Jeoparsy prep Flashcards
Title of which 1995 Rushdie novel taken from sotry of Boabdil last king of Granada? Key events in India in 1990s including demolition of Babri Masjid and 1993 Bombay bombings.
The Moor’s Last Sigh
Lake Kariba is worlds largest reservoir by volume, formed namesake dam on which river, empties out in Indian Ocean in Mozambique?
Zambezi
Five letter Italian word in music is slower than lento but faster than Grave?
Largo
Which spirits of Haitian voudou act as intermediaries between creator Bondye and human? Analogous to cuban Orishas and Yoruba Orishas.
Loas
Poet whose first published work phases appeared in poetry magazine in 1914 poems include the emperor of ice cream and 13 ways of looking at a blackbird his collection harmonium
Wallace stevens
Following suleiman the magnificent rise to throne in 1520, Ottoman Empire saw rise in number of influential and powerful women controlling affairs within imperial palace. Name usually given to this period that lasted 150 years.
The Sultanate of Women
Hyperbolic geometry often called ____ geometry or Bolyai-_____ geometry after which Russian Copernicus of geometry? 1829 publish details of fully developed non Euclidean geometry.
Lobachevsky
The Bents were among first western archaeologist to investigate which Ethiopian city?
Axum
In Haitian voudou, what Loa of death and cemeteries is commonly depicted as a skeletal figure wearing top hat and black coattails?
Baron Samedi
Which poet was author of the red wheelbarrow and this is just to say
William Carlos Williams
Second largest African river to flow into Indian Ocean after Zambezi does so 900km south in Mozambique? Upper Zambezi used to flow into this river:
Limpopo
Seven letter Italian word used in music for generic fast tempo: faster than moderato but slower than vivace?
Allegro
Canova sculpture of two Greek mythology figures: one of them pass butterfly to other, in another one revives the other with a kiss?
Cupid and Psyche
Whcih cigar smoking loa of Haitian voudou often depicted with cane and straw hat? This Loa associated with crossroads because he opens and closes gate between Earth and realm of the gods.
Papa Legba
Whcih seven letter Italian word is used in music for fairly slow music, slower than moderato but faster than adagio?
Andante
Antonio Canova also produced a statue of which of the military leader dressed as a Roman general of it was destroyed in a fire in 1831 as figure was also the picture of Zeus in a sculpture by Horatio Greennow and a fresco by Constantino Brumidi depicts his apotheosis
George Washington
Commonly depicted drinking rum and chilli peppers and symbolism black rooster; Loa of death is consort of baron samedi. Similar sounding Irish Saint whose feast day is Imbolc.
Maman Brigitte
Which six letter word used in music for extremely fast tempo even faster than vivace? Summer by Vivaldi.
Presto
Big painting by George’s Seurat at the art institute of chicago of life on the Seine/
A Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte
Which opera has a song “Il Dolce Suono” referred to commonly as the Mad Scene?
Lucia di Lammermoor
Many Hindus chose to fast during festivals such as Navaratri which honours which goddess, depicted riding tigers and fighting buffalo demon Mahishasura?
Durga
La Venta is a pre Colombian archaeological site in the Mexican state of Tabasco that is best known for its enourmoia basalt heads carved by which early meaoamerican civilisation?
Olmecs
The bronze head of Ife is a large copper alloy sculpture from 14th and 15th century. Depicts head of a king of which west African ethnic group found primarily in nigeria Togo and Benin.
Yoruba
Name commonly used for three species in Canidae family: the black-backed, side-striped and the golden? African golden wolf once considered one of these. They are africa/Eurasia equivalent of coyotes in North America/
Jackals
Separating Yemen on the Arabian peninsula from the Horn of Africa which strait that connects the red Sea to the Gulf of Aden has the name of the road from the Arabic the gate of lamentation
Bab-el-Mandeb
major process in which African country during the Arab spring went to President Omar al Bashir announcing he would not seek a further ten past two thousand and fifteen ELAD he lied I was a coup in two thousand and nineteen
Sudan
Essais (Essays) is the title of three books published between 1580 and 1595 but a French philosopher who is credited with popularising the essay as a literary genre. Also essays is written by an English philosopher of empiricism died effects of freezing on meat preservatio.n
Michel de Montaigne and Francis Bacon
Which Arabic term translating approximately as of the Dawn is used for the meal consumed by Muslims in the morning before fasting starts during Ramadan
Suhur
Sutherland’s last full length performance in an opera was as Marguerite the Valois in which opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer about the French wars of religion?
Les Huguenots
Ismail I founded which dynasty in 1501 in Iran? First native Persian dynasty to rule since Muslim conquest of the Sassanians in the 7th century.
Safavid Dynasty
Collected essays on the sociology of religion was work published in 1920 and 21 by rich socialist and political economics German other major works include the religion of China Confucianism Taoism and the religion of India the sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism
Max Weber
Worlds longest species of lizard is it found only in New Guinea and belongs to which family of large carnivorous lizards many species in this family are semi aquatic and his family also increase the grammar and the Komodo dragon
Monitor lizards
What name is given to the complex of DNA DNA and proteins that make up a eukaryotic chromosome it may exist as a highly convinced coiled arrangement or a more likely pack open form that is accessible for transcription these two forms of prefix hetero and EU respectively
Chromatin
The Rakes Progress opera with libretto by WH Auden and Chester Kallman was music by which Russian composer? Premiered Venice 1951.
