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ABSOLUTE ESSENTIALS Flashcards

1
Q

The longest english trail?

A

SOUTH WEST COASTAL PATH from Minehead to Poole

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2
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First female president of RA

A

Rebecca SALTER

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3
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Which work by Aphra Behn inspired Purcell and in turn the Young Persons guide to the Orchestra?

A

Abdelazar

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4
Q

Sounding like it involves a traditional dance, which two-player boardgame,
involves placing and moving black and white pieces, with the aim of getting lines
or “mills” of three in a row, at which point an opponent’s piece is removed from
the board?.

A

Nine mens morris

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5
Q

Only female presenter Robot Wars

A

Angela SCANLON

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6
Q

Originating in a tweet by @dril, which maize-based food stuff is used in internet
slang to a person who, despite having clearly lost a debate, continues to publicly
deny the fact, further damaging their credibility?

A

CORN COBBING

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7
Q

wrote New Grub Street

A

George GISSING

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8
Q

David Lloyd George became Earl of

A

DWYFOR

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9
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Which debut novel Mrs Gaskell was subtitled A Tale of Manchester Life

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MARY BARTON

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10
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First f minister of education

A

Ellen WILKINSON

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11
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In 2021, 3rd mercury prize nomination out of three for PINK NOISE

A

Laura MVULA

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12
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Named after a famous nurse, what is the name of the huge tunnelling machine that has just commenced its work in helping the HS2 project through the Chilterns ?

A

Florence

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13
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New Birmingham Station for HS2

A

CURZON STREET

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14
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Female tennis player, Canada born

A

Emily RADACANU

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15
Q

Trained Minella Times and Minella Indo

A

Joe de BROMHEAD

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16
Q

tdf 123 2021

A

pogacar/ vingegaard/ carapaz

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17
Q

tdf 2021 combativity

A

bonnamour

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18
Q

tdf 2021 started

A

brest

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19
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bdo world darts 2020

A

wayne warren

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20
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gerwyn price aka

A

iceman

21
Q

leader, only mp alliance party

A

naomi long

22
Q

new wordls strongest man

A

tom STOLTMAN

23
Q

Which company, known for its hour-long outdoor exercise classes, was founded
by three retired army officers in the late 1990s, and purchased by Bear Grylls
Ventures in 2018? The answer has three words

A

be militry fit

24
Q

Which 2020 TV series, written by and starring Michaela Coel, was the recipient of
multiple BAFTAs and a GLAAD media award?

A

i may destroy you

25
Q

Brothers Paul and Mark Collyer founded the company Sports Interactive to
further develop which simulation computer game series that they conceived in
their Shropshire bedroom in the early 1990s?

A

CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER

26
Q

The clothes brand Florence and Fred is sold by which supermarket chain?

A

TESCO

27
Q

Which American science communicator is known as ‘the Science Guy’, after that
phrase was rhymed with his name in the title of the popular children’s science
show he hosted from 1993-98?

A

BILL NYE

28
Q

Dale Vince and Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin are the two largest
stakeholders in which League Two football club?

A

FOREST GREEN

29
Q

A favourite among Norwegian-Americans in the Midwest, what notoriously smelly dish is
made by reconstituting dried cod in lye for several days and then baking or boiling the fish
down to a gelatinous mash?

A

LUTEFISK

30
Q

Credit Suisse estimated it had sustained $3 billion of losses as a result of the March 2021
liquidation of which supply chain financing group named after the man who had founded it
in in 2011?

A

GREENSILL

31
Q

What term in bricklaying describes a brick laid flat with its long narrow side
exposed?

A

STRETCHER

32
Q

Which Swedish dish, known for its characteristic strong smell, is made by adding just
enough salt to herring, to allow it to ferment while preventing it from rotting
altogether?

A

SURSTROMMING

33
Q

Which is the third largest lake in the Lake District after Windermere and Ullswater?
This lake located in Borrowdale lies immediately south of Keswick and is drained by
the river which forms part of its name.

A

DERWENTWATER

34
Q

What was the forename and surname of The French Lieutenant’s Woman in the
novel by John Fowles?

A

SARA WOODRUFF

35
Q

The name of what type of entertainment facility completes the title of this 2018
album by the Arctic Monkeys: Tranquility Base Hotel and … what?

A

CASINO

36
Q

The great great grandson of a cavalier poet, and also related to Robert Walpole, which naval officer is now best known as the man who trained his nephew Horatio Nelson?

A

MAURICE SUCKLING

37
Q

Which wetland and SSSI in Cambridgeshire was in 1899 the first nature reserve run by the National Trust?

A

WICKEN FEN

38
Q

Which rapper, MC and internet personality was born Tyrone Lindo?

A

BIG NARSTIE

39
Q

Which fellow Made in Chelsea star married Millie Mackintosh in 2018?

A

HUGO TAYLOR

40
Q

made his league debut after coming on as a 88th-minute substitute for André-Frank Zambo Anguissa in a 1–0 away defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers. In doing so, he became the youngest ever Premier League player at 16 years and 30 days, beating the record set by fellow Fulham player Matthew Briggs in 2007.

A

HARVEY ELLIOTT

41
Q

Which ship succeeded the SS Great Eastern in 1899 to become the largest passenger ship in the world?

A

RMS OCEANIC

42
Q

What was the name of the brothers who founded Superdrug in 1964?

A

GOLDSTEIN

43
Q

Which Lake District hill has the alternative name Saddleback?

A

BLENCATHRA

44
Q

Which 1974 novel was set in the fictional African nation of Zangaro?

A

DOGS OF WAR

45
Q

Head chef at Dorchester

A

Alalin DUCASSE

46
Q

Head chef at Sketch

A

Pierre GAGNAIRE

47
Q

Head chef at connaught

A

helene darroze

48
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head chef at core

A

claire smyth

49
Q

Which Lib Dem life peer founded the nightclub Ministry of Sound in 1991?

A

james palumbo

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