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AK’s General Knowledge A-Z #25

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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A – the most frequently appearing conjunction in country names
And
B – if you go after Jaws, you’re gonna need a bigger ____
Boat
C – reformed the calendar to include leap years and was assassinated by about 60 men but was not born by C-section
Julius Caesar
D – a professional ice hockey club based in Moscow, or a bicycle lighting component
Dynamo
E – eleven in German, or Elrond in The Hobbit
Elf
F – to be attracted to, or the imagination
Fancy
G – Coolio’s awarded hit “______’s Paradise”
Gangsta
H – a specific layer of soil or strata, or the line that appears to separate the Earth from the sky
Horizon
I – Person of ______, an American science fiction crime drama TV series
Interest
J – principal author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, who died exactly 50 years later and was one of the two U.S. presidents who died that day
Thomas Jefferson
K – war that started in June 1950 and never officially ended
Korean War
L – “Rosebud”, “The horror … the horror!” (famous ____ words)
Last
M – “Joe Cool” with four Super Bowl titles, or “The Treasure State”
Montana
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N – Norwegian author Jo, known for his crime novels featuring Inspector Harry Hole
Nesbø
O – software system used primarily for email; the logo includes a blue envelope
Outlook
P – city near the Orly airport, or the killer of Achilles
Paris
Q – the national capital closest to the equator
Quito
R – to fall in large quantities, or what Adele set fire to
Rain
S – country that has over 220,000 islands (four times more than Canada)
Sweden
T – EGOT winners have all four: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and ___
Tony
U – electromagnetic radiation that causes suntan and sunburn
Ultraviolet
V – diversity, or entertainment made up of many acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic and acrobatics
Variety
W – Dorothy, ruby slippers, Yellow Brick Road
The Wizard of Oz
X – when female is XX, male is __
XY
Y – first name of Gagarin who flew successfully in 1961 and less successfully in 1968
Yuri
Z – The Book Thief author Markus
Zusak
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Level 67
Nov 13, 2024
Baffling to me that "Person of Interest" - a show I have never heard of - is guessed as much as Gangsta's Paradise and Set Fire to the Rain, and guessed more than THE WIZARD OF FREAKIN' OZ !!