Igor Stravinsky
Alphonse Mucha produced seven art nouveau posters to promote appearances of which 19th century French actress’s in plays such as Dumas’s La Dame aux Camelias and Hamlet?
Sarah Bernhardt
Which is largest cityninnnorthbofn nigeria? Largest Hausa speaking city in the world and cultural hub for Hausa.
Kano
Which Muegel emperor stayed with his Ismails son Tahmasp in the Safavid court, he was the son of Babur?
Humayun
Weber argues that Calvinist enterprise had a profound effect on economic growth in the bath of modern economies in northern Europe in which 19 0485 book that ends with discussion of an iron cage or shell hard as steel brought about by the increased rationalisation and bureaucratic Seshan of society
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Which striking mountain in the Guyanan Highlands is the highest of the packer Rama chain of tabletop mountain some shares its name with a northern state of Brazil straddling the borders of Venezuela Brazil in Guyana this Mountain sports with served as the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle is the lost world
Mount Roraima
Which small proteins with a high proportion of positively charged amino acids bind to DNA and play a key role in chromatin structure these proteins act as spools around which DNA is wrapped
Histones
Built by the Genovese in 1348 in Romanesque style as a Christian building Galata tower got its famous cone shaped roof a few hundred years later on the Muslim rule it is located in which city is the most populous country but not the capital
Istanbul
Tibulous, Propertius and Ovid all wrote type of poem consisting of alternating dactylic hexameters and pentameters. Poems often sorrow; longing or remembrance m, term later been used for melancholy or sombre works in general. what word?
Elegy
City capital of Rivers State considered the commercial centre of Nigerian oil industry?
Port Harcourt
Which city is capital of Nigeria’s Edo state and home to majority of Edo speakers? The Oba was hereditary ruler of Edo people and palace good site.
Benin City
Mucha first poster for Sarah Bernhardt depicted in Sardou’s play Gismonda. Also in which other Sardou play depicting an opera singer and turned into Puccini opera?
La Tosca
Along with Weber and Durkheim the other major classical sociologist of religion was Karl Marx who famously described religion as the A-Team of the masses and work the critique excerpts taken from which man is 1820 book elements of the philosophy of right
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Which city largest in nigeria at independence but since overtaken by Lagos and Kano? Capital of Oyo and lies in centr of Yoruba homeland.
Ibadan
Horace wrote books of 18 of these; Juvenal wrote 16 of these. What are theyV
Satires
Which word meaning house of gods in Pemon language is given to table top mountains such as Mount Roraima and Angel Falls?
Tepui
Sarah Bernhardt also appeared in The Woman of Samaria, also L’Aiglon as Napoleon II, most famous of this playwright was Cyrano de Bergerac?
Edmond Rostand
Van Gogh best known for sunflowers but also painted noted series of works depicting which other flower while at asylum during final years? 1987 one painting became most expensive ever sold.
Iris
In 1893 Gandhi went to which South African province discovered by Vasco de Gama on Christmas Day?
Natal
Palermo was founded as Ziz meaning flower by which civilisation from Levant region whose territory centre in Lebanon,l? Name we know these people likely refers to best known export a sought after dye also known as Tyrian purple.
Phoenicians
Acid found in vinegar
Acetic acid
Gandhi made decision to fight racial discrimination in South Africa at which city’s railway station? Capital and second largest of KwaZulu-Natal.
Pietermaritzburg
Derived from Sanskrit for five principles “Pancasila” was founding philosophical theory of which country? 1944 by future President founded.
Indonesia
In January 1900, Gandhi formed a group of more than 1k stretcher bearers to support British troooa against the Boers. Which battle saw then at frontline supporting forces in besieged city of Ladysmith? Winston churchill also here as war correspondent.
Battle of Spion Kop
Name given to humans preceded Homo sapiens (2m to 100k before ago) includes Java Man and Peking Man
Homo Erectus
Which word from sanskritnforbflowing around given to cycle of births and deaths in which all are subjectV in jainism etc.
Samsara
In Buddhism you escape Samsara by nirvana; what is the term for escape samsara in Hinduism from Sanskrit for to free?
Moksha
Term derived ultimately from Latin for head became popular and used for Franco title in 1938
Caudillo
In jainism what name from Sanskrit for Ford-maker, is given to spiritual teacher who has conquered samsara and provides bridge for others to follow him from samsara to moksha? According to Jainism, always exactly 24 of these teachers every cycle.
Tirthankara
Who played Alf Roberts for over 30 years in Corrie! He also played gangster killed by Michael Caine I. Get Carter
Bryan Mosley
Which English javelin thrower from leeds took silver for England at three commonwealth games running 1986-94? Since been Jessica Ennis coach
Mick Hill
What T is a ball sport that is played on a curved table combining elements of sepak takraw and table tennis? Currently 4 Hungarians in world top ten.
Teqball
In Taming of the Shrew who is sister of title character Katherina?
