GK 4 Flashcards
(300 cards)
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Formally the clade with classification Anthophila what insects are integral to the pollination of many plants? Their most common species Apis mellifera are present almost all over the world and are best known for their production of honey.
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Bees
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Launched in 2010 and acquired by Facebook in 2012 what social media platform is currently the world’s largest social network focused on sharing photos? It is often known by a two-letter abbreviation.
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Instagram (or IG)
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What five-letter term denotes the area where a river meets another body of water? The depositing of sediment from the water flowing from this location may form river deltas.
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Mouth
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Which Australian cricketer widely regarded as the greatest batsman of all time finished his career in 1948 with a Test batting average of 99.94?
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Don Bradman
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What word links the surname of one of the founders of Melbourne a term for an enlisted soldier who serves as a servant for a senior officer and the alter-ego of Bruce Wayne who fights crime in Gotham City?
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Batman
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Bösendorfer Mason and Hamlin and Steinway and Sons are most famous for manufacturing what keyboard instruments?
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Pianos
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During his later career Claude Monet produced hundreds of paintings of what flowers found in the garden of his Giverny residence?
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Water lilies
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Erected in 1961 and mostly dismantled in 1990 which barrier prevented travel between the capitalist western section and communist eastern section of the largest city in modern-day Germany?
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Berlin Wall
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Bill Murray Anjelica Huston and Owen Wilson are among the most frequent collaborators with which filmmaker who wrote and directed The Royal Tenenbaums and The Grand Budapest Hotel?
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Wes Anderson
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Which fictional Belgian detective the most famous creation of Agatha Christie has been played on film by Peter Ustinov and Kenneth Branagh and on television by David Suchet and most recently John Malkovich?
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Hercule Poirot
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Blue Monday and True Faith are songs by which band who formed as successors to Joy Division after the death of Ian Curtis?
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New Order
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The Iron Bowl is held annually between the Tigers and the Crimson Tide the two eminent college football teams in which southern US state? One of these two teams have played in 11 of the last 13 national championship games in college football.
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Alabama
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Tatyana Kazankina in 1976 Svetlana Masterkova in 1996 and Kelly Holmes in 2004 are the only women to win gold medals at which two adjacent distances in athletics at the same Olympics?
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800 metres and 1500 metres
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La Paz and Mexicali are the capitals of the two states on which Mexican peninsula which is bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the West and the Gulf of California to the east?
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Baja California
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Excessive salivation fever and a fear of water are among the symptoms of which infectious disease in animals and humans? Primarily spread to humans through dog and bat bites it has a nearly 100% fatality rate if not treated within the first ten days after exposure.
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Rabies
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Cited for her ‘visionary force and poetic import giving life to an essential aspect of American reality’ which writer in 1993 became the first black female Nobel laureate? Her novels include The Bluest Eye and Beloved.
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Toni Morrison
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In 1980 which country elected the world’s first democratically elected female head of state Vigdis Finnbogadottir? Five years earlier most of the women of this country went on strike to protest economic inequality.
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Iceland
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As well as being a Swedish term meaning ‘right of public access’ allemansrätten is also the name under which IKEA sells which dish which they revealed earlier this year was mainly made of beef and pork mince onions and breadcrumbs?
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Meatballs
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What six-letter word describes the annual interest payable on a bond in finance as well as a document that promises the bearer some form of discount or promotion in a retail outlet?
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Coupon
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Despite his attempts to retire which hitman played by Keanu Reeves is driven to revenge after the killing of his dog in a series of three 2010s action films?
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John Wick
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In keeping with the European tradition of naming train stations after military victories the Paris terminus of the Paris-Bordeaux line is named for which 1805 battle in which Napoleon defeated a combined Austro-Russian army in modern-day Czechia?
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Austerlitz
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Which brand of low-calorie beer which largely competes with Miller Lite and Coors Light in the US market has recently been promoted by a series of advertisements featuring a medieval king with the catchphrase ‘dilly dilly’?
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Bud Light
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A recent meme concerns a group of Ghanaian men who dance while holding what objects? When used by heads of Ghanaian families these objects can be designed to look like significant items such as an aeroplane or a fish.
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Coffins
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Taking its most common name from the first line of Psalm 50 in the Vulgate Bible which liturgical composition by Gregorio Allegri was banned from being performed outside the Sistine Chapel until Mozart allegedly transcribed it at the age of 14?
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Miserere
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Of the oldest eight weight classes in boxing what class lies between middleweight and lightweight? Errol Spence Jr. is currently a unified world champion in this class which is also the only class in which Manny Pacquiao is currently a world champion.
Welterweight
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In an allegory of fascism all the inhabitants of a French village except for Bérenger transform into what animals in a play by Eugene Ionesco?
Rhinoceros
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What night-time programming block on the Cartoon Network has featured surreal comedy shows such as The Eric Andre Show and Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! as well as cartoons like Rick and Morty?
Adult Swim
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Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the murder of Billy Batts by Tommy DeSimone in a bar in Queens an event that was most notably dramatized in which 1990 film?
Goodfellas
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With the fourth-largest volume and fifth-largest mass of any object in the Solar System which astronomical object is the least massive planet in the Solar System to still be orbited by rings?
Uranus
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I Hope I Get It and What I Did for Love are numbers in which musical about dancers auditioning for a non-starring role in a Broadway production?
A Chorus Line
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As well as its food markets after which a well-known cheese is named which Dutch city’s most notable contribution to world cuisine has been the invention of the stroopwafel?
Gouda
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Despite appearing in every one of the nine Rugby World Cups to date which national rugby team have never progressed to the quarter-finals and only finished with a positive point differential for the first time last year?
Italy
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Nick Kroll and John Mulaney star in which Netflix animated series in which they play middle school students on the cusp of puberty?
Big Mouth
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Goldbach’s conjecture states that all integers that are divisible by what number can be expressed as a sum of that number of primes?
Two
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Bernardo O’Higgins was one of the founding fathers of which South American country?
Chile
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The term ‘sabermetrics’ which describes an analytic and statistics-driven approach to studying baseball was coined by which statistician and baseball writer?
Bill James
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Mel recounts the story of an elderly husband and wife who after being struck by a drunk driver are placed in full body casts in hospital in the title work of which short story collection by Raymond Carver?
