T290 ONE MORE A TO Z QUIZ
Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:50 pm(A) Which musical instrument was invented in Berlin in 1822?
ACCORDIAN
(B) What name is given to the study of plants?
BOTANY
(C) In the Roman Catholic Church what name is given to the cup containing the Mass wine?
CHALICE
(D) Which airport serves the city of Aberdeen?
DYCE
(E) What race of people have a name that literally means "eater of raw flesh"?
ESKIMO
(F) What kind of headgear favoured by Tommy Cooper was named after a Moroccan town?
FEZ
(G) What is the birthstone for January?
GARNET
(H) In the Bible who was the stepfather of Salome?
HEROD
(I) In which sitcom did Larry Hagman play the character of Tony Nelson? (4 words)
I DREAM OF JEANNIE
(J) What was the name of Captain Hook's ship in Peter Pan? (2 words)
JOLLY ROGER
(K) What animal has a name that literally means "no drink"?
KOALA
(L) What name is given to a picture made from a drawing on a stone?
LITHOGRAPH
(M) Which breed of cat would you associate with the Isle of Man?
MANX
(N) How Many Wings Does A Flea Have?
NONE
(O) What name is given to a sacred story that has been set to music?
ORATORIO
(P) On TV who was the boss of Della Street? (full name)
PERRY MASON
(Q) In which film did Peter Ustinov play Emperor Nero? (2 words)
QUO VARDIS
(R) Who painted The Night Watch?
REMBRANDT
(S) What is the seventh largest island in the world?
SUMATRA
(T) What name is given to an appliance that regulates pressure and temperature?
THERMOSTAT
(U) Feargal Sharkey was the lead singer of which band?
UNDERTONES
(V) What name describes the process for hardening rubber?
VULCANISATION
(W) What were mistook for monsters by Don Quixote?
WINDMILLS
(X) Which gas was discovered in 1898?
XENON
(Y) What is the main currency of Japan?
YEN
(Z) What was the surname of the man who invented the airship?
ZEPELLIN
ACCORDIAN
(B) What name is given to the study of plants?
BOTANY
(C) In the Roman Catholic Church what name is given to the cup containing the Mass wine?
CHALICE
(D) Which airport serves the city of Aberdeen?
DYCE
(E) What race of people have a name that literally means "eater of raw flesh"?
ESKIMO
(F) What kind of headgear favoured by Tommy Cooper was named after a Moroccan town?
FEZ
(G) What is the birthstone for January?
GARNET
(H) In the Bible who was the stepfather of Salome?
HEROD
(I) In which sitcom did Larry Hagman play the character of Tony Nelson? (4 words)
I DREAM OF JEANNIE
(J) What was the name of Captain Hook's ship in Peter Pan? (2 words)
JOLLY ROGER
(K) What animal has a name that literally means "no drink"?
KOALA
(L) What name is given to a picture made from a drawing on a stone?
LITHOGRAPH
(M) Which breed of cat would you associate with the Isle of Man?
MANX
(N) How Many Wings Does A Flea Have?
NONE
(O) What name is given to a sacred story that has been set to music?
ORATORIO
(P) On TV who was the boss of Della Street? (full name)
PERRY MASON
(Q) In which film did Peter Ustinov play Emperor Nero? (2 words)
QUO VARDIS
(R) Who painted The Night Watch?
REMBRANDT
(S) What is the seventh largest island in the world?
SUMATRA
(T) What name is given to an appliance that regulates pressure and temperature?
THERMOSTAT
(U) Feargal Sharkey was the lead singer of which band?
UNDERTONES
(V) What name describes the process for hardening rubber?
VULCANISATION
(W) What were mistook for monsters by Don Quixote?
WINDMILLS
(X) Which gas was discovered in 1898?
XENON
(Y) What is the main currency of Japan?
YEN
(Z) What was the surname of the man who invented the airship?
ZEPELLIN
