Alphabetical Quiz 17
The following quiz round was submitted by Ted Smith from the UK. Many thanks Ted, a great idea.
The idea is that all the answers to the following questions follow each other in alphabetical order.
1. Who was Lancelot's son in Arthurian legend?
2. Who did Nathuran Godse kill on 30 January 1948?
3. On what river do the cities of Patna & Calcutta stand?
4. Which Snooker referee is known as Ball Crusher?
6. What was Greta Gustafsson's stage name?
7. What is the most common Spanish surname?
8. What actress's real name was Frances Gumm?
9. Which West Indies cricketer was nicknamed Big Bird?
10. What is January's birthstone?
11. On which river does Bordeaux stand?
12. Who hosted University Challenge for 25 years?
13. What was the name of the machine gun first used in the US Civil War?
14. What is the name of Shrewsbury Town's home ground?
15. In what constellation are the twins Castor and Pollox?
16. What horse won the 1991 Epsom Derby?
17. Who was the last of the Apache warrior chiefs?
18. Where do the Ashanti people live? .
19. Where on Iberian peninsula is the Trafalgar Graveyard?
20. Who led the Dambusters raid in WW2?
21. In Monty Python, who did the zany animations?
22. In which British city is the Peoples' Palace museum?
23. Name Dennis the Menace's dog.
24. What animal provides Moroccan leather?
25. What is Mongolia's famous desert?
26. Who was Hitler's Minister of Propaganda?
27. What colour is the bullseye worth in Archery?
28. In which James Bond movie does Pussy Galore appear?
29. What kind of animal was Geppetto's pet Cleo?
30. What did G K Chesterton describe as "an expensive way of playing marbles"?
31. What is the appropriate name of the largest type of frog?
ANSWERS
1. Galahad
2. Gandhi
3. The Ganges
4. Len Ganley
6. Greta Garbo
7. Garcia
8. Judy Garland
9. Joel Garner
10. Garnet
11. Garonne
12. Bamber Gascoigne
13. Gatling Gun
14. Gay Meadow
15. Gemini
16. Generous
17. Geronimo
18. Ghana
19. Gibraltar
20. Guy Gibson
21. Terry Gilliam
22. Glasgow
23. Gnasher
24. Goat
25. Gobi desert
26. Joseph Goebbels
27. Gold
28. Goldfinger
29. Goldfish
30. Golf
31. Goliath frog of W.Africa