GK 1 Flashcards
What surname links the man who succeeded Richard Nixon as president of the United States the only man to win four Academy Awards for Best Director and an actor who starred in the Indiana Jones and Star Wars film franchises?
FORD
Admiral Horatio Nelson was killed by enemy fire on the HMS Victory during which famous sea battle on 21 October 1805?
TRAFALGAR
Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin Jim Morrison Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse all died at what age?
27
Which well-known board game originated in ancient India and was designed to represent a player’s journey through life being complicated by virtues (ups) and vices (downs)?
SNAKES AND LADDERS
In a contest for the WBA Heavyweight Championship in Las Vegas in 1997 who was disqualified for biting off part of Evander Holyfield’s ear?
Mike TYSON
The lead singers of the groups Kingdom Come (Arthur) Hot Chocolate (Errol) and The Stone Roses (Ian) all share which ‘colourful’ surname?
BROWN
Miley Cyrus played the title character in which American teen sitcom which ran on Disney Channel from 2006 to 2011?
HANNAH MONTANA
Who wrote the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud which is commonly known as Daffodils?
William WORDSWORTH
The Ghan passenger train takes 54 hours to travel between Darwin and which city in South Australia?
ADELAIDE
Which Scandinavian dance-pop group had UK number 1 hits in 1997/1998 with Barbie Girl Doctor Jones and Turn Back Time?
AQUA
His father who was Jewish came to Britain from Czechoslovakia in 1938. Married to Brazilian marketing executive Erika Rey which Cabinet minister has been MP for Esher and Walton since 2010?
Dominic RAAB
Taskmaster Hypothetical and Judge Romesh are original programmes produced for which television channel owned by UKTV?
DAVE
A quizzer in Singapore was recently denied $10000 by a radio station which claimed he had pronounced the name of which pop singer incorrectly but changed their minds and awarded the money after the singer sent a video endorsing the pronunciation?
Tony HADLEY
Which children’s television series that originally aired on Saturday mornings from 1974 to 1982 was presented by Chris Tarrant Sally James and Lenny Henry?
TISWAS
What is the name of this flightless bird that is native to New Zealand?
KIWI (Apteryx)
Which supermarket chain began as an egg and butter stall in Rawson Market Bradford in 1899?
MORRISONS
Although he died in England which Belgian in 1975 became the only fictitious person to have been given an obituary in the New York Times?
Hercule POIROT
Which song from a poem by William Blake set to music by Hubert Parry was first performed on 28 March 1916 at a Fight for Right campaign rally at Queen’s Hall as a morale boosting anthem?
JERUSALEM
On this day in 2005 Vanity Fair revealed that which FBI agent was the anonymous source known as ‘Deep Throat’ who provided The Washington Post with information about the Watergate scandal?
Mark FELT
What name is shared by a battle fought in 1704 and a country house situated in Woodstock Oxfordshire?
BLENHEIM
Directed by Sam Taylor-Wood Nowhere Boy is a 2009 film which tells the story of the teenage years of which pop star played by Aaron Johnson?
John LENNON
Even though he was not present on any of the journeys what epithet (or nickname) was later given to Prince Henry of Portugal (1394-1460) because of his sponsorship of many voyages of discovery into the Atlantic and down the West Coast of Africa?
THE NAVIGATOR
Which team were top of the Dutch football league (the Eredivisie) when it was declared void in April 2020 preventing them being champions for the 35th time although they will be playing in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League?
AJAX
Which 1811 novel by Jane Austen portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters Elinor and Marianne?
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
One method of saving changes to a file in Microsoft Word is to click on the Quick Access Toolbar icon that is an image of which obsolete storage device?
FLOPPY DISK
The last of which model of car rolled off the Ford assembly line after a production run of more than 15 million vehicles on 31 May 1927?
MODEL T
Named after a French physician the Mantoux test is used to diagnose which infectious disease?
TUBERCULOSIS
Which recurring enemies of The Federation in the Star Trek television and film franchise will tell you that “resistance is futile”?
