AK’s General Knowledge A-Z #62

A – to give warning to (e.g. in bridge if your partner’s call has a special meaning)

B – “I'm a ______ girl, in the ______ world; Life in plastic, it’s fantastic”

C – on the west coast of Africa, the capital city between Bissau and Freetown

D – Benito Mussolini’s “title”

E – Killing ___ (TV series about a bored MI5 security officer), or the night before

F – what you shouldn’t do to it if it ain’t broke, or a Greek beer

G – Lord of the Flies author William

H – country where the army ousted President Manuel Zelaya and sent him into exile in 2009

I – between microwaves and (visible) light

J – first name of actor Foxx (Ray, supervillain Electro)

K – rock band from Las Vegas with hits “Somebody Told Me” and “My Own Soul’s Warning”

L – capital city furthest away from Canberra

M – what James Bond is ordering when he says, “Shaken, not stirred”

N – to observe, or advance announcement of termination of employment

O – J. Robert, Father of the Atomic Bomb (“How can I save my little boy from ___________'s deadly toy?”)

P – state where the de facto administrative capital is Ramallah

Q – a preliminary stage of a competition, or a team or person who has won it

R – a train that is out of control, or 2010 hit by Kanye West

S – “Ol’ Blue Eyes” Frank (From Here to Eternity, “New York, New York”)

T – a device found in 9% of American homes in 1950 and 98% of American homes in 1978

U – sea ______, a marine echinoderm, “oursin” in French

V – trumpet-shaped horn that produces a loud buzzing sound and is a symbol of South African football

W – first name of Simpson for whom King Edward VIII abdicated, or ______ and Futuna Islands

X – the study of alien biology (in science fiction)

Y – Millennium bug or, more generally, year 2000

Z – lively, energetic, or fast-moving