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
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Which alto saxophonist included Miles Davis as a sideman on his 1958 album Somethin’ Else and returned the favour by playing sax alongside John Coltrane on Davis's albums Milestones and Kind of Blue?
Cannonball Adderley
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Unguja and Pemba are the two largest islands in the territory of which modern-day country which was formed from the merger of those and surrounding islands with its continental neighbour to the west?
Tanzania
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Located between West 4th Street and Waverly Place a US National Monument consisting of Christopher Park and the surrounding block of Christopher Street in Manhattan’s West Village commemorates which 1969 event?
Stonewall riots
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In 2014 German researchers announced they had managed to create a chemical bond between carbon and which superheavy element the heaviest element to date to be involved in an organometallic compound?
Seaborgium
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Name both snooker players who have come closest to lifting the Crucible Curse by retaining their first World Championship title the following year. One was beaten by Steve Davis in the 1987 final while the other lost to John Higgins in the 1998 final.
Joe Johnson and Ken Doherty
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Which actor musician and comedian was best known for playing the title characters in the sitcoms The Gaffer and Oh No It’s Selwyn Froggitt both airing on ITV in the 1970s and 1980s?
Bill Maynard
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Exemplified by artists such as Kavinsky and Carpenter Brut what genre of electronic music draws heavily from 1980s nostalgia and 2000s dance? The genre grew in prominence after being heavily featured on the soundtrack of the 2011 film Drive.
Synthwave
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Vocals credited to Ann Coates but actually produced by altering the pitch of Morrisey’s voice appear on which single by the Smiths?
Bigmouth Strikes Again
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Which noble house ruled Mantua throughout the Italian Renaissance? Aloysius a member of this house who died after treating plague victims in Rome and was later canonized is the namesake of a university in the state of Washington noted for their basketball program.
House of Gonzaga
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The 1956 exhibition This is Tomorrow which famously featured Richard Hamilton’s Just What Is It that Makes Today’s Homes So Different So Appealing? was hosted at which London art gallery?
Whitechapel Gallery
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Not to be confused with Great Britain Tory Island lies off the coast of which Irish county? It is the most remote permanently inhabited Irish island.
Donegal
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Gao was the capital of which West African empire of the 15th and 16th centuries which rivalled the Mali Empire for regional dominance?
Songhai
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In 1999 Nicolas Cage starred in a series of bizarre commercials for Sankyo a manufacturer of equipment for what activity which is particularly popular in Japan?
Pachinko
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What is the profession of the classic Nintendo video game character Super Mario?
Plumber
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Diamond and Graphite are two of the most commonly found allotropes of which chemical element?
Carbon
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Don Jose Escamillo and Micaela are all characters in which opera by Georges Bizet? The opera is known for the famous arias Habanera and Toreador Song.
Carmen
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Painted during his so called Golden Period the 1907-1908 oil-on-canvas painting The Kiss is the most famous work by which Austrian artist?
Gustav Klimt
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What is the surname of footballing brothers Gary and Phil and their sister Tracey who is the former coach of the England Netball team?
Neville
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Which general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989 was executed on Christmas day 1989 after being overthrown earlier in that month?
Nicolae Ceausescu
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Which coffee-flavoured Italian dessert is made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee layered with a whipped mixture of eggs sugar and mascarpone cheese flavoured with cocoa?
Tiramisu
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What name is shared by a teenage witch who appeared on TV from 1996 to 2003 and the name of a 1954 film starring Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart?
Sabrina
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We Are the Champions Spread Your Wings and It's Late are all songs which appeared on which 1977 album by the band Queen? The album shared its title with a now defunct newspaper.
News of the World
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What poultry sounding name is given to the feet of achieving three strikes in a row during a game of ten-pin bowling?
Turkey
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Which great Carthaginian war general is known for his achievements during the 2nd Punic War including leading an army of elephants across the Pyrenees and the Alps?
Hannibal Barca
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Which 3 letters begin the names of the capital city's of both The Gambia and The Central African Republic?
BAN
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Gouda Edam and Maasdam are all types of Cheese that are made in which EU country?
Netherlands
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Which Scottish golfer won seven consecutive European Tour Order of Merit titles from 1993 to 1999? Despite his success in Europe he never won a major title coming runner-up on 5 seperate occassions in major competitions.
Colin Montgomorie
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Which Irish comedian and actor is best known for playing the roles of Father Dougal McGuire in Father Ted George Sunday in My Hero and DI Jack Mooney in Death in Paradise?
Ardal O'Hanlon
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Which upmarket London department store has its headquarters at 181 Piccadilly where it was established in 1707? The shop was established by a footman in the household of Queen Anne and his landlord.
Fortnum and Mason
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Which English merchant served as the Tory Member of Parliament for Bristol from 1710 to 1713? He has risen back into public consciousness in the last week after his statue in the city was toppled due to his links with the Atlantic slave trade.
Edward Colston
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Recently described by the Russian Ministry of Education as vital historical and cultural heritage on the course of 20th-century domestic history. the non-fiction book The Gulag Archipelago is a work by which Russian author?
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Which 1995 Disney film was very loosely based on (and named after) the life of which historical figure who lived from 1596 to 1617?
Pocahontas
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The condition known as Sleeping Sickness or African trypanosomiasis is usually transmitted by a bite from which large fly that is native to Africa?
Tsetse Fly
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Which Hollywood icon served as the United States Ambassador to Ghana from 1974 to 1976 and Ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992? She also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States during her career.
Shirley Temple
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Brothers Ronnie Van Zant and Johnny Van Zant have both served as the lead vocalist of which American rock band? Ronnie was killed in a plane crash in October 1977.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Currently ranked the world's best pound for pound boxer by BoxRec and The Ring magazine which four weight Mexican boxing world champion has picked up notable wins against Gennady Golovkin Daniel Jacobs and Sergey Kovalev in the last 3 years?
Canelo Alvarez
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Considered his breakout film in which 1983 American teen comedy film did Tom Cruise star as Joel Goodson a high-achieing high school student who lives with his wealthy parents?
Risky Business
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Often equated with the Greek goddess Athena which woman in Roman mythology is the goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare? She is also the sponsor of arts trade and strategy.
