50 Question Alphabet Quiz – A to E Round 1: Alphabet - A 10 questions which have answers starting with the letter "A", all answers are in ascending alphabetical order. None The highest mountain outside Asia, what is South America's highest peak in the Andes? Which British crime author and Dame wrote 'Sparkling Cyanide' and 'Death on the Nile'? Fully name please. What is the practice devoted chiefly to discovering a substance that would transmute the more common metals into gold or silver? Classified with the peach in the subgenus Amygdalus, what ingredient is used to flavour Amaretto liqueurs and biscuits? What name is given to the fluid which surrounds a foetus? What U.S. president's wife saw him elected, but died before his inauguration in 1829? Full name please. What is the Greek name of the Egyptian god of death, mummification, embalming, the afterlife, cemeteries, tombs, and the Underworld? Which legendary American golfer became the first man to reach $1 million in career earnings on the PGA Tour in 1967? Full name please. Sir Christopher Wren who designed St Paul's Cathedral was a professor in which scientific field? Located on the flattest continent, in which country would you find Lake Disappointment? Round 2: Alphabet - B 10 questions which have answers starting with the letter "B", all answers are in ascending alphabetical order. None What animals were Dachshunds dogs originally bred to hunt? Sherlock Holmes lived at 221b on which street? Which male vocal range is pitched between tenor and bass? Name the female version of the Jewish Bar Mitzvah, celebrating a girl reaching the age of thirteen? What nomadic Arabic group has roast camels served at their feasts on special occasions? Calvados or Apple Brandy and Dubonnet form a cocktail which shares a name with what car manufacturer? Which Michael Jackson song could have referred to a tennis star? What is catalogued under the Dewey decimal system? Only two elements liquid room temperature - mercury and what other? The collective name for a group of ferrets is a what? Round 3: Alphabet - C 10 questions which have answers starting with the letter "C", all answers are in ascending alphabetical order. None Parsley is a member of which family of root vegetables? What's the name of the largest area of the human brain? Which is an artificial barrier or obstacle on a motor racing course? In music what term is used to describe 3 or more notes played simultaneously? The suffix "polis", for example - Minneapolis - in Greek means what? What is the name given to the dish of fruit stewed or preserved in syrup? What other metal is mixed with tin to produce bronze? Which 1960's Band Was Formed By Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker And Jack Bruce? What name is given to the cocktail made from rum, lime and cola? Franz Kafka wrote in German, but what nationality was he? Round 4: Alphabet - D 10 questions which have answers starting with the letter "D", all answers are in ascending alphabetical order. None 1 1/2 oz. light rum, 1 lime, powdered sugar, fruit juice, blend w/crushed ice and you have a what? Rodin's sculpture 'The Thinker', is actually a portrait of what Italian poet? Most blue eyed cats suffer from what affliction? What is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet? The Pink Panther in "The Pink Panther" was a what? What is the term used for a drug designed to reduce body fluid? Matador and Sniff are two varieties of what game? What word German origin is used to describe an apparition or double of living person? Among other things, what primarily did Alfred Nobel make his fortune from inventing? What word is used to describe the opposite of a Utopia? Round 5: Alphabet - E 10 questions which have answers starting with the letter "E", all answers are in ascending alphabetical order. None What part of your body is connected to the throat by the eustachian tube? Called Rapa-nui natively, which Pacific island's puzzling monoliths attract ethnologists? You can do a degree in brewing at Heriot-Watt University in which Scottish city? What nationality was Boutros Boutros Ghali, once the Secretary General of the United Nations? How many keys are there on a grand piano? Hint Which famous F.B.I agent headed the investigation of Al Capone? Which musician did the U.S. postal service print 500 million stamps featuring in 1993? In the U.S. the TV equivalent of the Oscars are called the what? What is the medical term for a disease in which the functioning of the brain is affected by some agent or condition? The imaginary line encircling the earth is 90 degrees from both poles at every point is called the what? Time's up
