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A-Z Encyclopedic Quiz of Encyclopedias

This is an quiz about encyclopedias from A to Z.
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Hint
Answer
A
One way articles are organized
Alphabetically
B
Most famous encyclopedia of 20th century
Britannica
C
Famous American encyclopedia
Collier's
D
Book that focuses on word definitions
Dictionary
E
Digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft
Encarta
F
Information in encyclopedias should be this
Factual
G
Language the root words of 'encyclopedia' came from
Greek
H
Alternative way to organize articles
Hierarchical
I
What articles can have in addition to text
Illustration
J
What game the logo of W depicts
Jigsaw puzzle
K
What encyclopedias contain
Knowledge
L
Language the word 'encyclopedia' comes from
Latin
M
Cartographic drawings often included in articles
Map
N
Subject the first encyclopedia wrote about
Natural History
O
What W is, as opposed to proprietary
Open-source
P
Statesman from the 1st Century AD who wrote the first encyclopedia
Pliny the Elder
Q
Rhetorician born in Hispania known for his writing (Name sounds like 1018)
Quintillian
R
Nationality of P
Roman
S
Branch of mathematics dealing with the collection and presentation of data
Statistics
T
Prickly flower used as the logo for B
Thistle
U
Country where B was first published
United Kingdom
V
City state where 'De expetendis et fugiendis rebus' by Giorgio Valla was published
Venice
W
The Free Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
X
 
 
Y
Early web-portal and search engine popular in the early 2000s
Yahoo!
Z
Animal the barcodes on the back of encyclopedias look a bit like
Zebra
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