T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

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T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:35 pm

A. 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
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Re: T281 ANOTHER A TO Z QUIZ

Postby brod » Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:54 pm

B- Badminton
C -Cobalt
E - Earthquake
J- Jersey
T - Turnip
U - Ulna
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ

Postby FlyingHigh » Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:27 pm

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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ

Postby Mr Beefy » Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:26 pm

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Re: T281 ANOTHER A TO Z QUIZ

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Jun 26, 2010 3:50 pm

brod wrote:B- Badminton
C -Cobalt
E - Earthquake
J- Jersey
T - Turnip
U - Ulna

:-bd BROD
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Jun 26, 2010 3:51 pm

FlyingHigh wrote:Germany
Mulberry Leaves

:-bd FH
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Jun 26, 2010 3:52 pm

Mr Beefy wrote:Dundee
Venus

:-bd MB
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby Footy Chick » Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:24 pm

[F. fatigue?

I. Iridium?
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Jun 27, 2010 4:57 pm

Footy Chick wrote:[F. fatigue? :-bd
I. Iridium? [-(
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby fish » Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:45 pm

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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Jun 27, 2010 9:46 pm

fish wrote:Iodine
Nickel
Quill
Yokohama

correct fish
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby redandblack » Mon Jun 28, 2010 12:00 am

Klute

Otter
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby The Ash Man » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:46 pm

Apricot
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:27 pm

redandblack wrote:Klute
Otter


:-bd RAB
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:27 pm

The Ash Man wrote:Apricot
Leda
Xi

:-bd TAM
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby Turkeywizz » Tue Jun 29, 2010 4:32 pm

H hair...so not me
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby Mr Beefy » Tue Jun 29, 2010 4:43 pm

R - Isn't a funambulist a tight rope walker? I guess rope starts with "r".
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby magpie in the 80's » Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:18 pm

Turkeywizz wrote:H hair...so not me

:-bd TW
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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby magpie in the 80's » Tue Jun 29, 2010 5:19 pm

Mr Beefy wrote:R - Isn't a funambulist a tight rope walker? I guess rope starts with "r".

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Re: T281 A TO Z QUIZ AGAIN

Postby bulldogproud2 » Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:33 am

S. Samuel

Bit confused about the Z question. As a theologian I have seen it referred to as the widerness of Sin, Shur or Sir but never anything starting with a Z.

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