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A pair of A to Z quizzes

A- On what object would you find a hardy hole?

B- What was Jackie Kennedy’s maiden name?

C- What was first marketed under the name of Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage?

D- What was the name of the shuttle that embarked on the 100th space shuttle mission?

E- What is the largest species of antelope?

F- What was the maiden name of Morticia Addams?

G- Which flower is named after the Latin for sword?

H- Which poet was nicknamed the Swan of Meander?

I- What is entomophobia the fear of?

J- Which song contains the line,” You won’t settle down, you’ve got both feet off the ground”?

K- Which TV character was introduced to viewers in the TV film The Marcus Nelson Murders?

L- What is the name of the flying island in Gulliver’s Travels?

M- Which British coastal town has a name that means “curved sea”?

N- What is the name of the fur obtained from the coypu?

O- In which language is Nanoo Nanoo both a greeting and a farewell?

P- What P is the alternative name for a scaly anteater?

Q- What name is given to a bolt shot by a crossbow?

R- In a Michelin hotel guide, what symbol denotes a quiet hotel?

S- In which country did alcohol free lager originate?

T- Which model of Ford car was driven by Starsky and Hutch?

U- What object takes its name from the Latin for,”little shade”?

V- What edible item has a French name meaning flight of the wind?

W- Which canal bypasses the Niagara Falls?

X- Which TV series was screened in France under the title of To the Borders of Reality?

Y- What is the state flower of New Mexico?

Z- What was the surname of John Travolta’s character in Grease?

Answers to A- Z  Quiz One

Anvil

Bouvier

Coca Cola

Discovery

Eland

Frump

Gladiolus

Homer

Insects

January, February

Kojak

Laputa

Morecambe

Nutria

Orkan

Pangolin

Quarrel

Rocking chair

Switzerland

Torino

Umbrella

Vol au vent

Welland Canal

X Files

Yucca

Zuko

A to Z Quiz 2

A- Whose alleged last words were, “Wait till I have finished my problem”?

B- What is the home city of Manuel in Fawlty Towers?

C- What is the Tamil word for sauce?

D- Which was the second act to top the UK charts with the song Spirit in the Sky?

E- What was the name of Samantha’s mother in the 60s sitcom Bewitched?

F- What do Americans call pancakes?

G- Which movie monster lived on Odo Island?

H- What type of creature is Buckbeak in the Harry Potter tales?

I- Trypanophobia is the fear of what?

J- What is Michael Jackson’s middle name?

K- What is the collective noun for a group of toads?

L- What name is given to the small white area at the base of the fingernails?

M- What is the official national fruit of India?

N- Which venue hosted the 1998 Winter Olympics?

O- What is the main crop on the island of Corfu?

P- What is the collective noun for a group of sea cucumbers?

Q- What equates to half a crotchet?

R- What was Hillary Clinton’s maiden name?

S- What is the name of Hyacinth Bucket’s oft mentioned but never seen son?

T- Which country did Bulgaria gain independence from in 1908?

U- What creature represents Scotland on the Royal Coat of Arms of Britain?

V- What is the medical name for chicken pox?

W- In Greek mythology, what is a pythoness?

X- Which fictional city features in the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Kubla Khan?

Y- What is the capital of Cameroon?

Z- In the cartoon Arabian Nights that featured in Banana Splits what was the name of the donkey that transformed into a whirlwind whenever its tail was pulled?

Answers to A-Z Quiz 2

Archimedes

Barcelona

Curry

Dr and the Medics

Endora

Flapjack

Godzilla

Hippogriff

Injections

Joseph

Knot

Lunula

Mango

Nagano

Olives

Pickle

Quaver

Rodham

Sheridan

Turkey

Unicorn

Varicella

Witch

Xanadu

Yaounde

Zazoom