Alphabet QUESTions 2/3
I will post here the answers to number 2 and the questions for number 3:
Alphabet answers 2
1 Agnus Dei
2 Banshee
3 Carboy
4 Digitalis
5 Euthanasia
6 Fluorine
7 Gaulle, Charles de
8 Homonym
9 Incombustible
10 Jai alai
11 Kentucky Derby
12 Lacewing
13 Malta
14 Noah
15 Oedipus
16 Palindrome (able was I ere I saw elba)
17 Q.E.D. (Quod erat demonstrandum)
18 Rabies
19 Sans-culotte (breechless)
20 Tautology: the needless repetition of the same idea in different words in the same sentence i.e. ‘sole monopoly’.
21 Uppsala
22 Van de Graff generator
23 Wampum
24 Xenon
25 Yonkers
26 Zither
How do you rate?
1-6 Answers correct: POOR
7-11 Answers correct: BELOW AVERAGE
12-16 Answers correct: AVERAGE
17-21 Answers correct: ABOVE AVERAGE
22-26 Answers correct: EXCELLENT
Alphabet QUESTions 3
Some dreamboats, lifeboats and shipwrecks
1 What ancient Egyptian magical word is associated with a swinging Echo who drops his aitches?
2 What word is used to describe an advanced position seized in enemy territory?
3 What was the name given to a mediaeval four-pronged iron device placed on the ground so that the horses of the attacking cavalry might be lamed?
4 What was the name given by sailors to regions where ships were likely to be becalmed, especially those parts of the ocean near the Equator noted for calms, light winds, etc?
5 What old measure for lengths of cloth was equal to 18 inches (like a cubit)?
6 What ‘society’ boasted the following members: George Bernard Shaw, Sidney Web, Beatrice Webb, Graham Wallas, and Annie Besant?
7 What day is named after a creature associated with the belief that when it appears from hibernation, if it sees it’s shadow, they go back into hibernation for another six weeks- indicating six more weeks of bad weather?
8 What doctrine postulates that ‘happiness is the chief good and end of man’?
9 What name was given in mediaeval times to an evil demon who was supposed to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep?
10 What was the name given to a small all-purpose four-wheel drive car, with high and low gearboxes developed by the U.S.A. during World War II?
11 What was the name given to a providential typhoon that once balked a Mongol invasion of Japan?
12 What was Joseph of Cupertino doing so frequently in the 17th century that he was forbidden by his superiors to attend choir so that he would not distract others?
13 What was the name given to the zone of fortifications built along the eastern frontier of France between 1929 and 1934?
14 In the U.S.A. what is the name given to a coin of 5 cents?
15 What name was give to a bird that was reputed to fly backwards, and thus does not know where it is going, but likes to know where it has been?
16 What word is used to describe the following conundrum: Statement A is ‘Statement B is false’ and Statement B is ‘Statement A is true’ which statement A or B is true and which is false?
17 What is the name given to a size of paper made by folding the sheet twice, giving four leaves, or eight pages?
18 What is another name for a (impolite) cross?
19 From where did Romulus obtain ‘wives’ for his followers?
20 Who in Greek mythology was plunged up to his chin in a river of Hades, a tree hung with clusters of fruit being just above his head. Every time he tried to drink the waters they receded, and as the fruit was just out of his reach, he suffered agony from thirst, hunger and unfulfilled anticipation?
21 What mythical creature had a white body, a red head, blue eyes, legs of a buck, the tail of a lion, the head and body of a horse, and a single horn, white at the base, black in the middle, and white at the tip and was captured when it lay down at the feet of a virgin?
