nevada and Canberra are both varieties of what?
CAULIFLOWER
D- Who owns a pet spider called Dasher?
DENNIS THE MENACE
E- What forms the outer body regions of a jellyfish?
ECTOPLASM
F- What was named as the wealthiest city in the EU in 2001?
FRANKFURT
G- Which is the only creature that can see ultraviolet and infrared light?
GOLDFISH
H- Epilation is the removal of what?
HAIR
I- Which novel featured the characters of Rowena and Isaac of York?
IVANHOE
J- Which song character was said to have been inspired by Keith Richards’s gardener?
JUMPING JACK FLASH
K- Which town is known as the Gateway to the Lakes?
KENDAL
L – What is the capital city of Zambia?
LUSAKA
M- What is the English translation of the Russian word Bolshevik?
MAJORITY
N- Who married a rich widow called Anne Ponsarde in 1547?
NOSTRADAMUS
O- Which O has appeared in Little Britain, the TV reality show The Farm and the video for Is This The Way to Amarillo?
ORVILLE THE DUCK
P-Which TV drama is set at the Fox River State Penitentiary?
PRISON BREAK
Q- What is the nickname of Darlington FC?
QUAKERS
R- Chelmsford was the first town or city in the world to mass produce what?
RADIOS
S- What name is given to the parliament of Norway?
STORTING
T- Which TV sheriff possessed four magic feathers?
TEX TUCKER
U- In which fictional Lancashire mining town was the TV comedy drama Brass set?
UTTERLY
V- Which novel features the character of Neely O’Hara, said to be based on Judy Garland?
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
W- Mullingar is the county town of which Irish county?
WESTMEATH
X- Which gas derives its name from the Greek word for stranger?
XENON
Y- Whose skull was exhumed by a grave digger in Act 5 of Hamlet?
YORRICK
Z- In the Bible who is the father of the apostles James and John?
ZEBEDEE
