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The answers start with an 'A'
Two or more metals combined? - Alloy
What is the name given to the surgical removal of a limb? - Amputation
What fictitious village is the home of 'The Archers'? - Ambridge
Which fruit can follow crab, love and toffee? - Apple
According to the Bible, on which mountain did Noah's ark come to rest? - Ararat
What vegetables are known as Chinese, globe and Jerusalem? - Artichokes
A creature born, uncharacteristically, with white fur and pink eyes is known as what? - Albino
What is Britain's only native poisonous snake? - Adder
What do the Germans call a motorway? - Autobahn
Venice is known as 'The Queen' of which sea? - Adriatic
What name is used to describe the four weeks leading up to Christmas? - Advent
The gemstone 'purple quartz' is called what? - Amethyst
What is the surname of the founder of the UK's largest quiz site network, offering free questions, quiz4free.com? - Ackroyd (Jim)
What is the main artery in the human body? - Aorta
What word beginning with 'A' is used to describe loss of memory? - Amnesia
What was the name of Queen Victoria's husband? - Albert
What city is the constitutional capital of the Netherlands? - Amsterdam
What is another name for the German Shepherd dog? - Alsation
What name is given to a bridge carrying water across a valley? - Aqueduct
Into which sign of the zodiac does January 31st fall? - Aquarius
The answers start with a 'B'
1. What city is the capital of Belgium? - Brussels
2. What is the name of the 'Supreme God' in Hinduism? - Brahma
3. What is an alloy of copper and tin called? - Bronze
4. What city is the capital of Queensland, Australia? - Brisbane
5. In the army, what rank is immediately below a major-general? - Brigadier
6. What 'B' could be a cove, a tree and a window? - Bay
7. What name is given to a certain fruit cake from Oxfordshire? - Banbury
8. What's the surname of the author of 'Peter Pan'? - Barrie (J.M.)
9. Which character was played by Paul Henry, in 'Crossroads'? - Benny
10. What was the surname of the poet who married Elizabeth Barrett? - Browning
11. If you were a 'Walloon' living in your native country, where are you living? - Belgium
12. It could be a type of shoe or an Irish accent, what is it? - Brogue
13. Some people can't say what, to a goose? - Boo
14. Who's the shy one of the seven dwarfs? - Bashful
15. What is the common name for a 'grass parakeet'? - Budgerigar
16. Which female duo had a 1977 hit with 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie'? - Baccara
17. What would you call a flat topped straw hat? - Boater
18. What are skippers; red admirals and swallowtails? - Butterflies
19. It closed in 2008, in which European city would you have found Templehof airport? - Berlin
20. In the Bible, who was the youngest and favourite son of Jacob? - Benjamin
The answers start with a 'C'
What was the surname of England's first printer? - Caxton (William)
Spanish percussion instrument played by clicking with the fingers? - Castanet
What is the world's largest inland sea, sometimes referred to as a lake? - Caspian
What is the capital city of Venezuela? - Caracas
Sonny's sixties singing songstress? - Cher
If you are not in the armed services, you are known as a what? - Civilian
What name is given to the person in charge of a life boat? - Coxswain
What is the main ingredient of a marron glace? - Chestnut
What's another name for a choirboy? - Chorister
Which country once had a communist leader called Dubcek? - Czechoslovakia (Now Czech Republic and Slovakia)
In what would you make butter? - Churn
What country is the second largest in area? - Canada
What's the surname of the British Prime Minister during 1978? - Callaghan
What's the nickname of Norwich City FC? - Canaries
What would you call a crack in a glacier? - Crevasse
What city is associated with Lady Godiva? - Coventry
Which French town is famous for it's brandy? - Cognac
What drug is present in coffee and to a lesser extent in tea? - Caffeine
What was the former name of the Zaire river? - Congo
Who recorded 'Theme From Harry's Game'? - Clannad
The answers start with a 'D'
Who are thought to have worshiped at Stonehenge? - Druids
What was the surname of the athlete with whom Zola Budd had a mishap at the 1984 summer Olympics? - Decker
If you were taking part in the 'Gay Gordon's' what would you be doing? - Dancing
What name is given to the curved uprights that carry lifeboats on a marine vessel? - Davits
What was the surname of Britain's first Jewish Prime Minister? - Disraeli
Woad; tyrian purple and airline mauve are types of what? - Dye
What is the capital of the Isle of Man? - Douglas
Dots and 'what' are used in Morse code? - Dashes
Yeats; Wilde and Shaw, were all born in which city? - Dublin
What is brown crystalline sugar called? - Demerara
Hatton Garden is famous for the trade of what? - Diamonds
What 'camp' in Maryland USA is used by the President? - David
Blue and white pottery from a town in Holland is known as what? - Delft
Who composed 'From The New World'? - Dvorak
What name is given to a tree that sheds it's leaves annually? - Deciduous
What city is the capital of Syria? - Damascus
What inland sea lies between Jordan and Israel? - Dead
What is the common name for a warrigal? - Dingo
What is the surname of the player who made the first televised 147 in snooker? - Davis (Steve)
What did Alfred Nobel receive a patent for in 1867? - Dynamite
