Letter round: C

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

1. In 1960 Mrs Bandaranaike became the worlds first woman PM in which country?

2. Which 5 letter first name for a girl was the title of a number one hit song on both sides of the Atlantic in 1972?

3. Garbanzo beans are better known as what? (nine letters)

4. What is the name given to the clusters of flowers borne by trees such as hazel, birch and oak?

5. Panama used to be part of which country?

6. What name was given to the light, clear wine developed in medieval times along the coastal valleys of the Gironde river in the Bordeaux region? Six or seven letters

7. In bridge, what jargon word is used to describe the condition of holding no trumps?

8. What did the Italian astronomer Giovanni Sciaparelli call the strange markings he observed on the planet Mars?

9. What is the green pigment used by plants to trap sunlight?

10. Where would you find the mathematical Bridge so named because it is allegedly constructed without using nails, based solely on geometrical principals?

11. Which Greek root meaning "blue" is often found on a traditional colour wheel between green and blue? Four letters.

12. From which musical does the duet ?I know him so well? come?

13. What film won the best visual effects Oscar in 1985?

14. What beverage does one make with a cezve or ibrik?

15. Inderan, Delgado, LeMond and Fignon, names in what sport?

ANSWERS

1. Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

2. Clair (Gilbert O'Sullivan)

3. Chickpeas

4. Catkin

5. Colombia.

6. Claret or Clairet

7. Chicane

8. Canals

9. Chlorophyll

10. Cambridge

11. Cyan

12. Chess

13. Cocoon

14. Coffee

15. Cycling

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