A
B
C
D
E
100

What 'A' is the re-arrangement of the letters from a word or set of words to form another?

Anagram

100

What 'B' are people of the West Pyrenees who are separatists?

Basques

100

What 'C' was the first animal to communicate with humans by sign language?

Chimpanzee

100

What 'D' was the birthplace of Yeats, Wilde and Shaw, in Ireland?

Dublin

100

What 'E' is a person who lives in an igloo?

Eskimo

200

What 'A' was a female warrior in Greek legend, and is a South American river?

Amazon

200

What 'B' in the northern part of the Northern Hemisphere is the shallowest of all the seas?

Baltic

200

What 'C' was comic actor/producer, Sir Charles Spencer, who died in 1977?

Charlie Chaplin

200

What 'D' was the famous vampire created by Bram Stoker?

Dracula

200

What 'E' was made out of Adam's rib?

Eve

300

What 'A' is a list of things to be dealt with at a meeting?

Agenda

300

What 'B' is the name of the game played with battledore and shuttlecock?

Badminton

300

What 'C' are Encke's seen in 1818, Biela's seen in 1826, and Donsti's seen in 1858?

Comets

300

What 'D' is the two on dice, or an even score at tennis?

Deuce

300

What 'E' are the conventional rules of social or professional behaviour?

Etiquette

400

What 'A' is a public sale where goods are sold to the person who offers the highest price?

Auction

400

What 'B' starred in the films 'Help' and 'A Hard Day's Night'?

The Beatles

400

What 'C' is a fossil fuel?

Coal

400

What 'D' was a German called Rudolf who invented a compression ignition engine?

Diesel

400

What 'E' is the statuette awarded to outstanding shows, or performers, on television?

Emmy

500

What 'A' was the man in 'The Arabian Nights' who learnt to open a cave by saying 'Open Sesame'?

Ali Baba

500

What 'B' is the South American Republic in which Zuazo became president in 1982?

Bolivia

500

What 'C' is the popular name for an integrated circuit?

Chip

500

What 'D' is the way a particular community within a county speaks?

Dialect

500

What 'E' was conquered in 1953 by Hillary and Tensing?

Everest