201908202 Flashcards
The spiralling numbering of Paris’s 20 arrondissements mean it is often called l’escargot, the French for which animal, also a stereotypical French foodstuff?
Snail
What colour are the eyes of Yu-gi-oh’s Yugi and alongside white, the bulbous patches of Dragonball Z’s Frieza?
Purple
Frank Silver and Irving Cohn’s novelty hit of 1923 describes how “Yes! We Have no…” examples of which fruit?
Bananas
Joe Rosenthal’s best known photograph is of American troops raising an American flag on Iwo Jima, an island in which country, during WW2?
Japan
One of Africa’s richest men, Nicky Oppenheimer is the chairman of which South African diamond mining company?
De Beers
Which planet of the solar system is closest to the sun?
Mercury
Epaminondas led which city-state’s Sacred Band to victory over the Spartans at the Battle of Leuctra?
Thebes
In 2015 and 2019, which American sports team were honoured the two most recent times a New York City ticker-tape parade has been held?
USWNT
What first name is shared by the golfer with the surname Els and boxer with the surname Terrell?
Ernie
Before Donald Trump, who was the last President “from” New York State, the primary advocate of the New Deal?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
With a Christmassy first name, which veteran TV presenter presented Deal or No Deal and is known for their pairing with Mr Blobby?
Noel Edmonds
Which private members club at 104 Pall Mall, associated with Liberal politics, is where Phileas Fogg begins and ends his journey in Around the World in Eighty Days?
The Reform Club
The Miracle of the Slave, a diagonally arranged last supper and an 80 ft. Paradiso are among the most famous works of which 16th century Venetian painter?
Tintoretto
Motown Records founder Berry Gordy had an illegitimate daughter Rhonda. Which musician, at the time married to Robert Ellis Silberstein, was Rhonda’s mother?
Diana Ross
A increasingly popular theory for the sharp rise of which condition in developing countries is that people who live in less cramped conditions are less likely to build up immune resistance? It is characterised by inflammation in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen.
Appendicitis
Reporters Jeremy Bowen and Robert Fisk are primarily known for their reporting from which region of the world?
Middle East
Winner of both the Nebula and Hugo awards, what is the one-word title of the 1970 novel by Larry Niven that is set on an alien construct 186 miles in diameter?
Ringworld
The aria “Nessun Dorma” is sung in which Puccini opera?
Turandot
The Graafian follicle is found on which organ of the body?
Ovary
The word tadig refers to the prized crust formed when cooking the basmati form of what ingredient in Iranian dishes like sabzi polo?
Rice
The goal at the good calx end in the Eton Wall game is what sort of object? A black one of these objects is painted with a number 10 on London’s Downing Street.
Door
The Frankish king Charles I is generally known by what one word name in English, a combination of his name with a French word for great?
Charlemagne
In the song ‘My Favourite Things’ from The Sound of Music, what foodstuff is rhymed with the word ‘strudels’ after the line ‘Cream-colored ponies and crisp apple strudels’?
Schnitzel with noodles
In the 2019 Cricket World Cup, India and Pakistan played in Manchester. Which city in Punjab, formerly known as Lyallpur [lee-ahl-poor], is known as the “Manchester of Pakistan”?
Faisalabad [fayz-la-bard]
In palmistry, what name is given to the flat area at the very centre of the palm, surrounded by the mounts of various planetary bodies around the edge of the palm?
Plain of Mars
The demand for which fish, also known as anemonefish, increased significantly after one was portrayed as the title character of Finding Nemo?
Clownfish
Lord Nicholls described how “Fairness, like beauty, lies in the eyes of the beholder” in introducing the case of White v. White which established the UK as a capital for what sort of cases?
Divorce (prompt on family)
Tendayi Darikwa and Adlene Guerdiora played at the African Cup of Nations and played for which Championship club in the 2018-19 season?
Nottingham Forest
The world’s longest guided busway stretches from Huntingdon to Trumpington and passes through which English county town in the East of England on its route?
Cambridge
Nominated five times for a Best Director Oscar without ever winning – joint second to Clarence Brown’s unlucky 6 – whose films include 1944’s Lifeboat?
Alfred Hitchcock
Cheryl Cole was best known as a member of which band formed on Popstars: The Rivals?
Girls Aloud
Mary Anne Evans was the real name of which writer who took the pen name George?
George Eliot
One of Africa’s richest men, Johann Rupert founded Richemont, a holding company for which sort of companies including Vacheron Constantin and Alfred Dunhill?
Luxury goods
Since the demotion of Pluto, what is the farthest planet in the solar system from the Sun?
Neptune
Cypselus and his son Periander were both tyrants who ruled which city-state, the host of the Isthmian games?
Corinth
The only other female sportswoman to be honoured in a New York City ticket tape parade was which African American woman who won the 1957 Wimbledon womens’ singles title?
Althea Gibson
The rough shape of France means that Metropolitan France is often called l’Hexagone [leg-za-gon], the French for what shape?
