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201908131 Flashcards

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Who was the leader of the collaborationist regime in Norway during WWII? His name has become a byword for ‘traitor’.

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Vidkun Quisling

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In men’s golf who is the only Swede to have won the Open Championship?

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Henrik Stenson

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Which Danish architect designed the Sydney Opera House?

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Jorn Utzon

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What was the last period of the Palaeozoic era which ended with the biggest extinction event in Earth’s history?

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Permian

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Which cereal brand is advertised using the characters Snap Crackle and Pop?

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Rice Krispies

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Which noted American jazz saxophonist was nicknamed ‘Yardbird’ and ‘Bird’?

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Charlie Parker

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Which Radio 4 sitcom written by John Finnemore and broadcast from 2008-14 follows the eccentric crew of an airline?

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Cabin Pressure

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Which country has jointly the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites including the archaeological site at Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast?

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Italy

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Although not the state’s capital which is the most populous city in New Hampshire?

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Manchester

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Which Netflix series – their most-watched show ever – tells the story of Piper Chapman and her fellow inmates in the women’s prison system?

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Orange is the New Black

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Which Brazilian footballer moved to Paris St Germain in 2017 for a world record fee of €222m?

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Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior

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Which of the great powers of 19th century Europe was ruled by the Romanov Dynasty?

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Russia

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Which bird makes the longest annual migration of any animal travelling between the two polar regions?

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Arctic tern (prompt on tern)

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Baha’u’llah [Ba-howler] born in what is now Iran was the founder of which faith?

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Baha’i

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Björk her band The Sugarcubes and Sigur Rós are musical acts hailing from which Nordic country?

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Iceland

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What type of hat was popularised by Anthony Eden – so much so that in Britain it came to be known as ‘the Eden’?

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Homburg

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What one-word links the second-largest planet in the solar system and the model of rocket used to launch Apollo missions to the Moon?

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Saturn

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Anna Karenina and War and Peace are novels by which Russian author?

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Leo Tolstoy

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Which song written by Ewan MacColl has most famously been recorded by Irish bands such as The Dubliners and The Pogues despite being about Salford?

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Dirty Old Town

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Which alcoholic spirit is added to vermouth and bitters to make a Manhattan cocktail?

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Whisky

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The Prater is a large public park containing an iconic Ferris Wheel in which central European capital city?

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Vienna

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What is the name of the investigative journalism podcast presented by Sarah Koenig [Kay-nig] the first series of which investigated a potential miscarriage of justice against Adnan Syed?

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Serial

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With 491 medals to date which country is the most successful at the Summer Olympics never to have hosted the event? Its capital bid for the 2024 games but later withdrew.

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Hungary

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Which Spanish conquistador led the invasion of Peru leading to the collapse of the Inca Empire?

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Francsico Pizarro

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A number of democratic decisions have been met with concern in recent years. What name did the UK government actually give to the Antarctic research vehicle that a public poll named Boaty McBoatface?

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RRS Sir David Attenborough

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In spite of its plural name which band that has released albums including The Sunset Tree and Tallahassee is primarily the project of core member John Darnielle?

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The Mountain Goats

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Which James Cameron film which stars Sam Worthington and tells the story of the Na’vi on Pandora was the first film to gross more than $2bn?

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Avatar

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Which body of water in the former Soviet Union once the world’s fourth-largest lake has lost an estimated 90% of its surface area since 1960?

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Aral Sea

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What name taken from its leading family was given to the shogunate that ruled Japan during the Edo Period from 1603-1867?

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Tokugawa

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Which ground home of Surrey County Cricket Club hosted the opening game of the 2019 Cricket World Cup?

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The Oval

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Which artist painted American Gothic the iconic image of a farmer and his daughter standing outside their home?

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Grant Wood

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Who won the first Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of X-rays?

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Wilhelm Röntgen

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Which cereal brand is advertised using the character Tony the Tiger?

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Frosties

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Which noted American jazz trumpeter was nicknamed ‘Satchmo’ ‘Satch’ and ‘Pops’?

