AK’s General Knowledge A-Z #48

A – one-word U.S. state name that includes another U.S. state name

B – Pirates of the Caribbean actor Orlando, or one or more flowers on a flowering plant

C – you can't have this and eat it too

D – fictional city, located in the U.S. state of Calisota, which was created by Carl Barks in 1944

E – the last Tudor monarch, whose mother was executed by her father when she was 2

F – Rosalind whose X-ray diffraction images led to the discovery of the DNA double helix, or Benjamin on $100 bills

G – big in Spanish, or Ariana on the Billboard charts

H – Poirot’s sidekick Arthur, or the battle of 14 October 1066

I – one of the world's most recognizable computer brands due to its long-running _____ Inside campaign

J – Japanese martial art and Putin’s sport of choice

K – Mario ____, a series of racing games by Nintendo where players compete in go-____ races

L – light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

M – city with the world’s largest underground complex covering more than 41 city blocks

N – tennis player Rafael who was the first to win 21 Grand Slam titles in men's singles

O – Saudi Arabian ___, also known as Saudi Aramco, one of the largest companies in the world

P – subregion of Oceania that includes New Zealand, Pitcairn, Hawaii, etc.

Q – a distant star-sized energy source in space, also known as a QSO, Quasi-Stellar Object

R – first name used by director Reiner (The Princess Bride), or to steal with force

S – the shortest way from the “Pearl of the Danube” to the “Eternal City” goes through this country

T – is “domesticado” in Portuguese, or what was being done to the Shrew in Shakespeare’s play

U – _____ Heep, rock band formed in London in 1969 (named after a character in David Copperfield)

V – political satire comedy TV series where Selina Meyer is the U.S. Vice President

W – Christmas song which – sung by Bing Crosby – is the world's best-selling single

X – Ramesses __, who was the tenth and final pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt

Y – capital of Armenia

Z – the fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal