A-Z of General Knowledge

A In Greek mythology what is the name of the twin sister of Apollo?

B Which TV series featured the character of Professor Yaffle?

C What was Oscar Wilde referring to when he said, “it requires one to assume such indecent postures”?

D What is the alternative name for the larkspur?

E To date (2007) what is the only category of Nobel Prize that has not been won by a woman?

F Who has parents called Edna and Ed, attended Rockyville High School and was born on Groundhog Day?

G Which country in Central America has a name that means, place of many trees?

H Which TV drama was set in the Scottish village of Lochdubh?

I Which chemical element has the atomic number 53?

J What is the name of Postman Pat’s son?

K Fisherman’s Bend and Cats Paw are both types of what?

L Which Somerset cheese was introduced to the market amid a blaze of publicity in 1982?

M What is the name of the whale in Pinocchio?

N Who was the first black woman to appear on the front cover of Vogue magazine?

O What name is given to a distance of eight white notes on a piano keyboard?

P Which US city has a name meaning of the valley?

Q What is Canada’s oldest city?

R What is known as the King of the Cheeses in France?

S Natrium was the Latin name for which element?

T In Are You Being Served what is the name of Mrs Slocombe’s pussy?

U What was the theme song of Flanagan and Allen?

V With regard to liquids what word is opposite to fluidity?

W What term is sometimes referred to as Zero G?

X Which group of fruits does the coconut belong to?

Y What is one doing if pandiculating?

Z Which album did U2 release in July 1993?

Answers

Artemis

Bagpuss

Cricket

Delphinium

Economics

Fred Flintstone

Guatemala

Hamish Macbeth

Iodine

Julian

Knot

Lymeswold

Monstro

Naomi Campbell

Octave

Pasadena

Quebec

Roquefort

Sodium

Tiddles

Underneath the Arches

Viscosity

Weightlessness

Xylocarp

Yawning

Zooropa