T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:35 pmA. What is the fruit of the Prunus Armeniaca?
APRICOT
B. Which sport is named after the Duke of Beaufort's country estate in Avon?
BADMINTON
C. Which chemica1 element has the symbol Co?
COBALT
D. In which Scottish town or city is the soccer ground Dens Park?
DUNDEE
E. What name is given to a trembling or shaking movement of the earth's surface?
EARTHQUAKE
F. What is the inability to perform reasonable and necessary physical or mental activity?
FATIGUE
G. The Bereich is a wine producing region of which country?
GERMANY
H. A sufferer from hypertrichosis has an abnormal amount of what?
HAIR
I. Which chemical element derives its name from the Greek for "violet"?
IODINE
J. Which of the Channel islands is the largest and most southerly?
JERSEY
K. Jane Fonda won the 1971 Oscar for best actress in 1971 for her role in which film?
KLUTE
L. In Greek mythology, who was seduced by Zeus in the shape of a swan?
LEDA
M. What is the food of the silkworm?
MULBERRY
N. Which element (at. no. 28) is from the German for 'devil's copper'?
NICKEL
O. Which animal lives in a holt?
OTTER
P. Give the more usual name of the flower 'Love-in-idleness'?
PANSY
Q. A pointed implement introduced early in the Middle Ages?
QUILL
R. What is the pastime of a funambulist?
ROPE WALKING
S. In which book of the Bible does the story of David and Goliath appear?
SAMUEL
T. A kohl-rabi is a cross between a cabbage and which other vegetable?
TURNIP
U. The name given to the inner bone of the forearm?
ULNA
V. What planet is known as the 'Horned Planet'?
VENUS
W. Which animal is the largest member of the weasel family?
WOLVERINE
X. In the Greek alphabet its the 14th letter?
XI
Y. The name of a major Japanese port?
YOKOHAMA
Z. In the Bible, wilderness through which the Israelites wandered?
ZIN
APRICOT
B. Which sport is named after the Duke of Beaufort's country estate in Avon?
BADMINTON
C. Which chemica1 element has the symbol Co?
COBALT
D. In which Scottish town or city is the soccer ground Dens Park?
DUNDEE
E. What name is given to a trembling or shaking movement of the earth's surface?
EARTHQUAKE
F. What is the inability to perform reasonable and necessary physical or mental activity?
FATIGUE
G. The Bereich is a wine producing region of which country?
GERMANY
H. A sufferer from hypertrichosis has an abnormal amount of what?
HAIR
I. Which chemical element derives its name from the Greek for "violet"?
IODINE
J. Which of the Channel islands is the largest and most southerly?
JERSEY
K. Jane Fonda won the 1971 Oscar for best actress in 1971 for her role in which film?
KLUTE
L. In Greek mythology, who was seduced by Zeus in the shape of a swan?
LEDA
M. What is the food of the silkworm?
MULBERRY
N. Which element (at. no. 28) is from the German for 'devil's copper'?
NICKEL
O. Which animal lives in a holt?
OTTER
P. Give the more usual name of the flower 'Love-in-idleness'?
PANSY
Q. A pointed implement introduced early in the Middle Ages?
QUILL
R. What is the pastime of a funambulist?
ROPE WALKING
S. In which book of the Bible does the story of David and Goliath appear?
SAMUEL
T. A kohl-rabi is a cross between a cabbage and which other vegetable?
TURNIP
U. The name given to the inner bone of the forearm?
ULNA
V. What planet is known as the 'Horned Planet'?
VENUS
W. Which animal is the largest member of the weasel family?
WOLVERINE
X. In the Greek alphabet its the 14th letter?
XI
Y. The name of a major Japanese port?
YOKOHAMA
Z. In the Bible, wilderness through which the Israelites wandered?
ZIN
BROD