TAKE A LETTER
The answers to each set of five answers begin with the same letter.
26 sets in total, one for each letter.

The A Team

1 What does a fletcher make for a living?
2 What is the name of the Theatre Cat in TS Eliot’s Book of Practical Cats?
3 Who did Esquire Magazine name as Sexiest Woman Alive in 2004?
4 What is the alternative more commonly used title of the Primate of England?
5 What does a philographist collect?

Busy Bees

6 What is known as the Gentleman of the Woodwinds?
7 Plovdiv is the second largest city in which country?
8 False comma and southern comma are both types of what?
9 In Norse mythology, what was the name of the rainbow bridge that connected Asgard to Earth?
10 What name is given to the female counterpart of a bar mitzvah?

C Here

11 Which musical opens with the song The Deadwood Stage?
12 Which singing group took their name from the Gaelic for “family”?
13 What is added to brandy to make a sidecar cocktail?
14 Which hill range extends from Chipping Camden to Bristol?
15 What article of clothing takes its name from the French for “monk’s hood”?

D Day

16 What word is the opposite of nocturnal?
17 Which singer was born Mary O’Brien?
18 What animal does the adjective cervine refer to?
19 What was the name of the shuttle that embarked on the 100th space shuttle mission?
20 What is thanatophobia the fear of?

Everything Starts with an E

21 What is split and cooked to make a spitchcock?
22 Which disco band did vocalist Maurice Evans name after three of the ancient elements?
23 Which 1996 film saw Arnold Schwarzenegger playing an agent in the Federal Witness Protection Program?
24 What is the largest species of antelope?
25 Which oil tanker ran aground at Prince William Sound in 1989?

Answers to A

1 Arrows
2 Asparagus, sometimes referred to as Gus
3 Angelina Jolie
4 Archbishop of York- Primate of ALL England is Archbishop of Canterbury
5 Autographs

Answers to B

6 Bassoon
7 Bulgaria
8 Butterfly
9 Bifrost
10 Bat mitzvah

Answers to C

11 Calamity Jane
12 Clannad
13 Cointreau
14 Cotswolds
15 Cagoule

Answers to D

16 Diurnal
17 Dusty Springfield
18 Deer
19 Discovery
20 Death

Answers to E

21 Eel
22 Earth Wind and Fire
23 Eraser
24 Eland
25 Exxon Valdez

F Words

26 Mass x acceleration =?
27 Which Hemingway novel took its title from a sermon by John Donne?
28 What are there 19 of on a classical guitar?
29 Which political party was led by George Washington?
30 What was founded by Steve and Julie Pankhurst in 2000?

G Spots

31 What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet?
32 Which calendar was adopted by England in 1752?
33 The company Heckler & Koch are known for making what?
34 An implausibility is the collective noun for a group of what?
35 Sarnia was the Roman name for which island?

Dropping the H’s

36 Which rules govern the sport of American football?
37 What does an endocrinologist study?
38 What does the H stand for in the name of DH Lawrence?
39 What name is given to the study of the flow of water through pipes?
40 What is the world’s largest island beginning with H?

I Points

41 The lyrics of which number one hit opens with the words “Children behave”?
42 In which work by Gilbert & Sullivan do fairies appear in the House of Lords?
43 From which country did East Timor gain its independence?
44 In 1996, who married the daughter of the founder of the Referendum Party?
45 In October 1990, which song was played simultaneously in 130 countries?

J Walking

46 What is the state capital of Missouri?
47 What six letter word is the name given to the costume worn by judo practitioners?
48 What is the first word in the lyrics of the song Wake Me Up Before You Go Go?
49 In the 1920s, which song was adopted as the official anthem of the Women’s Institute?
50 What is the name of the Roman God of Beginnings?

Answers to F

26 Force
27 For Whom the Bell Tolls
28 Frets
29 Federalist
30 Friends Reunited

Answers to G

31 Gamma
32 Gregorian
33 Guns
34 Gnus
35 Guernsey

Answers to H

36 Harvard Rules
37 Hormones
38 Herbert
39 Hydraulics
40 Honshu

Answers to I

41 I Think We’re Alone Now by Tiffany
42 Iolanthe
43 Indonesia
44 Imran Khan
45 Imagine, to celebrate what would have been John Lennon’s 50th birthday

Answers to J

46 Jefferson City
47 Judogi
48 Jitterbug
49 Jerusalem
50 Janus

Special Ks

51 Which was the only film beginning with K to win Best Film Oscar in the 20th century?
52 What is the most common surname in Korea?
53 Which London underground station serves both Harrods and Harvey Nicholls?
54 Which musical introduced the song Stranger in Paradise?
55 In which 1971 film did Jane Fonda play a prostitute?

L of an answer

56 Which film was described by a New York critic as being, “nothing more than a huge thundering camel opera”?
57 Which liner was sunk on May 7th, 1915?
58 In 1967, the BBC opened its first local radio station in which English city?
59 What would one be doing if performing a sailor shuffle and a paddle turn?
60 Who penned the book Its Not About the Bike?

M and Ms

61 Who is the subject of a Dublin statue known as, the tart with a cart?
62 Which 1994 movie western co-starred Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster?
63 Which TV series was filmed on the shores of Loch Laggan?
64 What was the home city of Pablo Picasso?
65 In the Bible is the grandfather of Noah and the son of Enoch?

