AK’s General Knowledge A-Z #14

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Full names are alphabetised according to surname, not considering a possible surname prefix.

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Hint	Answer
A – A in NATO	Atlantic
B – freshwater lake that contains more water than all of the North American Great Lakes combined	Baikal
C – an accusation, or to juice up one’s phone	Charge
D – this British TV series about the Crawley family and their domestic servants is shown in over 220 countries and territories	Downton Abbey
E – 2011 hit by Katy Perry ft. Kanye West, or the cute alien who phoned home and was later picked up by his folk	E.T.
F – globally, the third most popular sport by size of fan base; team includes ten field players and a goalkeeper	Field hockey
G – a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust and dark matter	Galaxy
H – a person suffering from acrophobia is afraid of …	Heights
I – the only country in the world that has no mosquitos	Iceland
J – global manufacturer and distributor of branded baths and hot tubs; the name is used as a genericized trademark to describe hot tubs	Jacuzzi
K – Mortal _____, a fantasy-themed fighting game	Kombat
L – Hunger Games star Jennifer, or the river that flows through Montreal (Saint _____)	Lawrence
M – Ecatepec and León are among the largest cities in this country	Mexico

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N – to cut in a minor way, or first name of English writer Hornby (“About a Boy”, “High Fidelity”)	Nick
O – six-time German Olympic swimming champion Kristin, or three-time Holy Roman Emperor	Otto
P – country where Port Moresby is the capital	Papua New Guinea
Q – a sanitary measure to prevent the spread of a contagious disease; the word comes from “forty days” in Venetian	Quarantine
R – Morgan Freeman’s role in “The Shawshank Redemption”; does not describe the colour of his hair	Red
S – Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili, who started to use a name that means “Man of Steel” and was Time magazine’s "Man of the Year" in 1942	Joseph Stalin
T – a character in Truman Capote’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”; about 20 years later her namesake became British Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
U – Scotland's national "animal"	Unicorn
V – a closely woven fabric; is black for Alannah Myles	Velvet
W – two of these don't make a right	Wrongs
X – food additive and sugar substitute that may promote better dental health	Xylitol
Y – I (first person) in Spanish	Yo
Z – Carlos Ruiz _____, author of “The Shadow of the Wind”	Zafón

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