A TO Z OF ANSWERS

A Which French world champion was nicknamed The Professor?

B What name is shared by a short jacket, a dance and a film starring Bo Derek?

C Which film features the songs Toot Sweet and Hushaby Mountain?

D Halawi, Mactoum and Asharasi are all varieties of what?

E Who was the first foreign footballer to score a hat trick in England’s Premiership?

F Which pop group originally performed under the name of The Kingfishers?

G Which Somerset town is said to be the home of the burial site of the legendary King Arthur?

H What weapon takes its name from the Czech word for catapult?

I What is the most corrosion free metal known?

J What animal was used for the division sign of the Desert Rats?

K Which football club replaced Chester City in the Football League in 2000?

L Which British cathedral boasts three spires known as the Ladies of the Veil?

M Who played Wayne in Wayne’s World?

N Which is the only state of the USA named after an English county?

O In which sitcom did James Bolam play a hospital patient called Figgis?

P Which 1986 film saw Kathleen Turner transported back to 1960?

Q Which film saw Sting and Phil Daniels riding scooters?

R Which ten letter word is defined as the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another?

S Which football club were founded following the merger of the Spartans and St Mark’s Young Men’s Friends Society?

T In India what is the profession of a durzi?

U To which church do the Moonies belong?

V The 1965 film Ship of Fools marked the final screen appearance of which actress?

W What is Bottom’s occupation in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?

X Which ancient Persian king rode a horse called Strymon?

Y The first edition of which book appeared in the UK on January 4th, 1966?

Z Who is the only US President to have a first name beginning with Z?
 

Answers

Alain Prost

Bolero

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Date

Eric Cantona

Freddie and the Dreamers

Glastonbury

Howitzer

Iridium

Jerboa

Kidderminster Harriers

Litchfield Cathedral

Mike Myers

New Hampshire

Only When I Laugh

Peggy Sue Got Married

Quadrophenia

Refraction

Swindon Town

Tailor

Unification Church

Vivien Leigh

Weaver

Xerxes

Yellow Pages

Zachary Taylor