Minerva
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Still the youngest Nobel laureate in the field of Physiology/Medicine winning aged 32 in 1923 which Canadian medical scientist is best known as the co-discoverer of Insulin and its therapeutic potential?
Frederick Banting
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Margot Robbie portrayed which actress in the 2019 film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood? The actress in question had her life ended in grizzly circumstances 50 years previously.
Sharon Tate
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First set foot on by Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen in 1930 which 2.7 million square kilometre region of Antarctica is claimed as a dependent territory by Norway?
Queen Maud Land
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Encouraging readers to “nourish the inner aspect” which celebrity is behind the website Goop? The website has often been the victim of mockery including for an article on Vaginal steaming.
Gwyneth Paltrow
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In 2015 Jay McGuiness won the 13th series of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. He had rose to fame as a member of which Anglo-Irish boy band who acheived two UK number one singles in the early 2010s?
The Wanted
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Named after the American physicist who invented it in 1929 which electrostatic generator consists of a belt of rubber (or a similar flexible dielectric material) moving over two rollers of differing material one of which is surrounded by a hollow metal sphere?
Van de Graaff Generator
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Particularly abundant in the Earth’s atmosphere where it is a potent Greenhouse Gas what name is given to the gaseous state of water?
Water Vapour
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The four southernmost islands of which volcanic archipelago in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast are the subject of an ongoing territory dispute between Russia and Japan?
Kuril Islands
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Ahmadou Ahidjo and Paul Biya have served as the only two Presidents of which African country since their 1960 independance from France?
Cameroon
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Widely regarded as one of the greatest individual performances in NBA playoff history which legendary European NBA Power Forward was named NBA Finals MVP when the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Miami Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals?
Dirk Nowitzki
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Which man who served as principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I from 20 December 1573 until his death in April 1590 is more commonly remembered for his role as her spymaster? He is notable for disrupting a range of plots against Elizabeth and securing the execution of Mary Queen of Scots.
Francis Walsingham
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Political scientist Pablo Iglesias Turrion founded which left wing populist party in Spain in 2014? The party is currently the 4th largest in the Spanish parliament with 35 seats in the national parliament.
Podemos
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Night on Bald Mountain is a series of compositions by which Russian composer (1839-1881)? Five years after the man in question's death Nikolai Rimsky-Korskaov produced his own arrangement of the work which brought it to much wider attention.
Modest Mussorgsky
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Which former English motorcycle racer won the 2004 and 2007 World Superbike Championships? Since retirement he has formed a namesake rock band and he is also married to musician Katie Melua.
James Toseland
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Which classic 1920 German silent horror film tells the story of an insane hypnotist (Werner Krauss) who uses a somnambulist (Conrad Veidt) to commit murders? It has been described by critic Roger Ebert as arguably the first true horror film.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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A statue of the Duke of Wellington is situated in which Hampshire town that is nicknamed the “Home of the British Army”?
Aldershot
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One of the most successful one hit wonders of all time the 1979 song Born to Be Alive was a worldwide hit for which French singer?
Patrick Hernandez
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Represented as wearing the sun as a crown which God is considered the creator deity in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology?
Viracocha
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Named for a gesture used in Roman gladiatorial fights the 1872 painting Pollice Verso is one of the most notable works of which French painter? He was a noted teacher of artists having mentored Mary Cassatt Thomas Eakins and Georges Ferdinand Bigot amongst others.
Jean-Leon Gerome
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Which 2011 Pulitzer Prize winning work of fiction by American author Jennifer Egan is a set of thirteen interrelated stories with a large set of characters all connected to Bennie Salazar a record company executive and his assistant Sasha?
A VIsit from the Goon Squad
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What does the acronym WIMP stand for in regards to hypothetical particles that are thought to constitute Dark Matter?
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles
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A notable critic of Sigmund Freud which female German psychoanalyst is maybe best known for her theory of Ten neurotic needs in humans?
Karen Horney
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The first sitcom to appear on ITV which sitcom that ran from 1957 to 1961 followed the exploits of Hut 29 a dysfunctional group of soldiers during their National Service conscription into the British Army during the post war years? William Hartnell Charles Hawtrey and Bernard Bresslaw all appeared in the series.
The Army Game
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Which town and district located in Bilecik Province Turkey is notable as the founding location and first capital of the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1335?
Sogut
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Which man who also works as a firefighter is the current UFC Heavyweight Champion? This is his 2nd reign as the Heavyweight Champion having also held the title from May 2016 to July 2018.
Stipe Miocic
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Dave Haywood Charles Kelley and Hillary Scott of which country music group have changed their civil war-related name unwittingly causing a name clash with Seattle-based blues singer Anita White who has used the name for 20 years?
Lady A(ntebellum)
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Which 19th/20th century playwright divided his early works into three sets calling them Plays Unpleasant Plays Pleasant and Three Plays for Puritans.
George Bernard Shaw
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Of the full length feature films produced by Pixar which features a live action element (i.e. not completely animated) where Fred Willard plays Shelby Forthright?
Wall-E
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What term first used in the 1950s and whose usage has grown steadily since is used for a process of injecting high-pressure liquid to recover gas and oil from shale rock?
Fracking
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P. camemberti and P. roqueforti are used in making cheese P. expansum is a post-harvest plant pathogen and P. chrysogenum (formerly P. notatum) is most famously the source of what antibiotic?
Penicillin
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Brook Sunapee Dolly Varden Lake Cutthroat Rainbow and Golden are among the different types of what game fish?
Trout
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What with chocolate and a graham cracker are traditionally the three ingredients that make up a s'more?
Marshmallow
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Who served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System under four U.S. Presidents - Reagan Bush Sr. Clinton and Bush Jr.?
Alan Greenspan
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Waiting to be Heard was the memoir of what repatriated American woman?
Amanda Knox
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A festival common among the Igbo people of Nigeria the Iwa ji celebrates what vegetable an extremely vital crop in the area?
Yam
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What prevalent architectural style in Medieval Europe until the 12th century was characterised by rounded arches large towers and groin vaults? It evolved into gothic a new style characterized by pointed arches flying buttresses and ribbed vaults lasting until the Renaissance architecture of the 15th century.
Romanesque
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The name for what ethnic group native to the mountainous regions of Nepal is also used idiomatically for a person employed as a porter or guide for mountaineering expeditions in the Himalayas.
