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Answers listed after each set of 25 questions

A is for Animals

1 What is the five letter name for the home of a termite?

2 Which animals name is derived from the Greek meaning worm of the stones?

3 In Terry Pratchett’s Disc World novels what animal holds the post of the Librarian of the Unseen University?

4 In the 1999 Disney animation of Tarzan what kind of animal is Sabor, the sworn enemy of Tarzan?

5 What four letter R word is the collective noun for a group of otters?
 

A is for America
 

1 What connects the names of the state capitals of Louisiana, South Dakota and Iowa?

2 In a 2004 survey in American schools what was discovered to be the most difficult US state name to spell?

3 What became a state of the USA on January 3rd 1959?

4 New York became the first city of the USA to reach a population in excess of 100,000. What was the second?

5 Which state of the USA was Jeb Bush appointed Governor in 1999?
 

A is for Automobiles

Which car manufacturers make the following models?

1 Shogun

2 Berlingo

3 Marbella

4 Tigra

5 Espero
 

A is for Assassinations
 

1 Who was succeeded by Hosni Mubarak upon his assassination?

2 Which US President was assassinated whilst attending the Pan American Exposition?

3 Which Irish journalist murdered in 1996 was later played on film by Cate Blanchett?

4 Olof Palme, assassinated in 1986, was the Prime Minister of which European country?

5 Which Conservative MP was killed by an IRA bomb on July 30, 1990?
 

A is for Attire

1 In Arabian culture what form of headgear is known as an imamah?

2 In Britain patterns of kilts are registered by the STA. What do those initials stand for?

3 Which part of the body is protected by a gorget on a suit of armour?

4 Who wrote the poem Tam O’Shanter?

5 Which brand of footwear was devised by Dr Klaus Maertens?
 

Answers to Animals
 

1 Mound

2 Crocodile

3 Orang utan

4 Leopard

5 Romp
 

Answers to America
 

1 All have French names, Baton Rouge, Pierre and Des Moines respectively

2 Connecticut

3 Alaska

4 Baltimore

5 Florida

Answers to Automobiles

1 Mitsubishi

2 Citroen

3 Seat

4 Vauxhall

5 Daewoo
 

Answers to Assassinations

1 Anwar Sadat

2 William McKinley

3 Veronica Guerin

4 Sweden

5 Ian Gow
 

Answers to Attire

1 Turban

2 Scottish Tartans Authority

3 Neck or throat

4 Robert Burns

5 Doc Martens

A is for Action Movies
 

1 What is the sub title for Terminator II?

2 In which film did Sylvester Stallone play a mountain rescue expert called Gabe Walker?

3 Which 1992 film saw Steven Seagal foiling terrorists aboard a US navy battle ship?

4 Which series of films written and directed by Robert Rodriguez features the all action Cortez family?

5 Which 1997 thriller starred John Malkovich as a villain called Cyrus the Virus?
 

A is for Art
 

1 In July 2006, the 400th anniversary of which painter’s birth was celebrated in the Netherlands?

2 Which work by Leonardo da Vinci depicts Andrew, Peter and Simon the Zealot amongst others?

3 Which painter gave his surname to the first five star hotel in Manchester?

4 Jose Ruiz y Blasco is the father of which famous man?

5 Which annual art prize created in 1984 is named in honour of the painter of the Fighting Temeraire?
 

A is for Andrews
 

1 Who was the 17th President of the USA?

2 Who was the first subject of This Is Your Life in Britain?

3 Which star of the film Brokeback Mountain has the middle name of Andrew?

4 Who married Madeleine Gurdon in 1991?

5 Which Oscar winner wrote the children’s book The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles?
 

A is for Africa
 

1 Which African peak is the world’s highest mountain that is not part of a range?

2 Which American rock band enjoyed a trans Atlantic hit with the song Africa?

3 Who played Humphrey Bogart’s leading lady in the film The African Queen?

4 Which is the only African capital city named after an American President?

5 In which film did Meryl Streep play Karen Blixen?
 

A is for Apples
 

1 To which plant family does the apple belong?

2 Which Greek hero’s labours included picking the golden apples from the tree of life?

3 Which Burglen resident was famed for shooting an apple off his son’s head?

4 What is the alternative six letter term for the Adam’s apple?

5 In Arthurian legend which location has a name meaning Isle of Apples?
 

Answers to Action Movies
 

1 Judgement Day

2 Cliffhanger

3 Under Siege

4 Spy Kids

5 Con Air
 

Answers to Art
 

1 Rembrandt

2 The Last Supper

3 Lowry

4 Pablo Picasso

5 Turner Prize
 

Answers to Andrews

1 Andrew Johnson

2 Eamon Andrews

3 Heath Ledger

4 Andrew Lloyd Webber

5 Julie Andrews
 

Answers to Africa

1 Kilimanjaro

2 Toto

3 Katharine Hepburn

4 Monrovia

5 Out of Africa
 

Answers to Apples
 

1 Rose

2 Hercules

3 William Tell

4 Larynx

5 Avalon

 

A is for Academy Awards

Who won a Best Director Oscar for the following films?
 

