Alphabet Quiz #6

Alphabet Quiz #6

Questions

1. P. In Catholic theology, what is the name of the location or state in which some may find themselves for the purpose of "purification" before they may continue to Heaven?
2. B. Which northern-English football team is nicknamed "the Tykes"?
3. A. Which mammal - often the first word in the dictionary - derives its name from the Afrikaans word for "earth pig"?
4. Z. Which island and semi-autonomous region unified with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the modern state of Tanzania?
5. Y. Which reserve in Wyoming was designated as the world's first national park in 1872 by President Ulysses S. Grant?
6. X. What was the capital of the Chinese Yuan dynasty, and also the title of a 1995 ELO and Olivia Newton-John song?
7. W. What is the capital of New Zealand (clue: it shares its name with a type of boot, and a famous general)?
8. V. Who was the Roman goddess of love - equivalent to the Greek goddess Aphrodite?
9. U. By what aboriginal name is Ayers Rock more commonly known by?
10. T. Which Russian composer is the writer of The Nutcracker and Swan Lake?
11. S. What is the name of the peninsula and desert which separates the majority of Egypt from Asia?
12. R. Which English king's remains are believed to have been recovered from a car park in Leicestershire in 2012?
13. Q. What was the first name of the Hunchback of Notre Dame?
14. C. Which major north-American river flows through the Grand Canyon?
15. O. Which empire captured Constantinople (now Istanbul) from the Byzantines in 1453, and would rule much of the Middle East until its dissolution in the aftermath of World War I?
16. N. Who was the fifth Roman emperor - the last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty - and infamously oversaw the Great Fire of Rome?
17. M. Aside from Virginia, Washington D.C. borders which other US state on the eastern seaboard?
18. L. Which is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines archipelago?
19. K. By what name was Cambodia known under the rule of Pol Pot from 1975-1979?
20. J. Heath Ledger became the only person to win a posthumous Academy Award for acting, following his portrayal of which infamous antagonist of Batman in the 2008 movie The Dark Knight?
21. I. Which Asian state is the most populous majority-Muslim country in the world, with over 260,000,000 inhabitants?
22. H. What is the surname of the actor who played Richie Cunningham in Happy Days, and later won the Best Director Oscar for his 2001 work, A Beautiful Mind?
23. G. Which general - born in Nice in 1807, and the namesake of a biscuit - was a leading figure in the Italian unification movement (Risorgimento) of the mid-1800s?
24. F. Which singer - who appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Grease - gained his fame as the frontman of the Four Seasons?
25. E. Which city - the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta - is home to the Oilers ice hockey team?
26. D. The Færoe Islands are a constituent country of which European nation?

1. P. In Catholic theology, what is the name of the location or state in which some may find themselves for the purpose of "purification" before they may continue to Heaven?

   Purgatory
2. B. Which northern-English football team is nicknamed "the Tykes"?
3. A. Which mammal - often the first word in the dictionary - derives its name from the Afrikaans word for "earth pig"?
4. Z. Which island and semi-autonomous region unified with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the modern state of Tanzania?

   Zanzibar
5. Y. Which reserve in Wyoming was designated as the world's first national park in 1872 by President Ulysses S. Grant?

   Yellowstone
6. X. What was the capital of the Chinese Yuan dynasty, and also the title of a 1995 ELO and Olivia Newton-John song?

   Xanadu
7. W. What is the capital of New Zealand (clue: it shares its name with a type of boot, and a famous general)?

   Wellington
8. V. Who was the Roman goddess of love - equivalent to the Greek goddess Aphrodite?

   Venus
9. U. By what aboriginal name is Ayers Rock more commonly known by?

   Uluru
10. T. Which Russian composer is the writer of The Nutcracker and Swan Lake?

    Tchaikovsky
11. S. What is the name of the peninsula and desert which separates the majority of Egypt from Asia?

    Sinai
12. R. Which English king's remains are believed to have been recovered from a car park in Leicestershire in 2012?

    Richard III
13. Q. What was the first name of the Hunchback of Notre Dame?

    Quasimodo
14. C. Which major north-American river flows through the Grand Canyon?

    River Colorado
15. O. Which empire captured Constantinople (now Istanbul) from the Byzantines in 1453, and would rule much of the Middle East until its dissolution in the aftermath of World War I?

    Ottoman Empire
16. N. Who was the fifth Roman emperor - the last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty - and infamously oversaw the Great Fire of Rome?

    Nero
17. M. Aside from Virginia, Washington D.C. borders which other US state on the eastern seaboard?

    Maryland
18. L. Which is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines archipelago?

    Luzon
19. K. By what name was Cambodia known under the rule of Pol Pot from 1975-1979?

    Kampuchea
20. J. Heath Ledger became the only person to win a posthumous Academy Award for acting, following his portrayal of which infamous antagonist of Batman in the 2008 movie The Dark Knight?
21. I. Which Asian state is the most populous majority-Muslim country in the world, with over 260,000,000 inhabitants?

    Indonesia
22. H. What is the surname of the actor who played Richie Cunningham in Happy Days, and later won the Best Director Oscar for his 2001 work, A Beautiful Mind?
23. G. Which general - born in Nice in 1807, and the namesake of a biscuit - was a leading figure in the Italian unification movement (Risorgimento) of the mid-1800s?

    Guiseppi Garibaldi
24. F. Which singer - who appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Grease - gained his fame as the frontman of the Four Seasons?

    Frankie Valli
25. E. Which city - the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta - is home to the Oilers ice hockey team?

    Edmonton
26. D. The Færoe Islands are a constituent country of which European nation?

    Denmark