Sherpa
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Nikki Finn Breathless Mahoney Mae Mordabito and Eva Perón are among the film characters portrayed by who?
Madonna
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The U.S. Declaration of Independence was approved and adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4 1776 in what city?
Philadelphia
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What is the expression that is typically represented in scripts and episode titles for the television show The Simpsons as annoyed grunt?
D'Oh
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What three unalienable rights are all men are endowed by their creator according to the preamble of the United States Declaration of Independence.
Life Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness
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What is the medical name of the periodontal disease that is inflammation of the gums indicated by redness swelling and bleeding and which can lead to the more serious periodontitis?
Gingivitis
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What French term translated as under chef is used in many restaurant kitchens for the direct assistant of the executive chef and second-in-command.
Sous Chef
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A photovoltaic power station is defined as one that generates power from what source?
Sunlight
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What messy sporting tradition is believed to have started on October 28 1984 involving New York Giants nose tackle Jim Burt and head coach Bill Parcells and was not celebratory in nature in its inaugural occurrence.
Gatorade Dunk
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The first instalment of the Harold & Kumar series of films tells the story of the title heroes' quest to find what restaurant?
White Castle
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What game a form of tag (or more precisely blind man's bluff) is played in a swimming pool and consists of the one who is 'it' and the other players calling and responding the first and last names of the person after whom the game is named.
Marco Polo
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Phil Stu and Alan travel to Las Vegas to attend a bachelor party celebrating the upcoming marriage of their friend Doug. This is the premise for what commercially and critically successful comedy film?
The Hangover
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What is the name of the mausoleum commissioned in 1632 by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife Arjumand Banu Begum?
Taj Mahal
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On the evening of 4 August 2009 who posted the following tweet on Twitter?: I’ll miss nurturing all the new talent but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day1become an international phenomenon. (sic)
Paula Abdul
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What is the name of the star also known as Beta Orionis which is the brightest star in the constellation Orion?
Rigel
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The Secret of the Old Clock The Hidden Staircase The Bungalow Mystery and The Mystery at Lilac Inn are the first four titles in what mystery book series?
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
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While himself a Turk like all fellow descendants of Tamerlane Babur in 1526 began an empire that came to be known by what name derived from a variant pronunciation of another ethnic group with which his family was associated?
Mughal Empire
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Which two nations were the belligerents in the War of Jenkins' Ear which lasted from 1739 to 1748 as a part of the broader War of Austrian Succession?
Spain Great Britain
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As a result of his company's initial public offering of stock on 7 November 2013 Chairman Jack Dorsey saw the value of his shares surpass $1 billion in value based on the company's first day closing price. What company?
Twitter
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Judy George Jane and Elroy: These are the first names of what TV family?
The Jetsons
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What term used in mathematics to designate a specific value in certain arithmetic operations is used commonly in finance for a payment of income by a company to its shareholders?
Dividend
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According to a popular folk song there was a farmer had a dog who shared a name with what name?
Bingo
134
What is the square dance call the term a corruption of the French for back-to-back which instructs partners to pass each other on right shoulders and then circle back-to-back returning to the original position by passing left shoulders?
Do-Si-Do
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What number is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number and the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive numbers?
Six
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The Committee of State Security in the Soviet Union a political security agency and police force formed in 1954 and dissolved in 1992 was known by what initialism?
Kgb
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Fallingwater is the name of a home located in Mill Run Pennsylvania and built for Pittsburgh department store owner Edgar J. Kaufmann and was designed by what architect?
Frank Lloyd Wright
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One of the most successful pop music debut singles of all time reaching number one in 27 countries and topping the annual critics polls of Rolling Stone Spin and The Village Voice was 1997's MMMBop by what band?
Hanson
139
Under the standard rules of chess there is one type of piece which must remain on squares of the same color for the entire game. Which piece is it?
Bishop
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The subjects in what famous painting are often assumed to be husband and wife but were meant by the artist to represent a father and daughter and were in reality the artist's sister and dentist?
American Gothic
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What African country is named after a product that was effectively banned from international commercial trade in 1989?
Côte D'Ivoire/Ivory Coast
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The popular musical recording artist Marshall Mathers is better know by what stage name?
Eminem
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221B Baker Street two short blocks from the Baker Street station on the Metropolitan Jubilee and Bakerloo lines of the London Underground is the famous residence of what literary character?
Sherlock Holmes
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The 2001 novel A Painted House about a rural Southern family of cotton farmers was what author's first bestseller outside the legal thriller genre?
John Grisham
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Who is the best known fictional bullfrog referred to by name in the lyrics of an early 1970s hit song?
Jeremiah
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What is the onomatopoetic name in English for the musical instrument which is known in France as a vielle à roue in Germany as a drehleier and in Italy as a ghironda?
Hurdy-Gurdy
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What country has the greatest ratio of north-south distance to east-west distance in its contiguous land territory with 2653 miles between its northernmost and southernmost points but only 221 miles at its widest?
Chile
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The name for the ancient land of Mesopotamia can be translated as between two rivers. What two rivers referenced by the name.
Tigris Euphrates
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St. Moritz Gstaad and Verbier are major ski resorts in what country?
Switzerland
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Philip Middlemiss was reported in May 2020 as wanted for questioning by police in Ghana over an alleged bribery scandal involving the sale of military planes. During the 1990s he played the role of what serial womaniser in Coronation Street?
Des Barnes
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The Italian noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo (née Gherardini) is believed to be the subject of which famous Leonardo da Vinci painting?
Mona Lisa / La Gioconda
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The highly classified United States Air Force facility located within the Nevada Test and Training Range officially called Homey Airport (KXTA) or Groom Lake is much more commonly known by which name and number?
Area 51
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Which Asian capital city is hoping to host the Summer Olympics and Paralympics in 2021
Tokyo
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The surnames of a member of the boy band Blue a literary captain and the best known name of a Roman Emperor gives you three of the biggest brands of shops in the UK best known for selling what beverage?
Coffee
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What surname links a real-life obstetrician and pioneer of fertility treatment with that of fictional father and son rag and bone men? In the American version these junk dealers share their surname with a city and airport in Florida? Either surname is acceptable for the point
Steptoe / Sanford
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Due to step down in August after being in power for 15 years the President of which African country Pierre Nkurunziza has unexpectedly died after suffering a cardiac arrest?
