The 'N' Quiz

Answer: Nearco

Nearco, who was bred, owned, raced and trained by Italian legend Frederico Tesio. Nearco raced fourteen times and was undefeated. His wins Included the Italian Derby and Grand Prix of Paris. It was as a sire where he excelled, siring the winners of over 1000 races with 273 individual winners.
Nijinsky, Needles and Noholme were champion racehorses and sires.

Answer: New Caledonia

New Caledonia is a South Pacific island group. Originally an external territory of France it is now a special collectivity of France and is self governing since the Noumea Accord of 1998.

The Capital of New Zealand is Wellington, Nauru has Yaren as its capital and Niue's capital is Alofi.

Answer: Naranjilla

Naranjilla is a citrus fruit found in central and South America. The taste is similar to limes and is often used in cocktails in the area.

Narcissus is a flowering plant genus like a daffodil.
Nasturtium is watercress; the flowers of the tropaeolum family similar to buttercups are also called Nasturtiums.
Nigella is a spice.

Answer: Jack Nicklaus

Jack Nicklaus won his first of three Open Championships in 1966; he repeated the win in 1970 and 1978.

Greg Norman won the Open Championship twice, 1986 and 1993.
Byron Nelson and Larry Nelson never won this tournament.

Answer: New York City NY USA

New York City, with a metropolitan population of 21,000,000 leads the others by more than 50%. Nagoya, the fourth largest city of Japan after Tokyo, Osaka and Yokohama, with a population of 10,240,360 is next followed by Nanjing with 9.260,000 people and Naples having only 3,150,000.

Answer: David Niven

David Niven, winning his award in 1959 for his portrayal of the cowardly Major Pollock in "Separate Tables" (1958).

Patricia Neal won in 1964 for housekeeper Alma Brown alongside Paul Newman in "Hud" (1963).
Jack Nicholson won the first of three Oscars in 1976 for playing Randle McMurphy in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest"(1975).
Paul Newman had to wait 28 years from his first nomination to win for reprising the role of 'Fast' Eddie Felson in "The Color of Money" (1986).

Answer: Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John made the journey to the top slot five times with the songs, "I Honestly Love You", "Have You Ever Been Mellow", "You're The One That I Want", "Magic" and "Physical".
NKOTB have three, Notorious B.I.G. and Ricky Nelson have two.

Answer: Narragansett Park Racecourse

Narragansett Park Racecourse was in the Pawtucket area of Rhode Island. The racecourse ceased operation in the late seventies but was a well known venue in its heyday. The champion racehorses of the early 1940s, Whirlaway and Alsab, were engaged in a match at the track in 1942.

Newbury and Newmarket are both English racecourses and New Plymouth is a racecourse in New Zealand.

Answer: Nebulous

Nebulous which means hazy, vague or unclear, as in "The witness gave a nebulous statement".

Nearly means almost.
Noxious is toxic or dangerous.
Nest means home or stay in one place.

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar was a king of Babylon, responsible for the construction of the Ishtar Gate. A reproduction of the gate is in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany. Nebuchadnezzar is traditionally and poetically credited with the construction of the Hanging Gardens, an ancient wonder of the world, however historians generally disagree with this theory.
Necho, Neferkara and Neheb were all Pharaohs of Egypt.