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The answers to the following 20 questions all contain four letters


1 What is the only film with four letters in its title to win a Best Film Oscar?
GIGI
2 Which Frank Herbert novel was the first winner of the Nebula Award?
DUNE
3 What is the system of measurement for precious metals?
TROY
4 By what four letter name is the footballer Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite better known?
KAKA
5 What does the D stand for in the name of the singer KD Lang?
DAWN
6 Which film became known as, the Father of the Summer Blockbusters?
JAWS
7 What is the name of the pet raven in the Dickens novel Barnaby Rudge?
GRIP
8 Who is the patron saint of Norway?
OLAF
9 Which film features the songs Ticket to Ride and You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away?
HELP
10 What name is given to a Muslim’s pilgrimage to Mecca?
HAJJ
11 What I is the name of the villain in Othello?
IAGO
12 In which 1995 film did Al Pacino kill Robert DeNiro?
HEAT
13 What is the national airline of Jordan?
ALIA
14 In which country does a Sultanate rule in the capital city of Muscat?
OMAN
15 Which lion was voiced by Jeremy Irons in The Lion King?
SCAR
16 What is the name of the Roman goddess of the moon?
LUNA
17 What S is the name given to the footprint of a deer?
SLOT
18 Des Moines is the state capital of which US state?
IOWA
19 A natterjack is a species of what?
TOAD
20 Which plant family does garlic belong to?
LILY

Q2 - Dune
Q9 - Help
Q12 - Heat

godoubleblues wrote:Q2 - Dune
Q9 - Help
Q12 - Heat

CORRECT GDB

15) Scar

Q4 Is that Pele?
Q10 Hajj
Q13 I thought it was the one I flew there on...Royal Jordanian Airlines
Q16 Luna
Q18 Iowa?
Q19 Toad
Q20 Alum?

Regards
JAS

JAS wrote:Q4 Is that Pele?
Q10 Hajj
Q13 I thought it was the one I flew there on...Royal Jordanian Airlines
Q16 Luna
Q18 Iowa?
Q19 Toad
Q20 Alum?

Regards
JAS

ALL OTHERS CORRECT JAS

14 Oman

redandblack wrote:14 Oman

CORRECT RAB

15. Scar

FattyLumpkin wrote:15. Scar

CORRECT FL

4 kaka
5 dawn????

crackers wrote:4 kaka
5 dawn????

correct crackers

3. Gram

mickey wrote:3. Gram

incorrect micky

20. Garlic is the common name for Allium, from the Alliaceae Family. Same family as onions, shallots and leeks.

so not really part of a family of 4 letters

6 - Jaws

mickey wrote:20. Garlic is the common name for Allium, from the Alliaceae Family. Same family as onions, shallots and leeks.

so not really part of a family of 4 letters

FROM THE ENGLISH VERSION OF HOME AND GARDEN:

"Botanically, garlic belongs to the lily family, as does the onion."

the answer given is lily

rogernumber10 wrote:6 - Jaws

correct R10

magpie in the 80's wrote:

mickey wrote:20. Garlic is the common name for Allium, from the Alliaceae Family. Same family as onions, shallots and leeks.

so not really part of a family of 4 letters

FROM THE ENGLISH VERSION OF HOME AND GARDEN:

"Botanically, garlic belongs to the lily family, as does the onion."

the answer given is lily

with out getting 2 technical, the use of "family" is a bit loose in this case, the 2 technically are related but split at the Phylum level of classification. but ill live with it

mickey wrote:

magpie in the 80's wrote:

mickey wrote:20. Garlic is the common name for Allium, from the Alliaceae Family. Same family as onions, shallots and leeks.

so not really part of a family of 4 letters

FROM THE ENGLISH VERSION OF HOME AND GARDEN:

"Botanically, garlic belongs to the lily family, as does the onion."

the answer given is lily

with out getting 2 technical, the use of "family" is a bit loose in this case, the 2 technically are related but split at the Phylum level of classification. but ill live with it