Bianca
Jamie Lee Curtis won a best supporting actress bafta in 1984 for playing prostitute Amelia
Trading Places
Designed by Mohamed Hamzah and adopted it in 1950, which commonwealth country’s flag is nicknamed Stripes of Glory?
Malaysia
Which NYC crime boss set up italian American civil rights league and assisted in production of 1972 movie The Godfather?
Joe Colombo
Freddie Mercury real name
Farrukh Bulsara
Wat Tyler leader of peasants revolt, what county did he lead his followers from?
Kent
Spirit of St Louis aircraft found in which museum?
Smithsonian Museum
Singer alfie Boe was labelled the opera dude when he appeared on recordings by Clint Boon experience, clint boon had been organist with which Madchester band who once had Noel Gallagher as their roadie?
Inspiral Carpets
Hunter Valley is located in which Australian state?
New South Wales
Italian inventor Marconi married into which Irish whiskey family? These whiskey makers now based at new Middleton distillery in county cork make by far the best selling Irish whiskey in the world?
Jamesons
Port Jackson, harbour of Sydney, Australia, is an inlet of what sea?
Tasman Sea
Alf Stewart is only remaining original character in the soap Home and Away. Who has played the character since 1988?
Ray Meagher
Which British businessman was chairman of “Britain stronger in europe” campaign in the run up to the 2016 brexit referendum?
Stuart Rose
Which of Rossini’s operas was originally subtitled The Useless Precaution?
The Barber of Seville
Capital of Emilia-Romagna region?
Bologna
Name of uncooked sauce in cuisine of Argentina and Uruguay made of parsley, garlic, oregano and vinegar
Chimichurri
Born in Bologna in 1966, which Italian skier would go onto win three Olympic golds and two world championships?
Alberto Tomba
In the uk, ketchup was historically prepared with which primary ingredient rather than tomatoes?
Mushroom
Mayonnaise takes name from city on which island
Menorca
What three word term is used to describe a period of social turmoil and political violence in Italy that lasted from 1960s until late 1980s marked by wave of far left and far right incidents of terrorism?
Years of Lead
Which man could not match Olympic gold when he finished behind Anderson peters of Grenada in mens javelin at 2022 world athletic championships?
Neeraj Chopra
In which of the four track and field outdoor throwing events is womens world record the longest distance?
Hammer
Bologna famous for its elegant and extensive sets of what architectural feature basically covered walkways?
Porticoes
An African fish eagle can be found on flag of which landlocked commonwealth country?
Zambia
Who played lonely old pensioner Unlucky Alf in the Fast Show? His catchphrase was Oh Bugger:
Paul Whitehouse
A black and white shield central to the flag of which commonwealth country? Flag designed by King Sobhuza II.
eSwatini
Named after founder of a brand of popular five and ten cent stores, what was the tallest building in the world in 1927?
Woolworth Building
Who was former attorney general who organised the Ulster volunteers opposed to Irish home rule just before the First World War?
Edward Carson
Which sauce with a name meaning seafood sauce in Cantonese is a thick sauce made from toasted mashed soybeans, vinegar, farlic and peppers
Hoisin sauce
In You cna call me Al, Paul simons says the title and that he can you what five letter name?
Betty
Based on Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure; Das Liebesverbot (the ban on love) is a forgotten comic opera by which composer?
Richard Wagner
Which word meaning exciting and energetic derives from 1920s us stunt pilots who would perform tricks to entertain people during Great Depression?
Barnstorming
Saint Paul told the chief captain who arrest led him that he was a citizen of “no mean city”. Which city?
Tarsus
Which spokesman for religious intolerance owned a newspaper called the Dearborn Independent between 1920 and 1927?
Henry Ford
Which English actress was Lola in Atonement, Keeley Jones in Ted Lasso and Bettye McCart in The Offer?
Juno Temple
Which athlete was the British javelin champion 8 times during the 1980s? He took silver at 1984 Olympics and then gold at 1986 edinburgh commonwealth games.
David Ottley
Who wrote early Rolling Stones hit “I wanna be your man”
Lennon and McCartney
Which woman is founder of rag doll tpdouctions? Rosie and Jim; teletubbies and in the night garden
Anne Wood
Which athlete won British javelin championships for ten years between 2003-13? Real name Katherine, shares nickname with actress who rose to fame on Rowan and Martin’s laugh in.
Goldie Sayers
Named athlete of the century in her home country, what was the nationality of Yvette Williams? She won gold medals at the commonwealth games in long jump, discus and shot putt and a bronze in the javelin.
New Zealand
What did WAC stand for in name of childrens tv series broadcast in the uk on the breakfast tv channel tv-am between 1984 and 1989?
Wide Awake Club
What is style of boat building called in which the external planks overlap downwards?
Clinker
Up to 2013, the Southampton suburb of Swaythling was a manufacturing centre for which car giant? From 1960s to the 1980s 4500 workers were employed there.
Ford
Years of life of Henry the Navigator
1394-1460
Name of Charles Mackesy work which won 2023 Oscar for best animated short?
The Boy The Mole The Fox and the Horse
Who is current womens javelin world record holder? Set in 2008.
