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AK’s General Knowledge A-Z #95

The first answer starts with an A, and so on...
Full names are alphabetised according to surname, not considering a possible surname prefix.
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Last updated: March 16, 2024
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A – precedes strong, follows strong
Arm
B – Green ____, 2018 movie where a working-class bouncer becomes the driver of a classical pianist on a tour through the 1960s American South
Book
C – globally, the second-largest island of France
Corsica
D – (pieces of) information, especially in a scientific or computational context
Data
E – character in Stranger Things with psychokinetic abilities, or “onze”
Eleven
F – the largest city on the island of Kyushu
Fukuoka
G – your _____ is as good as mine
Guess
H – the first non-president in series 1W-2J-5L-10H-20J-50G-100F
Alexander Hamilton
I – beach location in Rio mentioned in the bossa nova jazz song, “The Girl from _______”
Ipanema
J – the Rolling Stones’ hit “Rip This _____”, or J in .JPG
Joint
K – palindrome that you can move with a double-bladed paddle
Kayak
L – Carl who formalised the modern system of naming organisms
Linnaeus
M – country where the largest cities include Seberang Perai and Johor Bahru
Malaysia
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N – where football (soccer) legend George Best was from
Northern Ireland
O – Leia’s surname in Star Wars
Organa
P – the closest star to Sun that has an exoplanet
Proxima Centauri
Q – a fast foxtrot noted for its complex and intricate footwork
Quickstep
R – capital city of the U.S. state that was named after Elizabeth I (or perhaps the land, and not the queen, was untouched)
Richmond
S – in Euchre, if you _____ the dealer, the dealer is forced to call trump
Stick
T – 70s sitcom The Mary _____ Moore Show
Tyler
U – first name of The Name of the Rose author Eco, or a king
Umberto
V – short for a type of doctor, or what FBI does to all nominees to the Federal bench
Vet
W – The Wolf of ____ ______, 2013 movie with Leonardo diCaprio
Wall Street
X – cross between a xylophone and a marimba
Xylorimba
Y – Russian president who defied communist hardliners from atop a tank to thwart their coup
Boris Yeltsin
Z – car-free ski resort town in Switzerland where you can see Matterhorn
Zermatt
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