Answers Beginning With 'Y' Trivia Quiz

Answer: Yard

A yard is a British imperial unit of length which measures three feet or 36 inches. There are 1760 yards in a mile. In horse racing, a furlong is 220 yards, and in cricket, the length of the pitch is one chain (22 yards).

Answer: Yak

Yaks are animals that are native to Tibet and China but are also found in Mongolia, Nepal and Central Asia. They have handlebar horns and coarse, thick, long hair to help them survive frigid cold temperatures in the high altitudes.

Answer: Yosemite

Yos.s.e'meti (Central Miwok) originally referred to the Indian tribe that lived in Yosemite Valley who were feared by the other tribes in the area.
Yosemite became under the National Park agency in 1916 and was declared a World Heritage site in 1984.

Answer: Your Song

"Your Song" was released in April 1970 in the UK and October 1970 in the US. In 1998 it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Various artists have covered the song including Rod Stewart and Lady Gaga.

Answer: You Only Live Twice

'You Only Live Twice" (1967) was the fifth James Bond movie to be released in the franchise. It starred Sean Connery as James Bond and Donald Pleasence as Blofeld. The theme song was performed by Nancy Sinatra.

Answer: Yew

Traditionally, longbows, especially from Europe, were made from yew or if that was unavailable, they used wood from the wych elm.
Longbows were used very successfully by the English warriors in their fight against the French in the Hundred Years War.

Answer: Yeltsin

In 1991, Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) became the first popularly elected leader in the country's history, guiding Russia through a decade of political and economic changes including free-trade markets, until his resignation in December 1999. He named the then prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, as acting President until the March elections in 2000, where Putin was formally elected president.

Answer: Yesterday

"Yesterday" was recorded for the 1965 album "Help!" and was written by Sir Paul McCartney. It remains one of the most covered songs in music history. As with most of their songs, they had a working title, and this was "Scrambled Eggs". This was from the original working verse "Scrambled eggs/Oh my baby how I love your legs/Not as much as I love scrambled eggs" which fortunately was changed!

Answer: Yalta

Yalta is a Ukrainian city on the Crimean Peninsula.
In February 1945, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met at a conference to discuss and plan the defeat of the occupation of Nazi Germany and the formation of a new United Nations.

Answer: York

Dick York's best remembered acting role was as "Darrin Stephens", the husband of Samantha, a witch, (played by Elizabeth Montgomery). He quit the role in 1969, after five seasons, due to a back injury he had sustained years earlier during the shooting of the film "They came to Cordura". He was replaced by Dick Sargent.

Answer: You'll Never Walk Alone

"You'll Never Walk Alone" is a song from Act II sung by the character Nettie Fowler. Many artists have recorded the song since then, including Gerry and the Pacemakers, a Liverpool group. The record, released in 1963, went to Number One in the UK Singles Chart and became the signature anthem for Liverpool as well as other football teams around the world.

Answer: Ypres

Ypres is a town in West Flanders which started off as a medieval trading place. In WWI, it became famous for a number of bloody battles between the Allies and the Germans. The third battle of Ypres in 1917 was the costliest, resulting in over half a million casualties.

Answer: Yokohama

Yokohama is around 20 miles from Tokyo on the island of Honshū, and is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture.
One of its most famous companies is the Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd established in 1917, and which started producing tires the following year.

Answer: York

Eboracum was once the largest town in the northern England. Various Roman Emperors visited the city including Hadrian on his way northwards to supervise the building of the wall from the west coast to the east coast of England.
The official name of the Archbishop of York is "Ebor".

Answer: Yemen

The Republic of Yemen is a country in the Middle East on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. It has borders with Saudi Arabia and Oman and its capital city is Sana'a. The terrain is mountainous and arid.