The Independents Jumbo General Answer List – 8-October-2022
The Independents Jumbo General – Solution List – 8-October-2022
1.The nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built in a high inaccessible place EYRIE
2.Bucks Fizz song that won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest MAKING YOUR MIND UP
3.ITV drama series starring Anton Rodgers as a country vet OAHS ARK
4.The smaller and outermost of Mars’ two natural satellites DEIMOS
5.The largest reservoir made by a game and fish commission in the United States LAKE CONWAY
6.1952 novel by John Steinbeck featuring the Trasks and the Hamiltons EAST OF EDEN
7.The capital of Serbia BELGRADE
8.Peruvian-born author who wrote a series of books describing his purported training in shamanism CARLOS CASTANEDA
9.A mental disorder involving distress but neither delusions nor hallucinations NEUROSIS
10.The capital of Syria BELGRADE
11.Skin condition also called hives and nettle rash URTICARIA
12.The major seaport of northwestern Ecuador ESMERALDAS
13.The letter Y in the NATO phonetic alphabet YANKEE
14.The largest city of Sri Lanka COLOMBO
15.French city that was formerly the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine NANCY
16.The capital of Austria VIENNA
17.In golf, an estimated standard score for a hole or course that a good player should make PAR
18.Country whose capital is Kyiv UKRAINE
19.Goddess of wisdom, strategic war and weaving in Greek mythology ATHENA
20.King of Assyria who was the husband of Semiramis NINUS
21.Capital city of a province of the same name in NW Saudi Arabia TABUK
22.French city with a ferry link to Portsmouth LE HAVRE
23.Substance that gives vinegar its sour taste and pungent smell ACETIC ACID
24.In financial accounting, an economic resource owned by a company ASSET
25.Town in Lincolnshire for whose football team cricketer Ian Botham played SCUNTHORPE
26.Name by which Brazilian 1994 FIFA World Cup winner José Roberto Gama de Oliveira is known BEBETO
27.In Greek mythology, a maiden changed into a spider for having challenged Athena to a weaving contest ARACHNE
28.1964 debut single by The Zombies that also gave Santana a hit 13 years later SHE’S NOT THERE
29.Country whose capital is Asmara ERITREA
30.1978 single by Abba that spent three weeks at number 1 in the UK TAKE A CHANCE ON ME
31.The capital of Bulgaria SOFIA
32.Climbing plant with bitter-tasting fruit, also known as bitter apple, bitter cucumber, egusi or vine of Sodom COLOCYNTH
33.The capital of Hungary BUDAPEST
34.Italian cyclist who won the Giro d’Italia five times and the Tour de France twice FAUSTO COPPI
35.Blue pigment obtained by powdering lapis lazuli ULTRAMARINE
36.The capital of the Czech Republic PRAGUE
37.Country whose capital is Tallinn ESTONIA
38.Opponents of the Roundheads in the English Civil War CAVALIERS
39.The letter I in the NATO phonetic alphabet INDIA
40.Language spoken in Suriname, Curaçao and Aruba DUTCH
41.Book size resulting from folding a sheet of paper to form eight leaves OCTAVO
42.Kent village two miles south of Maidstone famed for comical references to its Women’s Institute LOOSE
43.1932 comic novel by Stella Gibbons COLD COMFORT FARM
44.John ___, Conservative MP best known for his involvement in a 1963 scandal over his relationship with showgirl Christine Keeler PROFUMO
45.Tibetan name for the abominable snowman YETI
46.Marat ___, Russian tennis player who won the 2000 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open SAFIN
47.Number of red balls on a snooker table FIFTEEN
