Alphabet Quiz 5

Questions

1. Q. What was the name of the feathered Mesoamerican serpent god, who gave their name to the largest species of Pterodactyl?

2. P. Which country boasts the largest number of native languages - with over 820 known across a population of only 2million?

3. C. Which US State is home to the Major League Soccer (MLS) team, known as the Rapids?

4. B. Literally meaning "mountain court" in English, what was the name of Hitler's retreat in the Obersalzberg of Bavaria?

5. A. The surname "Kardashian" has its origins in which western-Asian state, also the home of Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan?

6. Z. Victoria Falls is a major tourist attraction on which river in southern Africa?

7. Y. What name was given to the Mongol-ruling dynasty of China, founded by Kublai Khan?

8. X. Which Persian king was famously resisted at the Battle of Thermopylae by a small Spartan force commanded by King Leonidas?

9. W. Cathy and Heathcliff are characters in which Emily Brontë novel?

10. V. Which Germanic tribe sacked Rome in 455 AD before founding a short-lived kingdom in northern Africa?

11. U. Which Asian capital's name literally translates into English as "red hero"?

12. T. Which skyscraper in Taiwan was the world's tallest from 2004 until it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in 2010?

13. S. What is the native, and most commonly-followed religion in Japan?

14. R. Which Yugoslav team shocked the world by emerging victorious in the 1991 European Cup final against Marseille?

15. C. Which US State is home to the Major League Soccer (MLS) team, known as the Rapids?

16. P. Which country boasts the largest number of native languages - with over 820 known across a population of only 8.2million?

17. O. Which primate of genus Pongo derives its English name from a Malay word being "person of the forest"?

18. N. Who was the Roman god of the sea, equivalent to the Greek god Poseidon?

19. M. The Disney Princess Ariel is what kind of mythical creature?

20. L. Which African nation, with the capital Monrovia, was founded by freed American slaves?

21. K. Which region of Canada is most well-known for a gold rush which occurred in 1896?

22. J. Batavia was the colonial name for which south-east Asian capital city, now one of the world's largest?

23. I. What name was given to the Native American confederacy including the tribes of Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga and Seneca - credited with inventing the sport of lacrosse?

24. H. Based in China - what is the largest telecommunications equipment producer in the world as of 2018?

25. G. Formerly known as Canton - which city is at the centre of the largest urban conurbation in the world, at the mouth of the Pearl River?

26. F. Which Robert Zemeckis film - which won Tom Hanks his second Oscar in a row - won Best Picture at the 66th Academy Awards, held in 1994?

27. E. Native to Australia - what is the second largest living bird by height?

28. D. Simon le Bon was the lead singer of which UK pop-group, best known for singles such as "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Rio"?