Burundi
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It means nothing to me but what was the name of the large fluffy cat owned by Rupert Rigbsy (played by Leonard Rossiter) in Rising Damp?
Vienna
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In the Royal Navy it's Lieutenant and in the RAF Flight Lieutenant what is the equivalent rank in both the British and US Army?
Captain
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In terms of the number of years in the role (not the number of films made) who is the longest serving actor to have played James Bond in the official EON series?
Daniel Wroughton Craig
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Originally it used to take place weekly on a Saturday but since 2018 which UK National Lottery game with a maximum prize of £500000 now takes place four times a week on a Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Saturday evening?
Thunderball
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Which colloquial name for people from Wiltshire is derived from a folk tale regarding contraband brandy hidden in a village pond and not for their appreciation of a 1979 film?
Moonrakers
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Before Newton had published his three laws of motion which German astronomer mathematician and astrologer had already published his three laws of planetary motion?
Johannes Kepler
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Which genus (type) of cloud has species called calvus and capillatus?
Cumulonimbus
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Julia Roberts portrayed Erin Brockovich in the 2000 film of the same name but who played the role of Julia (a waitress) in the same film?
Erin Brockovich-Ellis
165
Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1 is an 1871 artwork more usually known by what colloquial name derived from the artist's relationship to the subject?
Whistler's Mother
166
Some well-known actors died a death in the box office bomb that was Thunderbirds (2004). Sadly which actor who played Jeff Tracy in that film died for real in 2017?
Bill Paxton
167
What was the name of the hilarious recurring TV sketch featuring David Baddiel and Rob Newman as two elderly professors unable to discuss the subject in hand without resorting to trading puerile playground-style insults?
History Today
168
Five oblique bands of blue yellow red white and green radiating from the bottom of the hoist side describe the flag of which republic?
The Seychelles
169
The Triglav National Park derives its name from the highest peak of the Julian Alps and is the only national park in which country?
Slovenia
170
Whilst Aston Villa vs. Sheffield United is scheduled to be the first match this week of the resumed English Premier League season name EITHER of the teams scheduled to play in the first English Championship match since the enforced break?
Fulham / Brentford
171
We all know where Neil Armstong Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin and Michael Collins were in July 1969 but in which year were they all born?
1930
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The two main international airports of which American city have the IATA codes ORD and MDW?
Chicago
173
What is the three-word term introduced by The Economist as an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies? It derives it name from an iconic item created by Jim Delligatti
Big Mac Index
174
The verse of Eric Carman's 1975 release 'All By Myself' was based on the second movement of which composer's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Opus 18
Sergei Rachmaninoff
175
A son of and a successor to Solomon his name is also used as a wine bottle size who was the first king of the Kingdom of Judah?
Rehoboam
176
Which 25 year old Spanish golfer is currently second in the official golf world rankings behind Rory McIlroy?
Jon Rahm (Rodríguez)
177
If you excluded all the mountains in the Himalayas-Karakoram range which would be the highest mountain (above sea level) in the world?
Tirich Mir / Terich Mir / Terichmir / Turch Mir
178
Sharing her surname with a part of London who was the previous actress to portray Tracy Barlow in Coronation Street before the current incumbent Kate Ford?
Dawn Acton
179
What's this word? Singularly it's a colloquial name for a native of Costa Rica. It appears twice consecutively in a popular Brazilian song written by Zequinha de Abreu recorded by Ethel Smith The Andrews Sisters and Carmen Miranda amongst others?
Tico (Tico Tico)
180
Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract are cornerstones in modern political and social thought by which 18th century Geneva born philosopher writer and composer?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
181
What first name and surname is shared by the main protagonist of two completely separately works of fiction one by H.G. Wells and the other by Susan Hill? I need their first name and surname not the works!
Arthur Kipps (Kipps and The Woman in Black)
182
A sitcom running originally on CBS from 1951-1957 what was the first TV show produced by Desilu Productions a Los Angeles Production Company?
I Love Lucy
183
Which dimensionless quantity in fluid mechanics was introduced by George Stokes in 1851 but named in 1908 by Arnold Sommerfeld after someone else entirely who had popularised its use in 1883?
Reynolds Number
184
Later the teacher of legendary prima ballerina Anna Pavlova which Russian prima ballerina and instructor became famous for first dancing the role of Nikiya in 1877 Marius Petipa's ballet La Bayadère?
Yekaterina Ottovna Vazem / Ekaterina Vazem / Екатери́на Отто́вна Ва́зем
185
Adding the atomic numbers from the titles of a 1982 Spandau Ballet UK #2 a 1992 Nirvana UK #11 and a 2012 David Guetta UK #1 featuring Sia gives you WHICH periodic table element? I need the element not its atomic number!
Rutherfordium (104 = Gold 79 + Lithium 3 + Titanium 22)
186
In which 1887 Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera in two acts does Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd flee the ancestral home to avoid inheriting the family curse of having to commit a daily crime or else die an agonising death?
Ruddigore
187
Together with the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries which is the third anterior/midline branch of the abdominal aorta in humans? A two-word term is required
Celiac / Coeliac Artery / Trunk / Truncus Coeliacus
188
Otto Luyken the director of Hesse Tree Nurseries in Weener Germany bred and has a variety of which species of evergreen shrub named after him? Either the common two-word name or binomial is acceptable
Cherry Laurel / Prunus laurocerasus
189
What was the name of the fictional character played by Mickey Rooney in a series of 16 MGM films between 1937 and 1946?
Andy Hardy
190
Which Australian-born artist best known for his sculptures of Hollywood celebrities created the painting Homage a Henri Rousseau which became the cover artwork for the Fleetwood Mac album Tango in the Night?
Brett-Livingstone Strong
191
Whilst sitting in the front row at the Barbican during a RSC production of Measure for Measure I was handed a business card advertising his services by which character a pimp who acquires customers for Mistress Overdone? A two-word name is needed
Pompey Bum
192
Whilst the Polish word 'odbitka' (odd-bit-ka) denotes a shop where you can make copies of your photographs/documents the Polish word 'odbyt' (odd-bit) however describes something very different the proper name of which body part?
