G Flashcards

1
Q

What ‘G’ is a comedian’s stock in trade or something to stop you speaking?

A

Gag

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What ‘G’ was the pure knoght who sat in the siege perilous?

A

Galahad

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What ‘G’ is a glove thrown down, taken up, or used when driving a car or fencing?

A

Gauntlet

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4
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What ‘G’ is the Milky Way?

A

Galaxy

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5
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What ‘G’ is an attic and where poets are supposed to live?

A

Garret

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What ‘G’ was a gallows where executed criminals were hung?

A

Gibbet

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7
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What ‘G’ is a kind of bread, beer, ale or snap?

A

Ginger

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8
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What ‘G’ was stored in the Parthenon by the Turks in 1687 and resulted in its partial destruction?

A

Gunpowder

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9
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What ‘G’ tells the story of the creation in the Bible?

A

Genesis

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10
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What ‘G’ was one of England’s greatest 18th century portrait painters?

A

Gainsborough

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What ‘G’ is a Sanskrit word meaning venerable, now used for any spiritual teacher?

A

Guru

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12
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What ‘G’ is the valley where the MacDonalds were massacred?

A

Glenscoe

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What ‘G’ is a thick drink or a thin food made with oatmeal?

A

Gruel

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14
Q

What ‘G’ is your food pipe or oesophagus?

A

Gullet

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15
Q

What ‘G’ was the Nazi secret police?

A

Gestapo

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16
Q

What ‘G’ is the village in Manhattan where the artistic trendies live?

A

Greenwich

17
Q

What ‘G’ means serious as an adjective or a hole in the

A

Grave

18
Q

What ‘G’ is a bridge from a ship to shore or a passage between seats?

A

Gangway

19
Q

What ‘G’ is an apparatus for producing hot water, or a hot spring?

A

Geyser

20
Q

What ‘G’ is the cape nearest to England on the French coast, beloved of Channel swimmers?

A

Gris Nez