Wordplay

5 AM- The answers to the next five questions begin with the letters AM

1 What name is given to any alloy that contains mercury?
2 Which female warriors were led by Queen Hippolyte?
3 Which organisation was founded by Peter Beneson in 1961?
4 What is the birthstone for February?
5 In which film did F Murray Abraham play Antonio Salieri?

CO Answers- The answers to the next five questions begin with the letters CO

1 What were the Empire Games renamed?
2 What name is given to the study of the universe?
3 What is the state capital of New Hampshire?
4 What is added to brandy to make a sidecar cocktail?
5 What name is given to the halo of white light that surrounds the sun?

5 AD-The answers to the next five questions begin with the letters AD

1 Which glands are located just above the kidneys?
2 Which sea separates Italy from the Balkan Peninsula?
3 Which beautiful youth did Venus fall in love with?
4 What is the capital of Yemen?
5 What is the more common name for the thyroid cartilage?

Going GA GA-The answers to the next questions begin with the letters GA

1 Which island group was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978?
2 What is the name of Sir Lancelot’s son?
3 Libreville is the capital of which African republic
4 What is the third letter of the Greek alphabet?
5 What is the stage name of Louisa Bobb?

WE Words- The answers to the next five questions begin with the letters WE

1 What is the more common name for a lycanthrope?
2 Apia is the capital of what?
3 What is Bottom’s occupation in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
4 Which was the first Scottish pop group to record three number one hits in the UK?
5 In which 1985 film was Kelly le Brock the computer generated fantasy woman of two teenage boys?

VI for the Answers- The answers to the next five questions all begin with VI

1 In which city is the headquarters of OPEC?
2 The stage musical Spend Spend Spend chronicles the life of which pools winner?
3 Which Hollywood star of yesteryear was nicknamed the Hunk?
4 Who palyed Bullet Tooth Tony on film?
5 Which song contains the line” Paint your palettes blue and grey”

WO is Me- The answers to the next five questions begin with the letters WO

1 In the HG Wells novel War of the Worlds in which town did the Martians first land?
2 What is a sand mason?
3 How does the phrase gung ho translate into English?
4 Hairy nosed and common are both varieties of which animal?
5 Which popular tourist attraction of Somerset was formed by the waters of the River Axe?

Know Where it’s AT- The answers to the next five questions all begin with the letters AT

1 What is the name of the Greek goddess of wisdom?
2 What is the world’s driest desert?
3 Right Now was the debut album of which girl group?
4 What name is given to a coral reef that surrounds a lagoon?
5 What extends through Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia?

Answers

AM Answers
1 Amalgam
2 Amazons
3 Amnesty International
4 Amethyst
5 Amadeus

CO Answers
1 Commonwealth Games
2 Cosmology
3 Concord
4 Cointreau
5 Corona

AD Answers
1 Adrenal
2 Adriatic Sea
3 Adonis
4 Aden
5 Adam’s apple

GA Answers
1 Galapagos Islands
2 Galahad
3 Gabon
4 Gamma
5 Gabrielle

WE Answers
1 Were wolf
2 Western Samoa
3 Weaver
4 Wet Wet Wet
5 Weird Science

VI Answers
1 Vienna
2 Viv Nicholson
3 Victor Mature
4 Vinnie Jones in Snatch
5 Vincent by Don MacLean

WO Answers
1 Woking
2 Worm
3 Work together
4 Wombat
5 Wookey Hole

AT Answers
1 Athene
2 Atacama
3 Atomic Kitten
4 Atoll
5 Atlas Mountains