Barbora Spotakova
In May 2023, which English boxer defeated Irish boxer Katie Taylor for the first time in her professional career defeat?
Chantelle Cameron
Who won the European rugby Union Heineken Cup in May 2023?
La Rochelle
Which large whale lives exclusively in Arctic waters and gets its common name from the distinctive shape of its huge head
Bow head whale
Which large well also known as the cachalot can be identified that the distance by its forward angled blowhole directed to the left
Sperm whale
I’ve got alternative name after Bird is the beluga sometimes nine because of the variety of sounds it makes which can be heard above and below the surface
Sea canary
What name is generally given to dried shark skin when is used as an abrasive for smoothing and polishing
Shagreen
Which large whale known by whalers as the devil fish because of its ferocity when threatened is the only living member of the family and genius names of the Danish naturalist Daniel eschrich
Grey whale
Which name for college of religious instruction comes from the Arabic for the study
Madrasa
What pen name did newspaper columnist Sir William Conor use when he writes for the daily mirror
Cassandra
What is the name of the trophy awarded to the man of the match of the rugby league challenge cup final
Lance Todd trophy
In which English county does the River Trent rise
Staffordshire
What was the last pitched battles to be fought on English soil in July 19,80 1685
Sedgemoor
Who was the second wife of Jacob in the mother of Joseph and Benjamin in the Bible
Rachel
Which is the only member of the cat family which cannot fully retract its claws
Cheater
Which sculptor created gilt bronze baldachin that stands over the tomb of Saint Peter in Rome
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Which Paul Simon song written more who’s on a tour of English clubs is commemorated by the black one Widnes station Liverpool Liverpool
Homeward bound
To two decimal places, how many centimetres are there in an inch?
2.54
What traditional toppin of a simnel cake
Marzipan (balls)
It’s in the words of a popular first world war song it’s a long way to where
Tipperary
Which prolific writer of romantic fiction was born Tyne Dock County Durham in 1906 set many novels in her native north-east
Catherine Cookson
In Christianity which title date in back to the fifth century A.D. was originally given to the bishops of the five major episcopal sees namely Rome Alexandria Antioch Constantinople and Jerusalem
Patriarch
What name is given to the method of printing of design that was originally drawn to a special place a flat limestone with a greasy crayon
Lithography
Which royal residences overlooked by the hill known as Arthur seat
Holyroodhouse
Which instrument did Dave Clark of the Dave Clark Five play
Drums
Which actress appeared with Mike Sarbe on the 1962 chart-topping single come outside
Wendy Richard
Which DJ had hits of the 1960s with so much love and it’s only love which he complained as fellow DJs refuse to play
Tony Blackburn
In 1957 which song is Elvis Presley’s first UK number one single
All shook up
Which singer sometimes referred to as Britain’s Elvis was released from the army in 1959 is medically unfit after two months
Terry Dean
Which Everly Brothers single was number one in the UK charts for seven weeks in 1960
Cathy’s clown
Which group led by Gary Brooker topped the UK singles charts in 1967 with a hit inspired by a bach suite
Procol Harum
Which chart-topping single of 1958 was written by Otis Blackwell and jackhammer
Great balls of Fire
What was the third of Gerry & The Pacemakers three consecutive number one hits
You’ll never Walk alone
How do you do it and I like it are the other two
Which creator of the twang guitar style first into the charts in 1958 with rebel rouser which reach number 19 in the UK charts
Duane Eddy
Which record by The Shangri-Las reach number 11 early in 1965 despite being banned in by the BBC
Leader of the Pack
Which singer of The Hollies sang uncredited about Jennifer Eccles and her terrible freckles on the scaffold is Lily the Pink
Graham Nash
In March 1959 which Paul Anka song post to mislead gave Buddy Holly his only solo UK number one hit
It doesn’t matter anymore
In the early 1960s which singer had a day job as a fitter with the gas board played at night in his brothers skiffle group the Cavaliers
Joe Cocker
Cilla Black Dionne Warwick and Mary may all took which song into the charts in 1964
Anyone who had a heart
Which group formed in 1969 featured Robert Fripp Greg Lake and Ian McDonald among its original lineup
King Crimson
Which founder member of Fleetwood Mac wrote the number one instrumental here albatross
Peter green
Arnold Layne was the first single released by which group it reach number 20 in the UK charts in 1967
Pink Floyd
The city of sterling stands on the right bank of which major river
Forth
Who played checkoff in the original Star Trek series
Walter koenig
The Aspen or trembling poplar belongs to which family of shrubs and trees
Willow
In 1844 teams from Canada and the USA play the first international match in which sport
Cricket
Which word derived from the old French for a splinter of wood is used to describe an artist workshop or studio
Atelier
What is the furthest celestial object visible to the naked eye is 2.3 million light years away from earth
Andromeda galaxy
What name is given to the two relatively small galaxies visible to the naked eye from the southern hemisphere which were first recorded and 1519
Magellanic clouds
What time is similar to Big Bang is used for the theory that the universe might eventually collapse back on itself and compressed to the singularity
Big crunch
When viewed from to widely different points in space a nearby start appear to have shifted slightly in position with respect to more distant stars what is this apparent displacement called