N Pecked

66 Who was the mother of the first Duke of St Albans?
67 In the book of Genesis who is described as “a mighty hunter before the Lord”?
68 What name is given to the central part of a church?
69 What is the name of Captain Nemo’s submarine?
70 What was the Japanese venue for the 1998 Winter Olympics?

O No

71 What succeeded the Seljuk Empire?
72 What is the alternative name for a painted leopard?
73 In Greek mythology who solved the riddle of the sphinx?
74 Headington United was the original name of which football club?
75 What do coin collectors call the head side of a coin?

Answers to K

51 Kramer vs Kramer
52 Kim
53 Knightsbridge
54 Kismet
55 Klute

Answers to L

56 Lawrence of Arabia
57 Lusitania
58 Leicester
59 Line dancing
60 Lance Armstrong

Answers to M

61 Molly Malone
62 Maverick
63 Monarch of the Glen
64 Malaga
65 Methuselah

Answers to N

66 Nell Gwynne
67 Nimrod
68 Nave
69 Nautilus
70 Nagano

Answers to O

71 Ottoman Empire
72 Ocelot
73 Oedipus
74 Oxford United
75 Obverse

Go for a P

76 Which singer born Virginia Patterson died in 1963?
77 Which horse won the Grand National in 2000?
78 Which Jewish harvest festival is celebrated 50 days after Passover?
79 What name is given to a piece of music that imitates another composer’s style?
80 Which element with the atomic number of 94 is known as the infernal element?

Form a Q

81 What is the alternative name for calcium oxide?
82 By area what is New York’s largest borough?
83 In which TV series is Sam Beckett the lead character?
84 Half a crotchet is equivalent to one what?
85 By what name is the Society of Friends otherwise known?

R you ready?

86 Who recorded the 1997 album Can You Tell What it is Yet?
87 What name is given to the spiked wheel on a cowboy’s spur?
88 What generic term describes any animal that chews cud?
89 In which fictional land is the Prisoner of Zenda set?
90 On which river does the city of Geneva stand?

S Solutions

91 What nationality are the pop group Rednex?
92 A criosphinx has the head of which animal?
93 What is sciophobia the fear of?
94 What is the better known name for the galanthus in the plant world?
95 How does Taliban translate into English?

T Time

96 What is the most northerly country in Africa?
97 What was the name of the backing band of Frankie Lymon?
98 In a Shakespeare play what is the name of Oberon’s wife?
99 What is the medical term for the windpipe?
100 What is hodophobia the fear of?

Answers to P

76 Patsy Cline
77 Papillon
78 Pentecost
79 Pastiche
80 Plutonium

Answers to Q

81 Quicklime
82 Queens
83 Quantum Leap
84 Quaver
85 Quakers

Answers to R

86 Rolf Harris
87 Rowel
88 Ruminant
89 Ruritania
90 Rhone

Answers to S

91 Swedish
92 Sheep
93 Shadows
94 Snowdrop
95 Student

Answers to T

96 Tunisia
97 Teenagers
98 Titania
99 Trachea
100 Travel

U Turns

101 Which film studio usurped MGM in the 1970s?
102 What five letter word is defined as the shadow of the Earth on the Moon?
103 What is the collective noun for a group of ravens?
104 What shade of blue has a name that means beyond the sea?
105 Which church do the Moonies belong to?

V Signs

106 Who wrote the 20th century best seller Flowers in the Attic?
107 Who has appeared on the front cover of Time magazine more times than any other person?
108 Which TV show followed the working life of Trude Mostue after her graduation?
109 In BBC shipping forecasts, which area is always announced first?
110 On which river does the city of Warsaw stand?

Trouble you with W

111 What is the collective noun for a group of nightingales?
112 In which resort did Fred Pontin open his first holiday camp?
113 Fenestration describes the arrangement of what in a building?
114 Which boys name is also the name for the home of a rabbit?
115 What is known as the universal solvent?

X marks the spot

116 Who created the Cabbage Patch Dolls?
117 What five letter prefix denotes the colour yellow?
118 A mammogram is a type of what?
119 Which object derives its name from the Greek for wood and sound?
120 Which 1980 musical co-starred Olivia Newton John and Gene Kelly?

Y Nots

121 Who claims to be smarter than the average bear?
122 Which song was a number three hit in 1966 and a number one hit in 1982?
123 Under what name did Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet record as a duo?
124 Which mammal lives at the highest altitude?
125 What veil worn by Muslim women covers the face below the eyes?

Time for Z

126 What is the surname of the emperor, the arch foe of Buzz Lightyear?
127 In an alphabetical list what is the last element?
128 Which TV show of yesteryear was set in Newtown?
129 What is nicknamed Spice Island?
130 What is the name of the highest mountain in Germany?

Answers for U

101 United Artists
102 Umbra
103 Unkindness
104 Ultramarine
105 Unification Church

Answers for V

106 Virginia Andrews
107 Virgin Mary
108 Vets in Practice
109 Viking
110 Vistula

Answers for W

111 Watch
112 Weston Super Mare
113 Windows
114 Warren
115 Water

Answers for X

116 Xavier Roberts
117 Xanth
118 X ray
119 Xylophone
120 Xanadu

Answers for Y

121 Yogi Bear
122 You Can’t Hurry Love
123 Yazoo
124 Yak
125 Yashmak

Answers for Z

126 Zurg
127 Zirconium
128 Z Cars
129 Zanzibar
130 Zugspitze