BORG
In April 2020 which co-founder and CEO of Twitter announced that he was making $1 billion in his company Square available to fund global Covid-19 relief?
Jack DORSEY
Which pretender to the English throne claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury Duke of York who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called Princes in the Tower but was probably a Fleming born in Tournai around 1474?
Perkin WARBECK
The Zoological Society of London owns London Zoo and which other zoo which opened in Bedfordshire in 1931?
WHIPSNADE
Launched in 1858 which of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s steamships played a significant role in laying the first lasting transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866?
GREAT EASTERN
In the mid-1980s fans of the Beastie Boys stole badges from which make of car to wear as pendants and emulate Mike D who had appeared on television with a chrome badge attached to a chain-link necklace?
VOLKSWAGEN
The early life of which blind and deaf child who later became an author and educator was depicted in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker? It earned Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke Academy Awards for best actress and supporting actress respectively.
Helen KELLER
Six of the nine species of which tree with a distinctive swollen stem are native to Madagascar?
BAOBAB (Adansonia)
In which Scottish city was a Victoria & Albert museum opened in 2018?
DUNDEE
What is the name of the rite of passage in Amish communities where adolescents are allowed greater freedom and choose whether they wish to join the church or leave the community?
RUMSPRINGA
In English law what two-word phrase means a time before legal history and beyond legal memory and in 1275 by the first Statute of Westminster was set as prior to 6 July 1189 the date of the Richard I’s accession?
TIME IMMEMORIAL
Beyond a Boundary is a 1963 cricket memoir written by which historian and socialist who was born in Trinidad?
C L R JAMES
In which Dutch city were treaties signed between April 1713 and September 1714 which brought an end to the War of the Spanish Succession?
UTRECHT
On which temperature scale named after a French entomologist are the freezing and boiling points of water set to 0 and 80 degrees respectively?
REAUMUR
From the French for deceive the eye which art technique demonstrated here uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions?
TROMPE L’OEIL
The command module pilot for Apollo 15 who performed the first ‘deep space walk’ to retrieve film from the spacecraft’s cameras during the homeward journey from the moon?
Alfred WORDEN
Who is this young reality TV star seen here wearing her now popular extra-large bow which she says is more than just a hair accessory it is a symbol of power confidence and believing-ness?
Jojo SIWA
With an elevation of 3145 metres which volcano in Chad is the highest mountain in the Sahara?
EMI KOUSSI
Which actor (c. 1568-1619) was the first to take on the roles of Shakespeare’s Richard III Romeo Henry V Hamlet Macbeth Othello and King Lear?
Richard BURBAGE
The Lightning Field which consists of 400 stainless steel poles arranged in a grid array is a land art work in New Mexico created by which American sculptor?
Walter DE MARIA
Hanged at Tyburn on 24 May 1725 which London underworld figure was notable for operating on both sides of the law posing as a public-spirited crimefighter entitled the ‘Thief-Taker General’?
Jonathan WILD
In December 2019 who was elected as the first female President of the Royal Academy of Arts in London in its 251-year history?
Rebecca SALTER
Published in 1962 who wrote the novel The Drowned World set in 2145 where global warming has caused the majority of Earth to become uninhabitable?
J G BALLARD
In what language did the philosophers al-Ghazali Avicenna and Averroes write? All three were part of the so-called ‘Islamic Golden Age’.
Arabic
Tollywood Kollywood and Bollywood are all film industries based in what country which is the world’s largest by film output?
India
La Bohème Madame Butterfly and Turandot are all operas by which Italian composer?
Giacomo Puccini
Georgy Malenkov briefly held the position of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union following the death of which figure on the 5th of March 1953?
Joseph Stalin
In which country are the Igbo Hausa and Yoruba languages primarily spoken?
Nigeria
Which painter of the Mexicayotl movement depicted herself in a series of self-portraits with monkeys with herself and as a wounded deer among others all featuring her prominent monobrow?
Frida Kahlo
Who is this person? Born Temüjin they grew up as the song of a local chieftain and by their death in 1227 ruled an empire stretching from the Korean Peninsula to the Black Sea.