The answers start with an 'E'
1. What was a Second Lieutenant called in the British Army prior to 1871? - Ensign
2. What 'E' means to go on for ever? - Eternity
3. What is the largest deer found in Europe and Asia? - Elk
4. What is the Biblical name for paradise? - Eden
5. What is the English actors union called? - Equity
6. What is a seismic disturbance? - Earthquake
7. What you do to preserve a body from decay? - Embalm
8. Fist name of a former Prime Minister who owned 'Morning Cloud? - Edward (Heath)
9. What is a print made from an engraved copper plate? - Etching
10. What is celebrated in a Christian Church on the 6th of January? - Epiphany
11. What is the name of the Australian tree sometimes called a coolabah? - Eucalyptus
12. What word describes the conventional rules of social behaviour? - Etiquette
13. In Greek Mythology what is the God of love? - Eros
14. What is a rope soled canvas shoe called? - Espadrille
15. What name is given to a 'two under par' shot in golf? - Eagle
16. What is the second book of the Old Testament? - Exodus
17. What is the artificial language intended for universal use? - Esperanto
18. What is a small elongated cake made with choux pastry and often covered with chocolate and filled with cream? - Eclair
19. What name is given to the swampy area in southern Florida? - Everglades
20. In what city will you find 'The Palace of Holyroodhouse' often referred to as Holyrood Palace? - Edinburgh
The answers start with an 'F'
1. What name describes the foliage of ferns? - Fronds
2. What plant is the source of linseed oil and also linen? - Flax
3. Palm Beach can be found in which US state? - Florida
4. What is the common name of a flower called Myosotts? - Forget-me-not
5. Who is the Roman goddess of flowers and spring? - Flora
6. What word starting with 'F' means preface or introduction, in a book? - Forward
7. What type of stone would you use to make sparks? - Flint
8. Where on your body are your metatarsals? - Feet
9. What pre-fix can come before dance; song and lore? - Folk
10. On what kind of tree would you record your genealogy? - Family (Tree)
11. Saint (Who) of Assisi? - Francis
12. What acid is found in both bee-stings and nettles? - Formic
13. Which monster was created by Mary Shelley? - ( Victor) Frankenstein('s monster)
14. What type of thrush is a 'Turdisz pilaris'? - Fieldfare
15. Helsinki is the capital of which country? - Finland
16. What name is given to the woolly covering of a sheep? - Fleece
17. Which group of islands have 'Stanley' as their capital? - Falklands
18. In which sport would you use an epee; foil and sabre? - Fencing
19. Six times twelve minus thirty two, equals? - Forty
20. The Americans call theirs 'Old Glory'? - Flag
The answers start with an 'H'
1. Larry Adler became famous playing which instrument? - Harmonica
2. What is the second largest of North America's 'Great Lakes'? - Huron
3. It's No. 12 0n the Beaufort Scale? - Hurricane
4. What represents the chemical symbol for mercury? - Hg
5. What name is given to any animal that eats plants? - Herbivore
6. In the Bible, who was Salome's stepfather? - Herod
7. Which play, by Shakespeare, was set in Agincourt? - Henry V
8. Who had a hit with 'Temptation' in 1973? - Heaven 17
9. What would an endocrinologist study? - Hormones
10. Which British coin was withdrawn in January 1970? - Half-crown
11. Can you name the only bird that can fly backwards? - Hummingbird
12. If you were a 'Magyar', in which country would you live? - Hungary
13. 746 watts is 1 what? - Horsepower
14. Which of the 'Marx Brothers' had the real first name Arthur? - Harpo
15. The 'Boulder Dam' is the former name of what? - Hoover (Dam)
16. If you have 2471 Acres, what do you have? - Hectare
17. The famous 'All Blacks' rugby team perform which dance before every match? - Haka
18. What would you make with a swedge? - Horseshoes
19. A lively dance performed by sailors? - Hornpipe
20. Terence Conran founded which chain-store? - Habitat
The answers start with an 'I'
1. Which counties capital is Djakarta? - Indonesia
2. Katie Boyle was born in which country? - Italy
3. Formerly the 'Dutch East Indies', what is it now called? - Indonesia
4. In which country will you find the Negev desert? - Israel
5. The former name of JFK airport was what? - Idlewild
6. The period from the laying of an egg, to the hatching, is called what? - Incubation
7. Which Swedish boxer became World Heavyweight Champion in 1959? - Ingermar Johansson
8. In which US state is Chicago? - Illinois
9. Which group had a 1988 hit with 'I Need You Tonight? - Inxs
10. Someone who dies without leaving a will, is said to be what? - Intestate
11. What is the military name for foot soldiers? - Infantry
12. In which book by Sir Walter Scott did the hero fall in love with Rowena? - Ivanhoe
13. Who was the author of 'Rich Man, Poor Man'? - Irwin Shaw
14. There are 63360 what in a Mile? - Inches
15. Beginning with an ‘I’ is which (four letter) Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides? - Iona
16. What is the 9th letter in the Greek alphabet? - Iota.
17. A stocky member of the goat family that lives in mountainous areas of Europe, mainly in the Swiss Alps? - Ibex (Swiss Alpine)
18. What nationality is a man from the sea port of Genoa? - Italian
19. Reykjavik is the capital and largest city of which country? - Iceland
20. A policeman interrogating a crime suspect is making an? - Inquiry