22 What was the name given to the palace of the Pope?
23 What was the name given to a small portable short-range wireless containing receiver and transmitter?
24 What is the name given to a form of divination using twigs, rods, etc?
25 What word is used to describe singing with frequent alternations between the ordinary voice and falsetto?
26 What is the name given to the small cap worn by Roman Catholic clergy?
Alphabet answers 2
1 Agnus Dei
2 Banshee
3 Carboy
4 Digitalis
5 Euthanasia
6 Fluorine
7 Gaulle, Charles de
8 Homonym
9 Incombustible
10 Jai alai
11 Kentucky Derby
12 Lacewing
13 Malta
14 Noah
15 Oedipus
16 Palindrome (able was I ere I saw elba)
17 Q.E.D. (Quod erat demonstrandum)
18 Rabies
19 Sans-culotte (breechless)
20 Tautology: the needless repetition of the same idea in different words in the same sentence i.e. ‘sole monopoly’.
21 Uppsala
22 Van de Graff generator
23 Wampum
24 Xenon
25 Yonkers
26 Zither
How do you rate?
1-6 Answers correct: POOR
7-11 Answers correct: BELOW AVERAGE
12-16 Answers correct: AVERAGE
17-21 Answers correct: ABOVE AVERAGE
22-26 Answers correct: EXCELLENT
Alphabet QUESTions 3
Some dreamboats, lifeboats and shipwrecks
1 What ancient Egyptian magical word is associated with a swinging Echo who drops his aitches?
2 What word is used to describe an advanced position seized in enemy territory?
3 What was the name given to a mediaeval four-pronged iron device placed on the ground so that the horses of the attacking cavalry might be lamed?
4 What was the name given by sailors to regions where ships were likely to be becalmed, especially those parts of the ocean near the Equator noted for calms, light winds, etc?
5 What old measure for lengths of cloth was equal to 18 inches (like a cubit)?
6 What ‘society’ boasted the following members: George Bernard Shaw, Sidney Web, Beatrice Webb, Graham Wallas, and Annie Besant?
7 What day is named after a creature associated with the belief that when it appears from hibernation, if it sees it’s shadow, they go back into hibernation for another six weeks- indicating six more weeks of bad weather?
8 What doctrine postulates that ‘happiness is the chief good and end of man’?
9 What name was given in mediaeval times to an evil demon who was supposed to have sexual intercourse with women during their sleep?
10 What was the name given to a small all-purpose four-wheel drive car, with high and low gearboxes developed by the U.S.A. during World War II?
11 What was the name given to a providential typhoon that once balked a Mongol invasion of Japan?
12 What was Joseph of Cupertino doing so frequently in the 17th century that he was forbidden by his superiors to attend choir so that he would not distract others?
13 What was the name given to the zone of fortifications built along the eastern frontier of France between 1929 and 1934?
14 In the U.S.A. what is the name given to a coin of 5 cents?
15 What name was give to a bird that was reputed to fly backwards, and thus does not know where it is going, but likes to know where it has been?
16 What word is used to describe the following conundrum: Statement A is ‘Statement B is false’ and Statement B is ‘Statement A is true’ which statement A or B is true and which is false?
17 What is the name given to a size of paper made by folding the sheet twice, giving four leaves, or eight pages?
18 What is another name for a (impolite) cross?
19 From where did Romulus obtain ‘wives’ for his followers?
20 Who in Greek mythology was plunged up to his chin in a river of Hades, a tree hung with clusters of fruit being just above his head. Every time he tried to drink the waters they receded, and as the fruit was just out of his reach, he suffered agony from thirst, hunger and unfulfilled anticipation?
21 What mythical creature had a white body, a red head, blue eyes, legs of a buck, the tail of a lion, the head and body of a horse, and a single horn, white at the base, black in the middle, and white at the tip and was captured when it lay down at the feet of a virgin?
22 What was the name given to the palace of the Pope?
23 What was the name given to a small portable short-range wireless containing receiver and transmitter?
24 What is the name given to a form of divination using twigs, rods, etc?
25 What word is used to describe singing with frequent alternations between the ordinary voice and falsetto?
26 What is the name given to the small cap worn by Roman Catholic clergy?
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