
Alphabetical Quiz 14
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. What was name of Armstrong/Aldrin's lunar module?
2. What comic featured the adventures of Dan Dare?
3. Which was Britain's first sound film studio?
4. Where would you find your cochlea?
5. Biology - what is the Tympanum better known as?
6. Name the first woman to fly solo across Atlantic.
7. On what island are there statues called Mauis?
8. What was Linda McCartney's maiden name?
9. Clint Eastwood starred in Play Misty for Me. Who directed it?
10. Name Captain Marryat's midshipman
11. What street was subject of a Charlie Chaplin film?
12. In which country is the volcano Cotopaxi situated? .
13. Which Swede in 1987 was the first man for 40 years to win a match at Wimbledon without losing a game?
14. Who played the PM in Yes Prime Minister?
15. Who was played by Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous?
16. In which city is Heriot-Watt university?
17. Which is Scotland's most-visited building?
18. On 27th January 1879 who patented the first electric lamp
19. Which Ford car was a total flop?
20. On what do local authorities currently spend the greatest part of their revenue?
21. In which country was Omar Sharif born?
22. What country joined EEC at same time as UK?
23. Whose airline coach was attacked by terrorists in London in 1978?
24. Which battle of 1942 did Churchill call 'the end of the beginning'?
25. On what river does Hamburg stand?
26. Who was Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar better known as?
27. What was the name of the disastrous, sun drenched soap launched by the B.B.C. in 1992.?
28. At the start of a game of the UK version of Monopoly, if you threw a double-six, where would you land?
29. What did Col. Jacob Schick patent on 6 Nov 1928?
30. What is the only mammal that CANNOT jump?
31. Which prophet denounced Ahab and Jezebel?
32. Who wrote the poems on which the musical Cats was based?
33. Name Brody's wife in Jaws
34. Which great jazz musician composed the music to the film Anatomy of a Murder?
35. What was the name of the lioness in Born Free?
36. Which comedian wrote Blackadder with Richard Curtis?
37. What are Young eels called ? .
38. Name the official residence of President of France
39. Who designed Princess Diana's wedding dress?
40. What was the Christian name of the suffragette Mrs Pankhurst?
ANSWERS
1. The Eagle
2. The Eagle
3. Ealing
4. ear
5. Ear Drum
6. Amelia Earhart
7. Easter Island
8. Eastman.
9. Clint Eastwood
10. Easy.
11. Easy Street
12. Ecuador
13. Stefan Edberg
14. Paul Eddington
15. Edina
16. Edinburgh
17. Edinburgh Castle.
18. Thomas Edison
19. Edsel.
20. Education.
21. Egypt
22. Eire
23. El Al
24. El Alamein
25. Elbe
26. El Cid
27. Eldorado
28. Electricity Board
29. Electric Shaver
30. Elephant
31. Elijah.
32. TS Eliot
33. Ellen.
34. Duke Ellington
35. Elsa
36. Ben Elton
37. Elver
38. Elysee Palace
39. The Emmanuels
40. Emmeline