Letter round: A

Every answer is one word beginning with A. Tell the teams, it is half the fun.

1. Che Guevara was born in which country?

2. Which American state comes first alphabetically?

3. What 1979 film won the Oscar for best visual effects?

4. An atheist denies the existance of God. What name is given to a person that claims it is impossible to know whether God exists or not?

5. What is the capital of Madagascar?

6. What was the name of the Welsh mining village where a slag heap collapsed onto a school in 1966, killing 81 children?

7. In which town is Jaws set?

8. The Colossus of Rhodes was a representation of which god?

9. Which vegetable comes in ?globe? and ?Jerusalem? varieties?

10. What is the well-known Arabic word for 'The Island' or 'The Peninsula'?

11. Which fruit has the most calories?

12. What would be your profession if you had RIBA after your name?

13. What is the collective noun for both a group of widows and tigers? Six letters, first letter 'A', last letter 'h'.

14. Christmas Island in the Indian ocean is a territory of which country?

15. Where, in 1896, did the first Modern Olympic Games take place?

ANSWERS

1. Argentina

2. Alabama

3. Alien

4. Agnostic

5. Antananarivo

6. Aberfan

7. Amity

8. Apollo

9. Artichokes

10. Al-Jazeera

11. The avocado

12. Architect

13. Ambush

14. Australia

15. Athens

Where these questions come from
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  6. Wales Quiz 1
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