Parallax
What name is given to the phase of the moon or a planet when it appears more than half but not completely full
Gibbous
Which, named after two amateur American astronomer who discovered it reach does perihelion on first of April 1997
Hale bopp
What small constellation found at the foot of Orion represents the animal that the mythical giant was fond of hunting
Lepus or the hair
Which 19th-century English astronomer gives his name to the scale University use for measuring the brightness of a stellar object
Pogson
Which orange giant star represents the so-called bull’s-eye in Taurus
Aldebaran
Which Observatory situated about 40 miles north of San Diego is home to the 200 inch hail telescope which until 1976 what is the largest of its type
Palomar
What time describes the apparent path of the suns annual motion through the so-called fixed stars
Ecliptic
There in two seconds which classic album by Miles Davis one of the best selling jazz records of all times features the tracks so what and blue in green
Kind of Blue
Glenn moy and Glenn ample of varieties of which soft fruit widely grown in Scotland
Raspberry
Which actor whose first major success was the title role in the TV adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby is the son of a former attorney general and Lord Chancellor
Nigel Havers
Which Birmingham band first top the UK singles charts in 1983 with is there something I should know
Duran Duran
Which Steve has got his name because its presence was believed to be a sign the bad weather was coming
Storm petrol
In 2005 David Trimble succeeded as the leader of which political party by so Reg Empey
Ulster Unionist party
Who commanded the Parliamentary forces at the battle of Edgehill in October 1642
Robert Devereux Earl of Essex
In which city did Charles establishes headquarters after being turned back from London in November 1642
Oxford
In 1648 which Colonel purged the House of Commons of those MPs who wanted to negotiate with Charles
Prides purge
Which Parliamentary commander ended Scottish resistance by taking Sterling in August 1651 and Dundee the following month
George Monck
Did Charles the second issue a declaration on the 4th of April 1660 agreeing to an amnesty for most of those who have posed an excuse father paving the way for the restoration of the monarchy
Breda
Which word for a person who sets too much value on social standing was originally a slang term for a cobbler
Snob
Which Mediterranean island group came a little protection of the British crown in 1802 is Bonnie annex in 1814
Malta
Rich crooners last TV appearance was with David Bowie on the Mario Chris Michele recorded in September 1977
Bing Crosby
Which BBC television sports programs for Shannon 1958 here for the last time into two thousand and seven
Grandstand
In which country is the city of Schaffhausen mistakenly bombed by the Americans on April Fools’ Day 1944
Switzerland
What is the name of the Stone Age village on mainland in the Orkneys that was exposed by storm in the 1850s of being covered for thousands of years by saint sand
Skara Brae
A Which crime buying and selling ecclesiastical benefits is named after the biblical sorcerer who tried to buy spiritual powers from Peter and Jon
Simony
Who popularised the term is you and Noko New for types of speech and behaviour
Nancy Mitford
Which middle eastern city was the emperor Hadrian about A.D. 130 and renamed E in his honour
Jerusalem
Which modern French designers work include the furniture from President Mitterrand’s private suite in the Elysee Palace the interior of the café customers in Paris and juicy Salif lemon squeezer
Philippe Starck
 In music what is the general term for a sombre select form of instrumental accompaniment such as one in an opera oratorio
Aria
Who played a successful but world-weary stand-up comedian called Rick spleen in the TV comedy series lead balloon
Jack Dee
In India Which general term from the Sanskrit word meaning accomplish is given to any Swami or saintly holy man
Sadhu
Who played the title role in the original London production of the musical Barnum
Michael Crawford
Who presented the TV series the tube with Paula Yates from 1982
Jools Holland
What name is given to the representations also known as :-) is used in emails and other electronic communications to indicate the writers feelings
Emoticons
INDIY what time is used for the enlargement of the rim of a drilled holes of a screw screw bolt can be inserted flush with the surface
Countersinking
According to accepted wisdom it is best to eat oysters is the name of the month includes which letter
R
What type of written work with Quentin Crisp described as an obituary in cereal form with the last instalment missing
Auto biography
Which monarch owned 640 dogs comprising 32 breeds?
Queen Victoria
Which clothing brand began in the Market Place in South Shields?
Barbour
What has topped the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch for the past 20 years?
Sparrow
Which food safety measure was pioneered by microbiologist Alice Evans?
Milk Pasteurisation
Old Faithful, or 11 to 15, is an opening move in which game?
Checkers/Draughts
Philippe Halsman famously photographed his subjects doing what?
Jumpimg
What links: Lieutenant Kijé; Comrade Ogilvy; Bunbury; Captain Tuttle; Susie?
Characters who don’t exist: Russian novella; the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four; The Importance of Being Earnest; MAS*H; Seinfeld
What links Ba’; Bottle-kicking; Scoring the Hales; Uppies and Downies?
Medieval football games still played in the UK.
What links Lost in a Good Book; Havisham; Jack Maggs; Mister Pip?
Novels inspired by Great Expectations: Jasper Fforde; Ronald Frame; Peter Carey; Lloyd Jones.
What links Gas giant; Neptunian; super-Earth; terrestrial?
Categories of Exo-Planet
What links England (1485); France (923); Germany (1298); Scotland (1513)?
