201908201 Flashcards
Which actor played Austin in the play True West at the Vaudeville theatre in 2018? He also played Jon Snow in the television series Game of Thrones.
Kit Harington
In JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth what is the name of the land in the south-east which is ruled by Sauron and is the location of Mount Doom?
Mordor
The subject of the remastered N.Sane trilogy initially developed for the PlayStation 4 what kind of Australian marsupial is the protagonist ‘Crash’?
Bandicoot
Which first century BCE Queen of Egypt is believed to have died by poisoning herself perhaps administered by the bite of an asp to prevent herself being taken as a prisoner to Rome by Octavian?
Cleopatra VII
Named one of the New7Wonders of Nature in 2011 which volcanic island is the largest in South Korea and comprises a Special Self-Governing Province off the country’s southern coast?
Jeju (Jeju-do) Island
Motherboard Noisey and Munchies are blogs run by which larger provocative magazine website?
Vice
The songs ‘Ex-Factor’ by Lauryn Hill and ‘Get Your Roll On’ by Big Tymers were sampled on which 2018 Drake track from the album Scorpion?
Nice for What
Born Loretta Pleasant what is the name of the woman who having had her cancer cells taken without her knowledge in 1951 are the source of the first immortalised human cell line?
Henrietta Lacks
Which city the largest in the state of Rajasthan is home to the Rajasthan Royals IPL franchise cricket team?
Jaipur
In which German university city was Martin Luther said to begin the Protestant Reformation by nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the Schlosskirche in 1517?
Wittenberg
Which character in the television series Red Dwarf was played initially by Clare Grogan and later by Chloe Annett?
Kristine Kochanski
In the New Testament what three-word term is used in chapter 6 of the Epistle to the Ephesians to describe a composite of spiritual protection such as the ‘breastplate of righteousness’ the ‘shield of faith’ and the ‘helmet of salvation’?
Armour of God
Dying aged 64 in February 2019 Mark Hollis was best known as the lead singer of which band whose 80s hits include ‘Life’s What You Make It’ and ‘It’s My Life’?
Talk Talk
Nephrology is the medical speciality focussing upon which internal organs?
Kidneys
Named by Guinness World Records this year as the world’s steepest street Ffordd Pen Llech in the town of Harlech can be found in which constituent country of the UK?
Wales
What name is shared by a hospital in Fitzrovia and the largest cities in both the US states of Oregon and Maine?
Portland
Located north of the city of Šiauliai [pron. “Show-Lay”] the Hill of Crosses is a site of Catholic pilgrimage in which northern European country?
Lithuania
Created by David Firth which animated web series centres around a green humanoid creature who collects amongst other things rusty spoons finger puppets and nettles?
Salad Fingers
Formed at Wesleyan University in Connecticut ‘Time to Pretend’ ‘Kids’ and ‘Electric Feel’ are tracks from the 2007 debut album Oracular Spectacular of which indie band?
MGMT
Which halogen derives its name from the Greek word for ‘stench’?
Bromine
In The Simpsons which 1994 movie starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock is misremembered by Homer as ‘The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down’?
Speed
Which British landscape painter of Rain Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway is set to become the new face of the £20 note in 2020?
Joseph Mallord
After the departure of Rafael Benitez which Premier League team is now managed by Steve Bruce?
Newcastle United
Which Conservative Prime Minister who was in office from 1963-64 preceded Harold Wilson’s first premiership?
Alec Douglas-Home
Hibbing Minnesota is the home town of which singer and songwriter whose songs include Like A Rolling Stone Blowin’ in the Wind and Tangled Up in Blue?
Bob Dylan (Robert
Which planet in the Solar System lying between Jupiter and Uranus is the sixth furthest from the Sun?
Saturn
Which isthmus also the name of a major canal marks the boundary between Africa and Asia?
Suez
Which brand of grooming products named for a feline is known as Axe in European markets?
Lynx
Which player won his second NBA Finals MVP award after leading the Toronto Raptors to the championship in 2019? This summer he signed for the Los Angeles Clippers.
Kawhi Leonard
Which Californian ‘robber baron’ was president of the Central Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific and founded a namesake university near Palo Alto?
Leland Stanford