Genghis Khan
Following a right-wing coup against Evo Morales in November 2019 Jeanine Áñez is the current interim president of which South American nation?
Bolivia
The Dreamtime’ is the period of creation central to the beliefs of which broad group of people? Along with the Torres Strait Islanders they make up the ‘First Nations’ of Australia.
Aboriginals
Soft dumplings usually made of potato though they can be made out of another vegetable semolina or cheese is a type of pasta given what name? Regional variants include malfati and gnudi.
Gnocchi
The Lusiads written by Luis Vaz de Comões are the national epic of which nation? The poem describes the discovery of a sea route to India by Vasco da Gama.
Portugal
Which reggaeton song originally performed by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee had a remix that overtook Gangnam Style and See You Again to become the most viewed video on YouTube?
Despacito
The 1773 play Berlichingen is perhaps best known today for the line in translation Tell him he can lick me in the arse. In 1782 the line was adapted into a canon in B-flat major entitled ‘Lick Me In The Arse’. Give either the German author or Austrian composer of these works both among the most eminent in their fields.
Goethe or Mozart
Suhoor is eaten before sunrise and iftar is eaten after sundown during which ninth month of the Islamic calendar that precedes Eid-al-fitr?
Ramadan
Which element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie and named for Marie’s homeland has atomic number 84 and the symbol Po?
Polonium
Arctic tibetan sand and fennec are all species of what type of animal with genus vulpes?
Fox
Which figure of the Mexican Revolution who was assassinated by supporters of Venustiano Carranza in 1919 led the peasant revolt in Morelos and formulated the ‘Plan of Ayala’ land-distribution scheme? They give their name to a modern anarcho-communistic movement that governs much of the state of Chiapas.
Emiliano Zapata
Which purple-hatted counterpart to a green hatted plumber was the subject of a Washington Post Opinion piece titled ‘[this character] was robbed and humiliated’ after it was revealed they would not be appearing in Super Smash Bros Ultimate? The article was subtitled ‘WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH’.
Waluigi
In which capital city is the 77-metre-high pyramid known as the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation located? It was built from 2004-2006 by the then-president of its country after whom the city is now named.
Nur-Sultan
Ne Me Quitte Pas’ and ‘Amsterdam’ are songs by which acclaimed Belgian singer-songwriter?
Jacques Brel
Depicting Jesus and his disciples eating a national delicacy of rodent meat The Last Supper by Marcos Zapata is a work from which country?
Peru
This is the logo of which app developed by Tencent that is used for both messaging and electronic payment?
The most successful team in Euroleague basketball history is Real Madrid who won in 2017-18 with their MVP Luka Dončić. In 2019 however they only reached the semi-finals; which Russian team succeeded them as champions? They also share their name with a successful football team.
CSKA Moscow
Name either of the African nations for which the cocktail Turbo (made of white wine Sprite gin and lager) the honey wine tej and the bread injera are all part of the national cuisine?
Ethiopia or Eritrea
What type of event or occasion links: pastry in 1838-39; a stray dog in 1925; and sand in 1963?
Wars
Which Sri Lankan bowler known for their sling-like action became the first cricket player to take 4 wickets in 4 balls in an ODI during the 2007 World Cup?
Lasith Malinga
In classical Latin six noun cases are given in most paradigms: nominative vocative accusative genitive dative and ablative. Which of these denoting a movement of ‘by with or from’ is absent in classical Ancient Greek?
Ablative
Recently made available on streaming service MUBI Haifaa al-Mansour’s 2013 film Wadjda was the first film directed by a woman to come out of which country?
Saudi Arabia
What single-word name is given to the statements or questions used in Zen Buddhism to elicit doubt or a suspension of certitude in students? A common example for Western audiences is ‘what is the sound of one hand clapping?’.
Kōan
An important building in the Soviet Modernist style this is a picture of the headquarters of the National Bank of which country? The building was designed by George Chakhava and Zurab Jalaghania.
Georgia