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Louis Armstrong

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Which Radio 4 sitcom first broadcast in 2004 and based on a cartoon strip that appears in The Guardian stars Sally Philips as a social worker?

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Clare in the Community

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Which country has jointly the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites including the Forbidden City and Terracotta Army?

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China

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Which French city was the seat of government of and gave its name to the collaborationist regime in the country during WWII?

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Vichy

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In men’s golf who is the only Italian to have the Open Championship?

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Francesco Molinari

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Which Finnish-born architect who served on the jury which selected the design of Sydney Opera House designed the Gateway Arch in St Louis?

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Eero Saarinen

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What was the last period of Mesozoic era which ended with the extinction event that killed off the dinosaurs?

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Cretaceous

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Which marine mammal which takes its name from its distinctive body shape makes the longest annual migration of any non-bird species travelling between polar and equatorial regions?

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Humpback whale

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Ahura Mazda is the god worshipped in which faith founded in what is now Iran?

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Zoroastrianism

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Roxette Ace of Base and The Cardigans are musical acts hailing from which Nordic country?

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Sweden

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What type of hat was often worn by Jackie Kennedy including on the day of her husband’s assassination?

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Pillbox

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Although not the state’s capital which is the most populous city in Florida?

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Jacksonville

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Which American series – the adaptation of a BBC series of the same name – is set in the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company in Scranton Pennsylvania?

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The Office

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Which French footballer moved to Paris St Germain in 2018 after scoring in the World Cup final for a world record fee for a teenager of €180m?

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Kylian Mbappé Lottin

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Which of the great powers of 19th century Europe was ruled by the Habsburg Monarchy?

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Austria-Hungary

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Tivoli Gardens is a pleasure garden and theme park in which northern European capital city?

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Copenhagen

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The podcast Serial was developed by which American radio show and podcast presented by Ira Glass?

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This American Life

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With 167 medals to date which country is the most successful at the Winter Olympics never to have hosted the event? Its capital has however hosted the summer games.

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Finland

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Which Spanish conquistador led the invasion of much of modern-day Mexico leading to the fall of the Aztec Empire?

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Hernán Cortés

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What one-word links a state of calm and the feature of the Moon that the crew of Apollo 11 landed on?

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Tranquillity

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Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov are novels by which Russian author?

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Fydor Dostoevsky

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Which song written by Ewan MacColl was made an international hit by Roberta Flack despite being written for Peggy Seeger who he later married?

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The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

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Which alcoholic spirit is added to citrus juice and sugar to make a daiquiri cocktail?

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Rum

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Which Japanese emperor gave his name to the restoration of imperial power in the country that ended the Tokugawa Shogunate?

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Meiji

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Which ground home of Middlesex County Cricket Club hosted the final of the 2019 Cricket World Cup?

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Lord’s

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Which artist painted Nighthawks the iconic image of a late-night diner viewed through its plate glass window?

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Edward Hopper

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Who was the first Italian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics which he shared for ‘contributions to wireless telegraphy’?

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Guglielmo Marconi

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One of the common reactions on Twitter to recent political events has been sharing a picture of a dog in a burning room saying what three words?

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This is fine

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In spite of its plural name which band whose song New Slang featured heavily in the film Garden State has only had one consistent member – James Mercer?

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The Shins

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Which James Cameron film which tells the story of the love affair of characters played by Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio cut short by a maritime disaster became the second film to gross more than $2bn following its re-release in 2012?

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Titanic

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Which body of water in central Africa shared between four countries lost an estimated 95% of its surface area between 1963 and ‘98?

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Lake Chad

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Who is the central character and narrator of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Kidnapped?

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David Balfour

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The first album of which musical artist is called 19 reflecting her age at the time of its writing? It includes the single Chasing Pavements.

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Adele Adkins

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Who is the leader of the SNP in the House of Commons?

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Ian Blackford

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What is the largest county of the Republic of Ireland by area?

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Cork

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