AK’s General Knowledge A-Z #53

A – country that had the world’s first female president (not following an election, though)

B – not long-lasting, but letter in German

C – present-day country that was uninhabited until the 15th century, when the Portuguese colonized the islands, thus establishing the first European settlement in the tropics

D – video on-demand streaming service with dedicated content hubs for brands such as Pixar and Lucasfilm

E – popular singer born in 2001 (“Bad Guy”, “No Time to Die”)

F – Things ____ _____, Chinua Achebe’s novel of great power that turns the world upside down

G – ___ Rummy, where the players do not lay down their sets and runs until at the end

H – Duran Duran’s 1982 hit “______ Like the Wolf”

I – one word to describe a social media user who can reach a relevant audience and create awareness; usually a celebrity

J – jelly, or a difficult situation, like with Michael Jordan and space creatures

K – _____ Lumpur

L – the genre of John Grisham and Scott Turow is _____ thriller

M – a device that converts sound waves into an electric current, or first name of pugilist Tyson

N – is “nooit” in Dutch, or “jamás” in Spanish

O – hip hop duo with hits “Player's Ball”, “Ms Jackson” and “Hey Ya!”

P – chemical element number 94, stolen by Doc Brown from Libyan terrorists

Q – punctuation mark missing from this sentence: I'll be back, he said.

R – the largest city of the Arabian Peninsula

S – Mary who wrote Frankenstein in 1816 when the world was locked in a long, cold volcanic winter caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora

T – the name of this country is a combination of the two states, Tanganyika and Zanzibar, that joined together

U – do ____ others as you would have them do ____ you

V – the third largest city in Spain, or a type of orange

W – TV game show that is called Qui veut gagner des millions? in France

X – Extremely Extra Extra Large

Y – genus of perennial shrubs and trees with tough, sword-shaped leaves and typically white flowers (or “_____ palm”)

Z – a line that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions