Alphabet Mega Quiz 2025 - Round 9: I

Hi all!

Here's round 9 of the mega quiz. Previous rounds can be found in the stickied post.

If you've not played before then check out this post for the rules etc.

Post your score out of 10 as a comment to be added to the scoresheet (linked in the main post).

All answers start with "I" and are in ascending alphabetical order.

1. Which Scottish author wrote under two names, adding the initial of his adopted middle name 'Menzies'. His first science fiction book was Consider Phlebas?
2. Which European country has the lowest population density?
3. On maps, the technical name for the 'you are here' arrow is a what locator?
4. What is the name of the Japanese art of flower arranging?
5. Pop sensation Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in the city of Gary - which is in which U.S. State?
6. Which 2015 animated film is about the workings and emotions of a child's mind after she is forced to move to San Francisco from the midwest?
7. What text-based chat system for instant messaging / Internet protocol was introduced in August 1988?
8. If you were suffering from the condition called anaemia, what would you have a deficiency of?
9. What is both the name of Abraham's first son in the bible, and also the narrator in Herman Melville's Moby Dick?
10. Which major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion is married to her brother, the divine king Osiris?

Answers

1. !Iain Banks##########!<

2. !Iceland############!<

3. !Ideo##############!<

4. !Ikebana############!<

5. !Indiana############!<

6. !Inside Out##########!<

7. !IRC (Internet Relay Chat)!<

8. !Iron###############!<

9. !Ishmael############!<

10. !Isis################!<