Anus (accept similar words)
193
Which English actor made his final onscreen appearance before retirement in the 2017 music video for Shield by Jayce Lewis. This actor had also previously acted as a promoter for Lewis
Dave Prowse
194
Name ANY ONE of the three starter Pokémon you could choose in the Diamond and Pearl instalments of the Nintendo DS game?
Turtwig / Chimcar / Piplup
195
Thanks to the skill and generousity of the wonderful NHS here in the UK your setter is the proud owner of three TEVARs but what does this acronym stand for? A four-word answer is required
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair / Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair
196
Sharing her surname with an English comedian which one time fiancée of Napoleon Bonaparte was then briefly engaged to Mathurin-Léonard Duphot a French general but ultimately married Jean Bernadotte (another French general) who went on to found the royal house of Bernadotte as King Charles XIV John of Norway and Sweden?
(Bernardine Eugénie) Désirée Clary
197
In Germany there's 16 Länder in Hungary 19 megye but what are the 22 top level administrative divisions of Libya known as?
Shabiyat / Sha'biyat
198
Which American developmental biologist notable for his views on epigenetics claims in his 2005 book The Biology of Belief that beliefs control human biology rather than DNA and inheritance?
Bruce Harold Lipton
199
What three-word name is shared by a 1993 Japanese Anime series a 2012 Japanese TV Series and a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki that has been published since 1987?
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
200
Formally designated as C/1847 T1 this non-periodic comet was later named in honour of which American astronomer librarian naturalist and educator who discovered it in 1847? Either the name of the astronomer or the comet will be fine
Maria Mitchell / Miss Mitchell's Comet
201
What word can be a seed and oil used in cooking a Street with Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch as residents and a word that follows Open... as a magical phrase used to enter a cave in Ali Baba And The Forty Thieves?
Sesame
202
By the end of the week they might have done so what football club managed by Jurgen Klopp are 25 points clear in the Premier League and set to end a 30 year wait for a top flight title win?
Liverpool
203
What country's flag was from 1977 to 2011 a single green field? They have since updated to horizontal bands of red black and green with a crescent moon and star in the middle.
Libya
204
Alongside gas liquid and solid what is the other natural observable state of matter? It is also a term for the majority of the human body's blood volume.
Plasma
205
What type of cuisine a rhyming 2 words of 3 letters connected with a hyphen and referring to a state in the US and a country respectively includes heavy use of cheese meat beans salsa and flour tortillas?
Tex-Mex
206
Considered as a loose re-telling of Hamlet what 1994 Disney film tells the story of Simba dealing with the death of his father Mufasa before returning to Pride Rock to take the place of the tyrant Scar?
The Lion King
207
What word describes any water-based solution with a pH of less than 7? Black coffee lemon juice and urine are all common examples.
Acids
208
The phrase det svenska vemodet refers to a particular type of melancholy of which nationality? It can be heard in pop songs such as Robyn's Dancing on my Own and ABBA's The Winner Takes It All.
Sweden
209
Chinstrap Emperor Adelie and Macaroni are all types of what innately hilarious aquatic bird?
Penguin
210
What name is shared by the Lee Majors character in The Six Million Dollar Man and the wrestler with nickname Stone Cold to date the only man to give a Stone Cold Stunner to the current US president at a Wrestlemania?
Steve Austin
211
Between them they are responsible for 25% of Great Britain's Winter Olympic gold medals what event have Amy Williams and Lizzy Yarnold won all women's gold medals since 2010?
Skeleton
212
Adding together all prime numbers under 10 sums to what two-digit prime number?
17
213
The only time one deceased artist replaced another deceased artist at UK #1 in the singles charts was in January 2002 - the first died tragically at 22 years old while the second died at 58. Name either artist.
Aaliyah/George Harrison
214
Who came to national attention with their blog Cooking on a Bootstrap and has since published several cookbooks focusing on 'austerity recipes' and meals which can be made on a tight budget the latest being 2019's Tin Can Cook?
Jack Monroe
215
What passenger steamship at its time the longest in the world and designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel is now docked at Bristol Harbour?
SS Great Britain
216
What hip-length tailored coat with a mandarin collar is named after the first Prime Minister of India?
Nehru jacket
217
Launched in the UK late last year what steaming service intended to be a rival to Netflix and Amazon Prime what digital video subscription service combines current and past series from BBC ITV Channel 4 and Channel 5?
Britbox
218
Paddy Duffy always has a right moan on whenever there aren't enough questions on Ireland. With that in mind what river of West Ulster flows from the confluence of Finn and Mourne at Lifford passes through Derry and ultimately discharges into the Atlantic Ocean?
River Foyle
219
What characteristic is shared by the Roman god Janus and a Batman villain portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones in the film Batman Forever?
Two faces
220
During its six season run and subsequent films who played the role of Charlotte York in Sex and the City?
Kristin Davis
221
A classic case of sporting near-miss who made six snooker World Championship finals without winning most excruciatingly losing the 1994 final on a final frame decider against Stephen Hendry?
Jimmy White
222
What compound word refers to any visual representation of data or knowledge intended to present information? Though the London Underground map is an example they have become particularly prevalent in recent years as seen on the sub-Reddit Data is Beautiful.
Infographic
223
This is the logo of what major Swedish manufacturer of commercial vehicles specifically trucks and buses? Inexplicably videos of these vehicles are by far our toddler son's favourite videos to watch on YouTube.
Scania
224
The traditional European concept of the three estates of the realm referred to the clergy the nobility and the commoners. For what did the offshoot term the fourth estate a term used today come to represent?
Press or news media
225
Essentially describing a predominant usage of the code itself for what does the Q in the coding language SQL stand for?
Query
226
What Biblical name was given to both the last David Bowie single released in his lifetime and an off-Broadway musical with music and lyrics written by Bowie?
Lazarus
227
What is the capital city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh? Despite the states well known status as the most populous country subdivision in the world the city is only the 14th largest in India.
Lucknow
228
What columnist for The Guardian newspaper became the first woman to win Sports Journalist of the Year at the Sports Journalist Association awards in February 2020? She also writes on politics in the paper having previously penned the Lost in Showbiz column.
