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IRD QUIZ: A to Z Quiz # 1

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A
Which singer released the albums '19', '21', ‘25’ and ‘30’?
Adele
B
Which 1988 movie starred Tom Hanks as a 12 year-old boy in an adult man's body?
Big
C
Which island was the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1769?
Corsica
D
What was the name of the elephant in 1940 animated film of the same name?
Dumbo
E
Under which stage name does the rapper Marshall Mathers usually perform?
Eminem
F
The film 'The Social Network' depicts the creation of which website by Mark Zuckerberg?
Facebook
G
Which deity in Hinduism is depicted as having the head of an elephant?
Ganesha
H
Horses’ heights are sometimes measured using which traditional units of measurement?
Hands
I
Boise (pronounced boy-zee) is the state capital of which U.S. state?
Idaho
J
Which 1975 Spielberg film was set in the fictional town of Amity Beach, New England?
Jaws
K
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
Kabul
L
What word is used to describe a hare that is under one year old?
Leveret
M
'Erotica', 'Bedtime Stories' and 'Ray of Light' were 1990s albums from which singer?
Madonna
N
Which element has the chemical symbol 'N'?
Nitrogen
O
Desdemona and Iago are characters in which Shakespeare play?
Othello
P
In Greek Mythology, whose elopement with Helen of Troy caused the Trojan War?
Paris
Q
Freddie Mercury was the lead singer of which rock group, until his death in 1991?
Queen
R
Which European city is home to Erasmus University?
Rotterdam
S
Which was the first James Bond film to win the Oscar for Best Song?
Skyfall
T
Which rock opera featured a "deaf, dumb and blind kid" who was a 'pinball wizard'?
Tommy
U
In which western film did Clint Eastwood play a character called William Munny?
Unforgiven
V
Which volcano's eruption destroyed the Ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum?
Vesuvius
W
With which song did Abba win the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest?
Waterloo
X
Which musical instrument takes its name from the Greek words for 'wood' and 'sound'?
Xylophone
Y
Belgrade was the capital of which country from 1918 to its dissolution in 2006.
Yugoslavia
Z
Lusaka is the capital of which country?
Zambia
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