GK 4 Flashcards
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.
Bees
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.
Instagram (or IG)
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.
Mouth
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?
Don Bradman
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?
Batman
Bösendorfer Mason and Hamlin and Steinway and Sons are most famous for manufacturing what keyboard instruments?
Pianos
During his later career Claude Monet produced hundreds of paintings of what flowers found in the garden of his Giverny residence?
Water lilies
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?
Berlin Wall
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?
Wes Anderson
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?
Hercule Poirot
Blue Monday and True Faith are songs by which band who formed as successors to Joy Division after the death of Ian Curtis?
New Order
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.
Alabama
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?
800 metres and 1500 metres
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?
Baja California
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.
Rabies
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.
Toni Morrison
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.
Iceland
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?
Meatballs
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?
Coupon
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?
John Wick
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?
Austerlitz
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’?
Bud Light
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.
Coffins
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?
Miserere
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Bernardo O’Higgins was one of the founding fathers of which South American country?
Chile
The term ‘sabermetrics’ which describes an analytic and statistics-driven approach to studying baseball was coined by which statistician and baseball writer?
Bill James
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Gao was the capital of which West African empire of the 15th and 16th centuries which rivalled the Mali Empire for regional dominance?
Songhai
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
What is the profession of the classic Nintendo video game character Super Mario?
Plumber
Diamond and Graphite are two of the most commonly found allotropes of which chemical element?
Carbon
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
What poultry sounding name is given to the feet of achieving three strikes in a row during a game of ten-pin bowling?
Turkey
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
Which 3 letters begin the names of the capital city’s of both The Gambia and The Central African Republic?
BAN
Gouda Edam and Maasdam are all types of Cheese that are made in which EU country?
Netherlands
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ahmadou Ahidjo and Paul Biya have served as the only two Presidents of which African country since their 1960 independance from France?
Cameroon
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
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
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
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
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
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
A statue of the Duke of Wellington is situated in which Hampshire town that is nicknamed the “Home of the British Army”?
Aldershot
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
Represented as wearing the sun as a crown which God is considered the creator deity in the pre-Inca and Inca mythology?
Viracocha
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
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
What does the acronym WIMP stand for in regards to hypothetical particles that are thought to constitute Dark Matter?
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
Brook Sunapee Dolly Varden Lake Cutthroat Rainbow and Golden are among the different types of what game fish?
Trout
What with chocolate and a graham cracker are traditionally the three ingredients that make up a s’more?
Marshmallow
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
Waiting to be Heard was the memoir of what repatriated American woman?
Amanda Knox
A festival common among the Igbo people of Nigeria the Iwa ji celebrates what vegetable an extremely vital crop in the area?
Yam
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
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
Nikki Finn Breathless Mahoney Mae Mordabito and Eva Perón are among the film characters portrayed by who?
Madonna
The U.S. Declaration of Independence was approved and adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4 1776 in what city?
Philadelphia
What is the expression that is typically represented in scripts and episode titles for the television show The Simpsons as annoyed grunt?
D’Oh
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
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
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
A photovoltaic power station is defined as one that generates power from what source?
Sunlight
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
