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AK’s General Knowledge A-Z #66

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 – to broadcast, or something that contains 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen
Air
B – score minus seven equals _____’s dozen
Baker
C – not Dale, but a token used in gambling
Chip
D – the westernmost city on the African mainland, or an off-road endurance event formerly known as the Paris–_____ Rally
Dakar
E – fundamental, or TV series with Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu that is called Sherlock New Yorgis in Estonia
Elementary
F – created the first automobile that middle-class Americans could afford
Henry Ford
G – South Korean TV series Squid ____ where 456 players aim for a prize
Game
H – UNESCO's World ________ Sites, e.g. Stonehenge
Heritage
I – Mission: __________, a Tom Cruise film series
Impossible
J – “… Oh, what fun it is to ride; In a one horse open sleigh; Hey, ______ _____, …”
Jingle bells
K – is “gangurru” in Guugu Yimidhirr (an Aboriginal language)
Kangaroo
L – a province and its capital city in Spain, or a big cat in Spanish
León
M – one whose occupation is to build with stone or brick, or Perry who solved dozens of crimes in a courtroom
Mason
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N – fabric made from a synthetic polymer of the same name, which was selected because the original name, “No-Run”, promised too much
Nylon
O – capital and 4th-largest city of the country whose 3rd-largest city is Calgary
Ottawa
P – a tree, or a part of the hand
Palm
Q – a set of instructions passed to a database, or to inquire
Query
R – first name of Heinlein who wrote The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, one of Elon Musk’s favourite books
Robert
S – Brazilian sports club where Pelé played, or the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize winner Juan Manuel
Santos
T – jazz pioneer Louis Armstrong’s main instrument
Trumpet
U – province that constitutes Northern Ireland and the northernmost parts of the Republic of Ireland
Ulster
V – nothing ________, nothing gained
Ventured
W – “____ of Life”, 1985 hit by Dire Straits
Walk
X – Athenian historian and philosopher born 427 BCE and author of the Anabasis and Memorabilia
Xenophon
Y – city and county in Arizona, known for several military bases
Yuma
Z – Hungarian-American actress ___ ___ Gabor
Zsa Zsa
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