Hexagon
The Digimon Guilmon [gi-u-mon] and the jacket of One Piece’s protagonist Luffy are both predominantly which colour?
Red
Fred Heatherton’s novelty hit of 1944 describes how “I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of…” which fruit?
Coconuts
Yevgeney Khaldei’s best known photograph shows a Soviet soldier raising a flag on which nation’s parliament building in May 1945?
Germany
The Wedding at Cana and The Feast in the House of Levi are among the detailed artworks of which 16th century Venetian artist?
Paolo Veronese
Motown Records founder Berry Gordy had an illegitimate son Kennedy. By what name is Kennedy Gordy better known? He had a hit, Somebody’s Watching Me, featuring his brother in law Jermaine Jackson.
Rockwell
A traditional but now discredited theory for the sharp rise of appendicitis in developing countries is that it is caused by a decrease in consumption of what part of plant-derived foods which cannot be broken down by digestive enzymes?
Fibre/Roughage
Reporter Adam Fleming and former reporter Boris Johnson are primarily noted for their reporting from which region of the world?
Europe/Brussels/EU
What first name is shared by the golfer with the surname Sarazen and boxer with the surname Tunney?
Gene
Before Barack Obama, the last president “from” Illinois was which Civil War general, nicknamed “Unconditional Surrender” in a play on his initials?
Ulysses S. Grant
With a Christmassy first name, which veteran TV presenter regularly presents This Morning and Dancing on Ice alongside Philip Schofield?
Holly Willoughby
Which private members club, formed by the Duke of Wellington to coordinate opposition to the First Reform Act, long served as the unofficial Tory party HQ and is now based at 69 St James Street?
Carlton Club
The goal at the bad calx end in the Eton Wall game is what sort of thing? A very large one of these in Sequoia National Park is known as General Sherman.
Tree
The nomadic conqueror Timur, is more commonly known by what one word name combining his name with a reference to his pronounced limp, and which is also the title of a poem by Edgar Allen Poe?
Tamerlane
In the song ‘So Long, Farewell’ from The Sound of Music, what alcoholic drink is rhymed with the words ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ after the line ‘So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen’?
My first champagne
In the 2019 Cricket World Cup India and Pakistan played in Manchester. Which heavily polluted city in Uttar Pradesh is known as the “Manchester of India”?
Kanpur [kahn-puur]
Winner of both the Nebula and Hugo awards, what is the four-word title of the 2007 novel by Michael Chabon that is set in an alternative history version of Sitka, Alaska?
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union
The aria “La donna è mobile” is sung in which Verdi opera?
Rigoletto
The Gräfenberg spot is a region in which organ of the body?
Vagina
The word soccarat refers to the prized crust formed when cooking which very popular Spanish rice dish?
Paella
The world’s first guided busway was the tramroad stretching from Cheltenham to which nearby county town?
Gloucester
Nominated five times for a Best Director Oscar without ever winning – joint second to Clarence Brown’s unlucky 6 – whose films include Gosford Park and Nashville?
Robert Altman
Myleen Klass and Kym Marsh were members of which band formed from the winners of Popstars in 2001, while the losing finalists formed the band Liberty X?
Hear’Say
Eric Arthur Blair was the real name of which writer who took the pen name George?
George Orwell
In palmistry, what name is given to the curved line surrounding the middle and ring fingers?
Girdle of Venus
What name, referencing their tendency to rapidly inflate, is given to fish in the order Tetraodontidae? Most species are toxic.
Puffer fish
The case of Berezovsky v. Michaels which upheld a Russian oligarch’s right to sue Forbes helped to establish Britain’s status as a legal capital for what sort of cases?
Libel
Brit Assombalonga and Jon Obi Mikel both played at the African Cup of Nations and play for which Championship club?
Middlesbrough
Deglet Nour is a variety of which fruit, normally served dried, and traditionally the first thing eaten when breaking fast during Ramadan?
Date
Served at the Three Broomsticks and the Hog’s Head, what name is given in the Harry Potter books to the presumably alcoholic drink served either hot or cold?
Butterbeer
Imran Khan took 362 career Test wickets, which New Zealand left arm spinner also took 362 test wickets?
Daniel Vettori
Including claws, how many limbs does a crab have?
10
How many legs does a fly have?
6
Dennis Lillee took 355 career Test wickets, which Sri Lanka left arm fast-medium bowler also took 355 Test wickets?
Chaminda Vaas
In the Harry Potter Books, what name is given to the public house used to gain entry into Diagon Alley?
The Leaky Cauldron
Turkey’s Malatya province produces a large amount of which orange fruit’s popular dried variety?
Apricot
Which god in Roman mythology is identified with the Greek god Hephaestus?
Vulcan
Marienbad Elegy and Elective Affinities are works by which German-language writer?
Goethe
Which chemical element is the densest naturally occurring element, and takes its name from the Greek for “smell”?
Osmium
Which song by Elton John, originally released in 1973, reached the top 10 in the UK chart over the 2018/19 festive period?
Step Into Christmas