1 Silence of the Lambs

2 Ordinary People

3 Lawrence of Arabia

4 Titanic

5 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
 

A is for Aliases

Which famous people were known by the following pseudonyms?

1 L’Angelo Mysterioso

2 Abu Ammar

3 Mr Mojo Rising

4 Larry Lurex

5 No Name Maddox
 

A is for Airports

Which cities are served by the following airports?
 

1 Collinstown

2 Mirabel

3 Fort Worth

4 Deurne

5 Sondica
 

A is for Anagrams

Unravel the anagrams to give the titles of Oscar winning films
 

1 HE GRAFTED HOT

2 SNATCH WIDE VOWELS

3 TIGHTENS

4 A DRY FAMILY

5 MAYBE A CAT URINE
 

A is for Asia

1 Which country is called Nippon in its own language?

2 Whose birth date is celebrated with a national holiday in India on October 2nd?

3 Which city is home to the famed Buddhist Longhau Temple?

4 India’s national flag depicts the Ashokra Chakra. What is it?

5 What is the capital city of Bangladesh?
 

Answers to Academy Awards
 

1 Jonathan Demme

2 Robert Redford

3 David Lean

4 James Cameron

5 Milos Forman
 

Answers to Aliases

1 George Harrison

2 Yasser Arafat

3 Jim Morrison

4 Freddie Mercury

5 Charles Manson
 

Answers to Airports

1 Dublin

2 Montreal

3 Dallas

4 Antwerp

5 Bilbao
 

Answers to Anagrams

1 The Godfather

2 Dances with Wolves

3 The Sting

4 My Fair Lady

5 American Beauty
 

Answers to Asia

1 Japan

2 Mahatma Gandhi

3 Shanghai

4 A blue wheel with 24 spokes

5 Dhaka

A is for Athletics
 

1 Which American athlete won nine Olympic gold medals between 1984 and 1996?

2 Who married fellow athlete Jonathan Bigg?

3 Who headed the successful London bid for the 2012 Olympics?

4 Which athlete of yesteryear was nicknamed the Czech Locomotive?

5 Which British athlete was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1995?
 

A is for Australia
 

1 In 2003, Michael Jeffrey became the 24th what of Australia?

2 In which Australian city is Parliament House located?

3 Flying Fish Cove is the capital of which island, a territory belonging to Australia?

4 Which wine producing area of Australia is located 60km from Adelaide?

5 Which sporting event has been held at Albert Park since 1996?
 

A is for Authors
 

1 Who married Emma Lavinia Gifford in 1874?

2 Who penned several romance novels under the nom de plume Mary Westmacott?

3 Which 1937 book by George Orwell was an account of the deprived areas of North England?

4 A Perfect Spy is a semi autobiographical novel by which author?

5 Which world renowned writer once worked as a bi lingual secretary for Amnesty International?
 

A is for Actresses

1 In which film did Kathy Bates play Molly Brown?

2 Which film director is the godfather of Drew Barrymore?

3 The theme song for which TV series mentions Farrah Fawcett, Raquel Welch and Sally Field in the lyrics?

4 Who divorced her third husband Ted Turner in 2001?

5 What is the first name of the character played by Maggie Smith in the Harry Potter films?
 

A is for Actors
 

1 In 1997 which actor was banned from entering China due to his starring role in Seven Years in Tibet?

2 Melissa Mathison who penned the screenplay to ET, is the ex wife of which Hollywood star?

3 Which Irish movie star once failed an audition for Boyzone?

4 Which actor claimed that his conversion to Scientology cured his dyslexia?

5 Who once said, “I’m part Italian, part Dutch, part French, part German and part Irish?
 

Answers to Athletics

1 Carl Lewis

2 Sally Gunnell

3 Sebastian Coe

4 Emil Zatopek

5 Jonathan Edwards
 

Answers to Australia

1 Governor General

2 Canberra

3 Christmas Island

4 Barossa Valley

5 The Australian or Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix
 

Answers to Authors

1 Thomas Hardy

2 Agatha Christie

3 The Road to Wigan Pier

4 John Le Carre

5 JK Rowling

Answers to Actresses

1 Titanic

2 Steven Spielberg

3 The Fall Guy

4 Jane Fonda

5 Minerva
 

Answers to Actors

1 Brad Pitt

2 Harrison Ford

3 Colin Farrell

4 Tom Cruise

5 Robert De Niro