AK’s General Knowledge A-Z #36

The first answer starts with an A, and so on...
Full names are alphabetised according to surname, not considering a possible surname prefix.
The source for the J question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_actors. Fun fact: if cameos and voice acting were included, Stan Lee would be the world’s highest grossing actor!
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A – digging a tunnel from Taipei to the opposite side of the Earth brings you near this capital city
Asunción
B – the defendant is in front of this in the courtroom and behind these in the cell
Bar
C – wanted to make his horse a consul in the Roman Senate but, before this happened, was assassinated Caesar-style
Caligula
D – the highest peak in the USA
Denali
E – singer ____ John, known for “Candle in the Wind” and “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?”
Elton
F – Jesus had these; Instagram stars have millions of these
Follower
G – a nitwit, or Forrest who really likes to run
Gump
H – card game where you avoid winning tricks, particularly if they contain these cards
Hearts
I – Dante’s Hell, or a Dan Brown novel
Inferno
J – the world’s highest grossing actor in live-action roles (e.g. Pulp Fiction, Avengers)
Samuel L. Jackson
K – company that owns the Pringles brand and whose founder accidentally invented corn flakes
Kellogg Company
L – Chinese Dan who is the greatest badminton player of all time
Lin
M – is “vermissen” in German, or Marple in Agatha Christie
Miss
N – country where Europe’s deepest lakes are located
Norway
O – skateboarding trick where you leap into the air without the use of hands
Ollie
P – 1968 movie based on the novel La Planète des Singes by Pierre Boulle
Planet of the Apes
Q – the amount or number of a material or abstract thing
Quantity
R – American TV game show The Price Is _____
Right
S – singer-songwriter (“Kiss from a Rose”), or what Jason Donovan did to a letter with a kiss
Seal
T – Jerry’s best enemy and worst friend
Tom
U – element that has the highest atomic weight of all the primordially occurring elements
Uranium
V – vehicle used for carrying goods or people, or a preposition common in Dutch names
Van
W – city that boasts the tallest building in the European Union, the Varso Tower
Warsaw
X – the second console in the Xbox series
Xbox 360
Y – colloquial term for delicious
Yummy
Z – what the Roman numerals do not include
Zero
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this needs more nominations!!!
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Thanks! :)