| MONTBLANC | Peak first ascended in 1786 by Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat (4,5) |
| MATTERHORN | Alpine peak first ascended in 1865 but whose north face was not climbed until 1931 (10) |
| FREDERICK | - the Great, Prussian king (1712-1786) |
| VATHEK | Gothic novel by William Beckford first published in 1786 (6) |
| LEGAVROCHE | Fine dining restaurant in Mayfair, opened in 1967 by Michel and Albert Roux, that closed in January (2,8) |
| PENANG | Malaysian state founded by the British East India Company in 1786 (6) |
| TEHERAN | Capital city in the Middle East (pop 8.7 million), founded in 1786 (7) |
| TOAMOUSE | Common name for Robert Burns's poem published in Scots in 1786 (2,1,5) |
| EVEREST | Peak first climbed by Hillary and Tenzing in 1953 (7) |
| EIGER | Mountain in the Bernese Alps first successfully ascended in 1858 (5) |
| MONTGOLFIER | Joseph-Michel and Jacques-tienne --, French inventors and balloonists (11) |
| SWATCH | Swiss timepiece company founded in 1983 by Ernst Thomke, Elmar Mock and Jacques Muller (6) |
| AQUALUNG | Another name for the underwater-breathing scuba equipment developed and used by Emile Gagnan and Jacques Cousteau |
| GOYA | Which Spanish artist was appointed court painter in 1786? (4) |
| JUNGFRAU | 13,642-feet European peak first climbed by the Meyer Brothers in 1811 (8) |
| MYWAY | Song with lyrics by Paul Anka set to music based on the French song Comme d'habitude by Claude Francois and Jacques Revaux |
| PEPIN | Jacques of PBS' "Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home" |
| POSTMODERNISM | Philosophical movement associated with Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida |
| SHASTA | Mount that last erupted in 1786 |
| MOLSON | Montreal brewery founded in 1786 |