Marina Hyde
229
A question from your setters royalist wife Brenda. At what venue the first time that it had been used for a royal wedding since Edward III married did the Duke and Duchess of Kent marry in 1961? The couple were married by Michael Ramsey.
York Minster
230
In 2018 Virgil Abloh became the first black male artistic director of what leading luxury fashion house? His debut show was held at the 2018 Paris Men's Fashion Week and staged in the Palais-Royal gardens.
Louis Vuitton
231
What group of islands in the Malay Archipelago that can be divided into Greater and Lesser parts includes Borneo Java Sumatra and Bali?
Sunda Islands
232
Never mind the crisps. What Ben and Jerry's flavour that references a rock band formed in Vermont in 1983 consists of chocolate ice cream marshmallow and caramel swirls and chocolate pieces?
Phish Food
233
From May 1861 to April 1865 what now state capital was the capital of the Confederate States of America?
Richmond
234
Rising to #1 on the book charts following the Black Lives Matter protests whose debut non-fiction novel in 2017 was Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race?
Reni Eddo-Lodge
235
With 9 gold medals to the 2nd place Great Britain's 4 what country are by far the most dominant in men's Water Polo history? Despite golds in 2000-2008 they have failed to finish in the top 4 in the last 2 Games.
Hungary
236
In what county of England would you find Charterhouse School?
Surrey
237
An extreme form of scepticism what philisophical idea states that only one's mind is sure to exist and that any external world might not exist outside the mind?
Solipsism
238
What series of video games made cult heroes out of Mark Kerr Tonton Zola Moukoko and Cherno Samba among many others?
Championship/Football Manager
239
What comedian a regular on Never Mind The Buzzcocks completes the title of a jazz standard Won't You Come Home...? The song also featured in the musical film The Five Pennies.
Bill Bailey
240
Which Florentine sculptor and painter was best known as the creator of the bronze doors at the Florence Baptistery later called the Gates of Paradise by Michelangelo?
Lorenzo Ghiberti
241
What was the maiden name of the Ukrainian ballet dancer who after dancing in Diaghilev's Parade met and eventually married Pablo Picasso?
Olga Khokhlova
242
What Dutch biologist was the first to observe and describe red blood cells and also demonstrated the various phases during the life of an insect?
Jan Swammerdam
243
Who in May 2020 left their role as CEO of Sainsbury's they had held since 2014? In 2018 he was caught singing We're In The Money on microphone after being interviewed over a potential merger with Asda.
Mike Coupe
244
What animal pictured here from the order Dermoptera is called a flying lemur despite the two drawbacks of it (a) not flying and (b) not being a lemur?
Colugo
245
An uprising planned by the Sealed Knot during Oliver Cromwell's reign is named after which colonel of Wiltshire village Compton Chamberlayne?
John Penruddock
246
What trance DJ teamed up with musician Andy Gray as part of Elementfour - most famous for writing and recording the theme tune to the reality TV show Big Brother in the UK?
Paul Oakenfold
247
What tradition dating from the Soviet Union but continuing in modern Russia consists of volunteer unpaid work on weekends? They became de facto obligatory in what was joked as a voluntary-compulsive way.
Subbotnik (accept voskresnik)
248
What online broadcast popular in South Korea and often screened on YouTube or Twitch sees the host consume food while interacting with the audience?
Mukbang
249
The premiere saw Gemma Bellincioni take the role what peasant girl a soprano is the lead role in the opera Cavalleria Rusticana?
Santuzza
250
What street in the UNESCO World Heritage in George Town Malaysia is famed for its rich cultural history and street art? It is named after a country from where many settled and shaped the area's multicultural character and is a popular photo opportunity for easily-pleased tourists.
Armenian Street
251
The Taoiseach is the title given to the head of government in which EU member state? The role is currently held by Leo Varadkar although will be held on a rotating basis if a coalition government is formed following the February 2020 general election there.
Republic of Ireland
252
First published in 1931 what name is given to the book setting out information advice guides and mandatory rules for road users in the United Kingdom with the objective of promoting road safety?
Highway Code
253
Prior to beginning his tennis career in earnest Fred Perry was a world champion in which indoor racquet sport nowadays dominated by Chinese players and alternatively known as ping-pong?
Table tennis
254
What eight-letter term would a speaker of US English use where a speaker of UK English might refer to a pavement?
Sidewalk
255
Metaphysics epistemology ethics and aesthetics are subfields of which subject the study of general and fundamental questions about existence knowledge values reason mind and language? WikiQuiz regulars will recall Rob Hannah's tour de force set of quizzes on this subject a month or two ago.
Philosophy
256
What is the name of the retrovirus most commonly known by a three letter initialism (which you may give as your answer) which over time causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)?
HIV or human immunodeficiency virus
257
Which Austrian composer is known as 'The Father of the Symphony' having composed over 100 including The Surprise and The Clock?
Franz Josef Haydn
258
Broadcast on 90-92 FM which BBC nationwide radio station focuses predominantly on classical music and opera also featuring some jazz world music theatre culture and the arts?
Radio 3
259
Mount Elbert in Colorado is the highest point in which North American mountain range which runs north to south in the west of that continent from northern British Columbia to New Mexico?
Rocky Mountains
260
Kronborg Castle in Helsinger Denmark was immortalised as Elsinore in which Shakespeare tragedy also his longest play?
Hamlet
261
What size and colour were the Rolling Stones' Rooster in 1964 Prince's Corvette in 1983 and the Book that the Drifters compared You favourably to A Number in in 1976?
Little Red
262
In which modern day country did the period of political crisis known as the Time of Troubles last from the end of the Rurik dynasty in 1598 until the accession of Michael I of the house of Romanov in 1613?
Russia
263
Which taxonomic rank between family and species is also the name of the standard (i.e. non-themed) Trivial Pursuit edition? A common mistake is to think this word has an i inserted between its third and fourth letters in the Trivial Pursuit context which instead produces a word that you certainly don't need to be to win it.
Genus
264
In fluid dynamics what dimensionless quantity is obtained by calculating the ratio of flow velocity past a boundary to the local speed of sound? A sonic boom may be heard when this quantity rises above 1 for an object.
Mach number
265
Ben Miller Kris Marshall Ardal O'Hanlon and Ralf Little have all played the central figure in which BBC crime drama series which has run since 2011 in which the police investigate crimes on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie?
