ABC- 123
The answers to each set of
three questions begin with A, B and C respectively
ABC- 123- Questions 1-30
1 Bruce, Danforth and CQR are all types of what?
2 What was the first alcoholic drink to be advertised on ITV?
3 Which bird has the biggest brain in
relation to its body size?
4 What was once known as Bradford disease?
5 Which rock band took their name from the title of a 1972 film starring Jeff Bridges?
6 Which animal does not sweat until its
temperature reaches 40 degrees centigrade?
7 Who was shot and killed on October 6, 1981?
8 What is the non-technical name for hallux valgus?
9 In which city was the world’s first
successful heart transplant operation carried out?
10 The Road Back was the sequel to which novel?
11 Which four letter musical instruction means with vigour?
12 Who was the first American actress to say
the word, period in an advertisement for Tampax?
13 Wormwood is the alternative name for which drink?
14 In which country do Walloons live?
15 What C was the name of Shakespeare’s King
of Britain?
16 What is the six letter collective noun for a group of tigers?
17 What six-letter word is said to have derived from Louis IV of France famed for his long hairpieces?
18 What is the more common name for the
zygomatic bone?
19 As is the chemical symbol for which element?
20 Which animal shares its name with the visor on a suit of armour?
21 A chalumeau was an early form of which
musical instrument?
22 What was the actual first name of Telly Savalas?
23 What is haematology the study of?
24 Which TV drama was adapted from a play
entitled A Magnum For Schneider?
25 In Greek mythology what is the food of the gods?
26 Which duo charted with Agadoo?
27 A mazard is a variety of what?
28 Which British city is home to the Codonas amusement park?
29 What is the name of the bear in the children’s TV show Rainbow?
30 What was the surname of the Archbishop of Canterbury executed in 1556?
Answers 1-30
1 Anchor
2 Babycham
3 Crow
4 Anthrax
5 Bad Company
6 Camel
7 Anwar Sadat
8 Bunions
9 Cape Town
10 All Quiet on the Western Front
11 Brio
12 Courtney Cox
13 Absinthe
14 Belgium
15 Cymbeline
16 Ambush
17 Bigwig
18 Cheekbone
19 Arsenic
20 Beaver
21 Clarinet
22 Aristotle
23 Blood
24 Callan
25 Ambrosia
26 Black Lace
27 Cherry
28 Aberdeen
29 Bungle
30 Cranmer
ABC – 123 Questions 31 – 60
31 Who was backed by the Paramount Jazz Band?
32 In which city was Harry Houdini born?
33 What type of bridge is the Golden Gate
Bridge?
34 What is the name of the princess in Sleeping Beauty?
35 What is prepared in the process of panification?
36 A tok is the collective noun for which
bird?
37 Which pop group took their name from the Arabic for black?
38 What is the seven-letter name for the rainbow bridge in Norse mythology?
39 Which song did Cliff Richard perform in
the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest?
40 What is the name of the Merchant of Venice in the Shakespeare play?
41 In which film was Marilyn Monroe abducted by Don Murray?
42 Which was the first city on the British
mainland to have pillar-boxes?
43 In the Muslim religion what is the name of the Bridge to Paradise?
44 Which British seaside resort is served by Hurn Airport?
45 Which brand of cigarettes depicted an
animal called Old Joe on the packet?
46 In Arthurian legend what is the name of Sir Lancelot’s sword?
47 Which sea is connected to the North Sea by the Kiel Canal?
48 A stutiger is a variety of which creature?
49 What is the closest country to Corfu?
50 Which film directed by Clint Eastwood chronicled the life of the jazz legend Charlie Parker?
51 From which animal is nutria fur obtained?
52 What nuts are used in the preparation of frangipane?
53 What four-letter name is given to a male rat?
54 Walkabout Creek is the hometown of which
film hero?
55 Who was crowned Mr Universe in 1968?
56 The life of which siblings is recounted in the film Devotion?
57 What creature is depicted on the crowns of
Egyptian pharaohs?
58 Which was the third Swedish group to top the UK singles charts?
59 Who captained the vessel called Queen Anne’s Revenge?
60 What game originated in India under the
name of Katuranga?
Answers 31 – 60
31 Acker Bilk
32 Budapest
33 Cantilever
34 Aurora
35 Bread
36 Capercaille
37 Aswad
38 Bifrost
39 Congratulations
40 Antonio
41 Bus Stop
42 Carlisle
43 Alsirat
44 Bournemouth
45 Camel
46 Arondight
47 Baltic Sea
48 Centipede
49 Albania
50 Bird
51 Coypu
52 Almonds
53 Buck
54 Crocodile Dundee
55 Arnold Schwarzenegger
56 Bronte sisters
57 Cobra
58 Ace of Base
59 Blackbeard
60 Chess