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AK’s General Knowledge A-Z #42

The first answer starts with an A, and so on...
Source for the P question: https://www.sciencealert.com/fool-s-gold-actually-contains-a-newly-discovered-type-of-real-gold-scientists-find
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A – the only city in the country that was known as Western Samoa until 1997
Apia
B – Miley Cyrus hit "Wrecking ____"
Ball
C – the collective group of actors performing a play together, or what Caesar did to the die
Cast
D – Arrested ___________, TV sitcom about Bluths, a formerly wealthy dysfunctional family
Development
E – a penguin species, or the ruler of an imperial realm
Emperor
F – to intentionally perform an agricultural activity, such as growing crops
Farm
G – actor siblings Jake and Maggie (Donnie Darko)
Gyllenhaal
H – Douglas Adams’ book The _________’s Guide to the Galaxy
Hitchhiker
I – element with symbol Fe, or something that should be hot when you strike
Iron
J – where fortune cookies really come from
Japan
K – first name of Räikkönen with a record number of F1 races
Kimi
L – ______ Tunes, animated series produced by Warner Bros. from 1930 to 1969
Looney
M – artist who was 26 when he started sculpting David
Michelangelo
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N – is “không” in Vietnamese – you know the answer?
No
O – capital city founded in the year 1040 under the name Ánslo
Oslo
P – iron sulfide mineral known as fool’s gold, which ironically may also include tiny amounts of gold
Pyrite
Q – 1999 sci-fi comedy film Galaxy ____
Quest
R – a loud noise, or a piece of equipment used to hit the B answer
Racket
S – board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words
Scrabble
T – social networking service whose logo used to be called Larry the Bird
Twitter
U – is “morbror” or “farbror” in Swedish, or Vanya in Anton Chekhov
Uncle
V – American rock band with vocalists David Lee Roth (until 1985) and Sammy Hagar and guitarist Eddie ___ _____
Van Halen
W – capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba
Winnipeg
X – a natural gum used as a food additive, produced by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris
Xanthan gum
Y – time long past (“days of ____”)
Yore
Z – Ukrainian president Volodymyr
Zelenskyy
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Level 67
Feb 22, 2025
really enjoy this series - just an fyi, the equipment referred to in clue R is spelt "racquet"
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Level 66
Feb 22, 2025
According to Wikipedia, racket is the standard American spelling of the word. Racquet is an alternative spelling more common in Britain.