AK’s General Knowledge A-Z #78

A – the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way

B – first name used by actor and Academy Awards host Hope, or who’s your uncle

C – singer (“Layla”) and influential guitarist Eric

D – Nintendo's charming ape ______ Kong who actually started out as Mario’s enemy back in the arcades

E – country that merged with Syria in 1958 to form the United Arab Republic

F – the first word in the official name of the country whose capital is Palikir

G – as _______ as a three-dollar bill

H – first name of James who wrote The Portrait of a Lady

I – animal belonging to the taxonomical phylum Arthropoda; they account for over half of all known living organisms

J – a saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade, or a ______ puzzle

K – stand-up combat sports practiced for self-defence, general fitness, or as a contact sport; “piedbato-bokso” in Esperanto

L – Charles who flew a plane for 33 hours and 30 minutes in 1927

M – U.S. state where the official state cat is _____ Coon, “the gentle giant”

N – where plants or children grow

O – O in LOL

P – not kilogramme, not dollar

Q – nickname of X-Men’s Quire (aka Kid Omega), or biathlete _______ Fillon Maillet

R – the third-most populous city in Argentina; the name means prayer beads

S – salt in Italian, or reduced prices in shops

T – “Come on let's _____ again like we did last summer; Yeah, let's _____ again like we did last year”

U – an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power, like King Robert I Baratheon (according to some)

V – Eric Carle’s children’s picture book The ____ ______ Caterpillar

W – Monsoon _______, 2001 film about preparations for an arranged marriage in India

X – a branch of xenology dealing with extraterrestrial cultures, which is a hypothetical form of archaeology

Y – West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews

Z – Spanish apparel retailer based in Arteixo and specializing in fast fashion