AK’s General Knowledge A-Z #80

A – capital of the U.S. state that borders Pennsylvania and Vermont

B – person who is functionally incapacitated from extreme nervousness, emotional distress, etc., or 1994 song by Green Day

C – to wrap protectively, or a bed for a baby

D – Don in Mad Men

E – the landlocked country with the largest population

F – follows there, precedes sight

G – Leader of the Soviet Union 1985–1991

H – to let someone off the ____

I – 2004 animated film about the family of Bob and Helen Parr, a couple of superheroes

J – Portuguese form of the name John, or Brazilian city ____ Pessoa

K – astronomer and author of Somnium, one of the first sci-fi novels

L – Vivien who played Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind

M – the oldest capital city in the Americas (originally built around 1325)

N – former Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal

O – the 2nd largest software company in the world, or a prophet like the priestess at Delphi

P – first name of Dune protagonist, or apostle who started out persecuting the early disciples of Jesus but saw the light when his sight was restored by Ananias of Damascus

Q – a town in France; “Kemper” in Breton language

R – a chain or range of rocks, sand, or coral lying at or near the surface of the water

S – playground equipment, or what can be done both ways

T – sport also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff

U – French video game company; the name includes the opposite of hard

V – ______ of the Dolls, novel by Jacqueline Susann; the Swedish translation is Dockornas dal

W – Muddy ______, stage name of McKinley Morganfield, the father of the Chicago blues

X – an Android-based operating system, or A_L R__E

Y – Shanghai-born Ming who was named to the All-NBA Team five times

Z – zero, no, nothing