Alphabet Quiz #3

Alphabet Quiz #3

Questions

1. N - A period in the later part of the Stone Age, derived from Greek words for new and stone?
2. Z - A soft, gentle breeze, yet also a river crossing?
3. Y - A major global brand, originally a member of a brutish race in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels?
4. X - The fourteenth letter of the Greek alphabet?
5. W - In lycanthropy, the transformation of a human into this?
6. V - In Scandinavian mythology, a great hall of the god Odin, in which heroes killed in battle enjoyed a glorious afterlife of feasting and drinking?
7. U - A place conceived in 1516 by Sir Thomas More, and fourth 'The Road to...' movie destination, starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby?
8. T - Processed animal fat, used in soap and candles and industrial lubricants?
9. S - Latin archer, and a large constellation?
10. R - A vowel-less six-letter word relating to music and contraception?
11. Q - A traitor, named after the fascist Norwegian leader who collaborated with Nazi Germany in World War II?
12. P - A medieval bodily humour associated with calmness, and variable feature of certain types of infection?
13. O - A musical ensemble composition for eight voices or instruments?
14. A - An alcove in a garden or glade, with sides and roof formed by trees or climbing plants?
15. M -Japanese cartoons, usually with a fantasy or science-fiction theme?
16. L - In the Bible, the name of the beggar who lay outside the gates of the rich man?
17. K - Wartime term derived from its country's words for divinity and wind?
18. J - The Rastafarian word for God?
19. I - An outer layer of the atmosphere above the mesosphere?
20. H - Traditional British measure, equating to eight stone, abbreviated to cwt?
21. G - The excrement of seabirds or bats, significant in 19th century fertilizer and explosives industries?
22. F - Relating to music, very loud or loudly?
23. E - The study of sexual stimuli and behaviour, whose name has Greek word origins?
24. D - The second smallest US state, after Rhode Island, known as the Diamond State?
25. C - The transparent layer forming the front of the eye, which transmits and focuses light into the eye?
26. B - Pakistani cuisine which cooks food in a metal pan, or karahi, normally served with nan bread?

1. N - A period in the later part of the Stone Age, derived from Greek words for new and stone?

   Neolithic
2. Z - A soft, gentle breeze, yet also a river crossing?

   Zephyr
3. Y - A major global brand, originally a member of a brutish race in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels?

   Yahoo
4. X - The fourteenth letter of the Greek alphabet?

   Xi
5. W - In lycanthropy, the transformation of a human into this?

   Werewolf
6. V - In Scandinavian mythology, a great hall of the god Odin, in which heroes killed in battle enjoyed a glorious afterlife of feasting and drinking?

   Valhalla
7. U - A place conceived in 1516 by Sir Thomas More, and fourth 'The Road to...' movie destination, starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby?

   Utopia
8. T - Processed animal fat, used in soap and candles and industrial lubricants?

   Tallow
9. S - Latin archer, and a large constellation?

   Sagittarius
10. R - A vowel-less six-letter word relating to music and contraception?

    Rhythm
11. Q - A traitor, named after the fascist Norwegian leader who collaborated with Nazi Germany in World War II?

    Quisling
12. P - A medieval bodily humour associated with calmness, and variable feature of certain types of infection?

    Phlegm
13. O - A musical ensemble composition for eight voices or instruments?

    Octet
14. A - An alcove in a garden or glade, with sides and roof formed by trees or climbing plants?

    Arbour 
15. M -Japanese cartoons, usually with a fantasy or science-fiction theme?

    Manga
16. L - In the Bible, the name of the beggar who lay outside the gates of the rich man?

    Lazarus
17. K - Wartime term derived from its country's words for divinity and wind?

    Kamikaze
18. J - The Rastafarian word for God?

    Jah
19. I - An outer layer of the atmosphere above the mesosphere?

    Ionosphere
20. H - Traditional British measure, equating to eight stone, abbreviated to cwt?

    Hundredweight
21. G - The excrement of seabirds or bats, significant in 19th century fertilizer and explosives industries?

    Guano
22. F - Relating to music, very loud or loudly?

    Fortissimo
23. E - The study of sexual stimuli and behaviour, whose name has Greek word origins?

    Erotology
24. D - The second smallest US state, after Rhode Island, known as the Diamond State?

    Delaware
25. C - The transparent layer forming the front of the eye, which transmits and focuses light into the eye?

    Cornea
26. B - Pakistani cuisine which cooks food in a metal pan, or karahi, normally served with nan bread?

    Balti