Last monarch to die in battle: Richard III at Bosworth; Robert I at Soissons; Adolf at Göllheim; James IV at Flodden.
Birthday was Bilbo celebrate another begin in the Lord of the rings
111
Token and his friend CS Lewis and Charles Williams members of which informal literary discussion group at a pub in Oxford
Inklings
Which two middle earth characters appear on token and his wife’s grave stones
Beren and Luthien
Which Smith of originally on forge the rings of power
Celebrimbor
In which year did the general strike take place in Great Britain
1926
What is the longest river in Northern Ireland with a total length of round 80 miles
River Bann
Which time was coined by Newton in the 17th century did the score of the band of colour formed when a beam of visible light like a split into its constituent wavelengths and literally means appearance in Laiten
Spectrum
What name is given to the fourth relocation of the Cherokee Native Americans to the western United States during the winter 1838
Trail of tears
What was the name of the lookout who is credited with the first sighting of the iceberg with which the Titanic collided
Frederick Fleet
How’s the titanic was sinking rich wealthy passenger appeared on back in for the evening dress with his valet in the And declared dressed in our best and I prepared to go down like gentleman
Benjamin Guggenheim
In which year did Robert Ballard’s expedition discover the wreck of the Titanic
1985
Indian cuisine what name derived from the Persian word meaning fried is often given to a dish of Basmati rice mixed with meat often topped with a thin omelette and salad with a separate vegetable curry
Biriyani
What name is given by Westerners to members of the Moore Laurie sector found in Anatolia because they chanted the ritual prayers with musical accompaniment while spinning on the right foot
Whirling Dervishes
Who resigned from his post of leader of the House of Commons in March 2003 in protest over the decision to take military action over against Iraq
Robin cook
What word is used for the attribution of human characteristics to any nonhuman objects especially animals
Anthropomorphism
Which type of dark coloured china tea has the name which is the Chinese for black dragon or black snake
Oolong
Richard Scottish painter painted the singing Butler
Jack vettriano
In 1965 who had a top 20 hits of a comedy version of a hard Day’s night in which he recited the lyrics in the style of Laurence Olivier’s Richard the third
Peter Sellers
Who composed the score for the film the piano
Michael Nyman
In cycling talk what are snakebites
Punctures
An awfully big adventure is a novel by which author
Beryl Bainbridge
Which Roman emperor was the grandson of Olivia and the nephew of Tiberius
Claudius
Who was the first husband of actress Joan Collins
Maxwell read
Which year were the first euro banknotes introduced into the EU
2002
The 1979 film the rose was lethal based on the life and death of which singer
Janis Joplin
Which Jane Austen character owns Dunwell Abby and estate
Mr Knightley
Which kind of geographical feature is a strath
Valley
In weaving what’s the directions to go in opposite ways called
Warp and Weft
Britain’s Charlie Magri was a world champion in which sport
Boxing
Which Australian state capital shares its name with the river on which it stands
Brisbane
The Amalienborg Palace is found in which European capital city
Copenhagen
Which London theatre was the 1st to be lit by electricity
Savoy
The auditorium ceiling of the Paris Opera house was painted by which artist
Mark Chagall
Which of the Channel Islands has a hereditary overlord known as the Seigneur
Sark
Which people rule in a stratocracy
Military
Which art galleries part of London Southbank complex
Hayward Gallery
Before getting into comedy what was Jackie Mason’s job
Rabbi
Manicotti is a variety of food
Pasta
Kurt Russell played Wyatt Earp in what western film
Tombstone
Micro biology is the study of what tiny organisms
Microbes
Cricketer Viv Richards was born on what island
Antigua
The first Disneyland theme park open in what decade
1950s
Pima Is a superior variety of what fabric
Cotton
The rutherGlenn wine region as in what country
Australia
Who created Rumpole of the Bailey
John Mortimer
Gilt frame is the colour of which metal
Gold
Lusty glaze Beach is in which Cornish resort
Newquay
The Irish oaks horse race is run out what course
The Curragh
Who wrote the 2011 of the fear index
Robert Harris
M What kind of fish is a bonnet head
Shark
John loveday is the title character in what Thomas Hardy novel
Trumpet major
A traditional seed cake is made using What seed
Caraway
The iron guard was a fascist movement what country
Romania
Wellingborough and Daventry are in the English county
Northamptonshire
What type of pet is a Grimalkin
Cat
Clive Hamilton was the synonym of which writer
CS Lewis
Which sport is nicknamed the sweet science
Boxing
Which spring month is traditionally said to be windy
March
American David Duval was a famous name in what sport
Golf
What animals did an ostler look after
Horses
John Fowles novel of What animals did an ostler look after is mainly set in what country What animals did an ostler look after
John Fowles novel the magus is mainly setting what country
Greece
Which satirical magazine features poems by EJ Thribb
Private eye
Abierto means open in what European language
Spanish
Aibileen and Minny Are maids is in what bestselling novel
The help
What sport was 80s kids shows jossys Giants based around
Football
Who is only American First Lady to win an Emmy award
Jackie Kennedy
We are in a chicken would you find a comb
On top of the head
BBC home service was replaced by what radio station
Radio four
What name is London criminal Jack mcvitie better known
Jack the Hat
What country did the Beckhams wed in 1999
Ireland
What colour wine is Chablis
White
Bert Weedon was famous as a teacher of what instrument
Guitar
What does peppermint patty call Charlie Brown in peanuts
Chuck
Finish the saying a new broom sweeps what
Clean
Who played Lancelot in the 1995 film first knight
Richard Gere
Name of what floor covering is the nickname for a wig
Rug
Maarivim Evening prayers in what religion
Judaism
In what county is Southwell racecourse
Nottinghamshire
Major bagstock is in which dickens novel
Dombey and son
Syon park estate in what capital city
London
Habichtsburg castle was ancestral seat of which dynasty?
