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A – in Hinduism, the incarnation of a deity; the word is also familiar from gaming and from the highest-grossing movie ever
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Avatar
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B – country whose capital Porto Novo is just 40 mins by car from Nigeria
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Benin
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C – to move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground, or Radiohead’s first hit
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Creep
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D – author of On the Origin of Species who, as a young man, spent five productive years travelling around the world on HMS Beagle
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Charles Darwin
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E – a dormant volcano in Europe that is 833 m higher than Mont Blanc
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Elbrus
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F – car that got its name from Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino
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Fiat
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G – movie trilogy The Naked ___, where detective Frank Drebin saves the day after making a complete fool of himself
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Gun
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H – is “hætte” in Danish, or Robin in Sherwood
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Hood
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I – a religious painting, or something on a computer screen which performs some function when clicked
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Icon
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J – capital city that was known as Batavia until 1942
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Jakarta
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K – first name of French football star Mbappé
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Kylian
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L – TV series that started with a plane crash, or what you’ve done to that lovin’ feelin’, according to the Righteous Brothers
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Lost
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M – metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg; the only element that has been named after a Roman god
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Mercury
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N – a brief respite, or, if preceded by “kid”, refers to a crime
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Nap
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O – young noblewoman who pursued Hamlet but ended up going bonkers and drowning
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Ophelia
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P – Robert who is best known as the lead singer of Led Zeppelin, or one of the four eukaryotic kingdoms of life
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Plant
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Q – a state in north-eastern Australia
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Queensland
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R – machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically
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Robot
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S – Stephen King novel that you perhaps shouldn’t be reading if you’re working as a winter caretaker in an isolated hotel
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The Shining
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T – Disney-Pixar film that is L'Histoire de jouets in French
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Toy Story
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U – in poker, the player sitting in the first-to-act position is said to be _____ the gun
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Under
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V – first name of Nabokov, Russian-born author of Lolita
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Vladimir
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W – baseball legend Ted, or a Formula One racing team
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Williams
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X – a king of the First Persian Empire, grandson of Cyrus the Great
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Xerxes I
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Y – the holiest day of the year in Judaism, also known as the Day of Atonement
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Yom Kippur
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Z – The Twilight ____, TV series that first started in 1959
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Zone
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