G Flashcards
What ‘G’ is a comedian’s stock in trade or something to stop you speaking?
Gag
What ‘G’ was the pure knoght who sat in the siege perilous?
Galahad
What ‘G’ is a glove thrown down, taken up, or used when driving a car or fencing?
Gauntlet
What ‘G’ is the Milky Way?
Galaxy
What ‘G’ is an attic and where poets are supposed to live?
Garret
What ‘G’ was a gallows where executed criminals were hung?
Gibbet
What ‘G’ is a kind of bread, beer, ale or snap?
Ginger
What ‘G’ was stored in the Parthenon by the Turks in 1687 and resulted in its partial destruction?
Gunpowder
What ‘G’ tells the story of the creation in the Bible?
Genesis
What ‘G’ was one of England’s greatest 18th century portrait painters?
Gainsborough
What ‘G’ is a Sanskrit word meaning venerable, now used for any spiritual teacher?
Guru
What ‘G’ is the valley where the MacDonalds were massacred?
Glenscoe
What ‘G’ is a thick drink or a thin food made with oatmeal?
Gruel
What ‘G’ is your food pipe or oesophagus?
Gullet
What ‘G’ was the Nazi secret police?
Gestapo