Hapsburg
Which Italian composed the opera La Forza Del Destino
Giuseppe Verde
ISBN stands for what
International standard book number
When I was a youngster was the 2011 July 2011 for which cure which duo
Rizzle kicks
Which actor played Jack Taylor in the film one fine Day
George Clooney
Which German car company makes the fayton and the Jetta models
VW
Santiago Cabrera played sir Lancelot on what TV drama
Merlin
For the first time for what Irish Pop rock band
The script
Native to Australia what creature is a planes Wunderer
Bird
Cry me out was a hit for which British pop star
Pixie Lott
Iceman is the nickname for which Finnish Formula One driver
Kimi Räikkönen
Since 1971 syria been ruled by men with what surname
Assad
Girl band eternal originally had how many members
For
Which actress won an Oscar for the film the accidental tourist
Geena Davis
Which Bulgarian tennis player was nicknamed Baby Fed
Grigor Dimitrov
Which mrl Gibson film featured the villain toe cutter
Mad Max
Acetylene contains carbon what other element
Hydrogen
This homo Heidelberg Ensis it’s also regarded as the ancestor of which of a group of humans that is known to have in a bread with modern humans this group is named after a cave in Siberia
Denisovans
After losing the presidential election in 1930, which politician seized power in Brazil in an armed revolution and acted as a dictator until ousted in 1945? Won presidential election again in 1950.
Getulio Vargas
Prado painting 1562 painting by Bruegel the elder showing people herding into coffin by army of skeletons, starving dog feeding on child’s corpse, post apocalyptic.
The Triumph of Death
Extinction of thylacine and Tasmanian devil has left the mammals as largest marsupial predator in mainland Australia? Largest species call the tiger cat.
Quoll
Term “Deus ex Machina” used btw chun Greek playwright famously in his tragedies including Hippolytus, Andromache and Helen?
Euripides
Before partnership with Nureyev, Fonteyn would partner which Australian dancer? He replaced Ashton as choreographer to Vic-wells ballet during ww2.
Robert Helpmann
The Onin War large scale civil war often considered start of which period of Japanese history? Name roughly translates as warring states.
Sengoku Period
Two word term Carl Jung used to described deepest part of human mind where primitive experiences rest?
Collective unconscious
Which striped marsupial, related to quolls and dunnarts, has a diet that consists of almost entirely of termites? It’s range over covered most of continents
Numbat
Bottom left of painting a woman wraps demon in pillow; man ties a bell to a cat, one man swims against the tide, another bangs head against wall; name of this Bruegel the Elder painting?
Netherlandish Proverbs
Sex hormones in humans consist of three major groups: androgens, oestrogens and what third group? Involved in menstrual cycle, pregnancy and embryo formation.
Progestogens
In Poland solidarity Union badges were banned under martial law so they donned pins of which icon that was symbol of national resistnce?
Black Madonna of Czestochowa
Which play by Moliere ends up with fa Lois example of a Deus ex Machina in which king makes first appearance to intervene in order to save the naive Orgon from arrest
Tartuffe
Which man born a peasant became trusted retainer of Nobunaga and succeeded him as second great unifier of Japan?
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Which Mexican general lost leg in 1838 during pastry war and ordered it be buried with full honours? Later leg was dug up and dragged around in protest of tax rise.
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Which two Latin words did Jung use to describe most important anthropomorphic archetypes: unconscious masculine component of the female psyche and the unconscious feminine component of male psyche?
Anima and Animus
Famous Danish male ballet dancer, partnered with Alicia Markova and Carla Fracci, long relationship with Rudolf Nureyev.
Erik Bruhn
Vargas killed himself in 1954, in 1955 who became president of brazil on a pro Vargas coalition with future president Joao Goulart? This man’s 10 year presidency saw widespread economic reforms as well as founding of Brasilia.
Juscelino Kubitschek (JK)
Ending of whcih playwright’s The Dog in the Manger arguably a Deus ex Machina revealed Teodoro is counts lost long son and therefore free to marry Diana. Other play sees magistrate intervene on behalf of Ferdinand and Isabella to pardon villagers of fuenteovejuna.
Lope de Vega
Before death in 1598, Hideyoshi appointed council of five elders to assist his five year old son. One of this council was which man, the third great unified of Japan and the founder of his namesake shogunate that marked the end of the Sengoku period, and the beginning of the Edo period.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Catabolic hormones control body’s breaking down of molecules, main one is produced in pancreas and has opposite effect to insulin in bloodstream. What is it?
