Alphabetical Quiz 16
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 king of Saudi Arabia was assassinated in 1975?
2. What sailing event ended in disaster in 1979?
3. Who is Thomas the Tank Engine's boss?
4. What was the name of the school in Please Sir?
5. In Magnum, what make of car does Thomas Magnum drive?
6. Who was Roxy Music's lead singer?
7. What cap was is named after Moroccan city?
8. What was Beethoven's only opera?
9. Who did James Bolam play in Only When I Laugh?
10. What sport uses the term "double axel"?
11. What is the famous cave on the island of Staffa?
12. What sport uses plugs and leaders?
13. Who immortalized the song Underneath the Arches?
14. Who discovered Penicillin?
15. Who created James Bond?
16. In what city is Michaelangelo's David?
17. Who had a hit in 1960s with Let's go to San Francisco?
18. What is DJ Alan Freeman's nickname?
19. What was the Wright brothers' plane called (first flight)?
20. What is The Sweeney rhyming slang for?
21. In the film Fail Safe, who played the US President?
22. Who won Best Actress Oscar in 1972 film Klute?
23. What acid is the cause of a nettle's sting?
24. What was Taiwan's previous name?
25. In Dynasty, who played Blake Carrington?
26. Who did Liz Taylor marry in 1992?
27. What town is at the Western end of Caledonian Canal?
28. Who played Van Der Valk?
29. In which castle was Mary, Queen of Scots executed?
30. Who had a Hit in 1962 with Big Girls Don't Cry?
31. Who played Corporal Flogger Hoskins in The Army Game?
32. What Aesop animal assumed that grapes he couldn't reach were sour anyway?
33. What former Royal Jockey is now a famous author?
34. Who invented the Lightning Conductor?
35. Who won the Fight of the Century on 8 March 1971?
36. What appear when the Sun activates your Melanocytes?
37. In radio, what do the initials FM stand for?
38. What type of Cow produces 80% of UK's milk needs?
39. What was originally called the Pluto Platter?
40. Who is the hunter who never catches Bugs Bunny?
ANSWERS
1. King Faisal
2. Fastnet Race
3. Fat Controller
4. Fenn St. School
5. Ferrari
6. Bryan Ferry
7. Fez
8. Fidelia
9. Figgis
10. Figure Skating
11. Fingal's Cave
12. Fishing
13. Flanagan & Allen
14. Alexander Fleming
15. Ian Fleming
16. Florence
17. Flowerpot Men
18. Fluff
19. Flyer
20. Flying Squad
21. Henry Fonda
22. Jane Fonda
23. Formic
24. Formosa
25. John Forsythe
26. Larry Fortensky
27. Fort William
28. Barry Foster
29. Fotheringay
30. Four Seasons
31. Harry Fowler
32. The Fox
33. Dick Francis
34. Benjamin Franklin
35. Joe Frazier
36. Freckles
37. Frequency Modulation
38. Friesian
39. The Frisbee
40. Elmer Fudd