Death in Paradise
266
The Rivers Witham Welland Nene (which some quizzers like to debate how to pronounce) and Great Ouse feed which large bay and estuary in eastern England?
The Wash
267
The fossa the tenrec and the lemur are among the numerous animal species endemic to which large island whose many unique fauna arise because it broke away from continental land masses so long ago?
Madagascar
268
The Japanese company YKK is the world's largest manufacturer of what type of fastening commonly found on many clothing items? Feminist Erica Jong coined the term ***less fuck for sexual intercourse without emotional involvement or commitment in her 1973 work Fear of Flying where *** is the name of this fastener.
Zip
269
The successful architect Halvard Solness is the central figure of which 1892 play by Henrik Ibsen?
The Master Builder
270
Not one of its three designated capital cities what is the largest city by population in South Africa?
Johannesburg
271
Achieved by scoring twelve strikes in a row what is the highest score possible in a game of ten pin bowling?
300
272
Which two rival cadet branches of the House of Plantaganet fought in the Wars of the Roses?
Lancaster and York
273
Also giving its name to a TV series Ninjago introduced in 2011 is a ninja-themed line of products made by which toy company?
Lego
274
What ten letter word means in astronomy a large bright gaseous feature extending out from the sun's surface and in topography a measure of a hill's summit relative to the lowest contour line encircling it but with no higher hill within it?
Prominence
275
Depicting its subject a young man standing upon a rocky precipice with his back to the viewer Wanderer Above The Sea of Fog is considered the masterpiece of which German romantic artist?
Caspar David Friedrich
276
Following the 2020 death of Kirk Douglas who took over as the oldest living winner of a Best Actor having won for Lilies of the Field? He had a memorable 1967 with starring roles in To Sir With Love Guess Who's Coming To Dinner and In the Heat of the Night that year.
Sidney Poitier
277
Which Russian impresario founded and served as Art Director of the Ballet Russes until his death in 1929?
Serge Diaghilev
278
Ernest Shackleton is buried in Grytviken formerly the chief whaling station and largest settlement on which island in the South Atlantic a British overseas territory with the South Sandwich Islands? Two word answer needed.
South Georgia
279
Claudia Octavia Poppaea Sabina and Statilia Messalina were the three wives of which Roman Emperor?
Nero
280
Which geological era whose association with the dinosaurs has caused it to be known as the Age of Reptiles is divided into the Triassic Jurassic and Cretaceous eras?
Mesozoic
281
Which Swedish word meaning speed play refers to relatively unstructed fitness training alternating periods of faster running with periods of slower running as the participant wishes? Juvenile English-speaking quizzers may find the name somewhat entertaining.
Fartlek
282
Which CEO of Big Cat Rescue is the deadly rival of Joe Exotic in the 2020 Netflix true crime documentary series Tiger King?
Carole Baskin
283
What was the most noteworthy aspect of the war fought for four years between 1974 and 1978 in Gombe Tanzania which resulted in a decisive victory for the Kasakela group led by Figan?
It was fought by Chimpanzees
284
Which Puerto Rican baseball player who spent his entire career at Pittsburgh Pirates was the first Latin American player to win a World Series MVP and to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame the latter honour coming one year after his his death aged 38 in a plane crash in his native land?
Roberto Clemente
285
Which Nigerian-born British writer was shortlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction for her debut novel My Sister the Serial KIller losing out to Tayari Jones' The Millionaire?
Oyinkan Braithwaite
286
Which northern hemisphere constellation is unique in being split into two non-contiguous parts referred to as its Caput (head) and Caudens (tail)? Ophiuchus is located between these two parts.
Serpens or The Serpent
287
With a name derived from the French for 'scrape' which fondue-like dish originating in Switzerland involves heating the namesake cheese and eating the melted scrapings with potatoes gherkins and dried meats?
Raclette
288
The Sutlej is the longest of which geographical group of five?
The five rivers in Punjab
289
We all know which pop singer's real name is Stefani Germanotta but what is the name of her latest album featuring the singles Stupid Love and Rain on Me and released in May 2020?
Chromatica
290
Regarded as one of the most controversial US Supreme Court decisions of all time in which 1944 decision did the court uphold the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II finding that the need to protect against espionage outweighed the individual rights of American citizens?
Korematsu v United States
291
Vinz Hubert and Said are three teenage inhabitants of a council estate in the banlieues of Paris in which 1995 film directed by Matthieu Kassovitz whose French name translates into English as 'hatred'?
La Haine
292
What name is shared by the northernmost island in the Cyclades and the archipelago in the Bahamas politically considered a single island which is larger than all the other 700 Bahamian islands combined?
Andros
293
Which French League 2 football club who play at Stade Gabriel Montpied unusually for a men's side had two female managers in a row between 2014 and 2017 Helena Costa and Corinne Diacre?
Clermont Foot 63
294
In a misguided effort to introduce all birds mentioned in the works of Shakespeare to the US which amateur ornithologist released 100 European starlings into Central Park in 1890-91? It is thought that some 200 million starlings have descended from those 100 causing native species to struggle amid other ecological damage.
Eugene Schieffelin
295
I don't always set questions on memes but when I do I make them tough. The Most Interesting Man In The World meme depicting a charismatic white-haired gentleman and wording of the form I don't always X but when I do I Y is based on a US advertising campaign for which Mexican beer brand whose bottles contain the Roman numerals XX?
Dos Equis (two Xs)
296
Which US comedian known as the King of the One Liners played himself in the 1990 film Goodfellas? His most famous one-liner was Take my wife .... please!
Henny Youngman
297
Led by singer and guitarist Trevor Steel which is the only British band to have had a US number one while not charting at all in the UK with the number one in question (Wild Wild West) having come in 1988?
Escape Club
298
Which two chemists one American and one Austrian give their names to a method of electrolysis on an aqueous alkali chloride solution (usually sodium chloride solution) to produce the corresponding alkali hydroxide?
Hamilton Castner and Carl Kellner
299
Which symbol is a representation of the Hindu deity Shiva often represented with the Yoni a symbol of female creative energy the two together representing the two in oneness of male and female?
Lingam
300
Which Internet adage asserts that without a clear indicator of the author's intent it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the views being parodied?
Poe's Law