Glucagon
Which head of Catholic Church in Timor leste won 1996 Nobel peace prize ?
Carlos Belo
Jung used the anima to refer to someone’s innermost being, he contrasted this with which term that refers to the mask or public face that an individual presents to the world?
Persona
Lesser species of which Australian marsupial related to the bandicoots went extinct in the 1950s over the greatest species still survive stay are nocturnal boring rabbit sized omnivores with a long nose and strikingly big ears and they are used instead of an Easter bunny buy some Australian confectioners
Greater Bilby
Name of Shiva’s bull
Nandi
One of the earliest social realist art movements in United States which school are by Robert Henry this movements paintings to pick it every day life in New York at the turn of the 20th century
Ashcan School
Which comet was first observed by Pierre Mechain in 1786 but was named after German astronomer who recognised it as a periodic comet and calculated orbit in 1819? It is coded 2P.
Encke’s Comet
Beginning with the famous line I am American Chicago born which 1953 novel transparent listen penniless protagonists name in the title free pay pre-and post oppression Chicago it’s loose episodic structure is typical of picaresque novel is
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
Which African country is the worlds only nation to have French Spanish and Portuguese as official national languages
Equatorial Guinea
Known as the Queen of the Hansa which city on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast today within/ Schleswig-Holstein served as a de facto capital of the Hanseatic league
Lubeck
Which common sedimentary rock is composed of tiny grains of silica finer than gravel and cut metamorphosis into quartzite
Sandstone
Which faith practises proxy baptism of ancestors?
Mormons
What is the chemical element with the longest name?
Rutherfordium
Which hell-raising actor kept a suite at the Savoy for 28 years?
Richard Harris
In 1717, the value of what was fixed at 21 shillings?
Guinea coin
Winning 1942 Carnegie Medal, author Denys Watkins-Pitchford wrote under which pseudonym?
BB
George William Russell was an Irish nationalist writer who wrote under which two letter pseudonym?
AE
What links: Portuguese colony, 1702; invaded by Indonesia, 1975; independent, 2002?
Timor Leste
What links Pontcysyllte Aqueduct; Menai Suspension Bridge; Caledonian Canal?
Thomas Telford designs
Which Aqueduct designed by Thomas Telford goes over river Dee and carries the Llangollen canal?
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
What are the three types of mammals?
Egg-laying monotreme; marsupial; placental
What links: Maria Teresa de Filippis; Lella Lombardi; Divina Galica; Desiré Wilson; Giovanna Amati?
Female drivers to have driven in F1
Which German word literally mean in building up is used to describe the principle that electrons are atomically configured such that they feel lower energy orbitals before higher energy ones
Aufbau
Heth the son of Canon and great grandson Noah gave name to which biblical civilisation live canaan at the time of Abraham the same name as used by ancient group in the indoEuropean who moved into a Asia Minor and formed empire at Hattusa at the tutor in Anatolia around 1600 BC
Hittites
Among schools of early realism was Peredvizhniki, labourers and farm workers. Best known work Barge Haulers on the Volga by which artist who also did Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks?
Ilya Repin
Liu Biao had been appointed Governor of Jingzhou during which popular uprising against Han dynasty? Named after clothing.
Yellow turban rebellion
In which major city did Hanseatic League establish a Kontor called tbh e SteelyArd sometimes in 13th century? Most of sites buildings destroyed in 1660s
London
Which German’s namesake “rule of maximum multiplicity” states that electrons will fill orbitals of equal energy simply before filling them in pairs to achieve the greatest spin?
Friedrich Hund
Vanuatu capital city
Port Vila
Which comet was dubbed great comet of 1996 as it was more visible than the Hale Bopp COMET? It was discovered by and named after a Japanese amateur astronomer and first comet to be observed emitting x rays.
Comet Hyakutake
Solzhenitsyn’s best known non fiction work is which three volume account of life in Soviet forced Labour camps, written 1958-68? Books title compares camp to chain of islands known only to those who visit them.
The Gulag Archipelago
Eastern most major city in which the Hanseatic league established a contour which Russian city famed for its first in pounds which was then the capital of its namesake Republic you should not be confused with similar name city on the Volga there was a major trade half centuries later
Novgorod
Zhuge Liang advisor to Liu Bei at which battle the largest naval battle in history which saw forces combine to defeat larger forces of Cao Cao? Named after geographical feature on south bank of Yangtze.
Battle of Red Cliffs
Another metamorphic rock used as a building material is this rock created by the metamorphism of shell or a similar sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash this is which find green grey or greatest rock that easily split into smooth flat plates which can be used as roof tiles
Slate
According to genesis: Mizraim, Cush and Phut were sons of Ham who made up Hamite branch. Mizraim is Hebrew and Aramaic name for which country whose inhabitants todaynknown their nation by related Arabic name of Misr.
Egyptb
Founded in 1960 by Raymond Queneau and Francois Le Lionnais which experimental group of mostly French-speaking writers sought to create works using constrained writing techniques
Oulipo
Which genus of mosquitos transmits malaria!
Anopheles
Which 1940 novel by Arthur Koestler set during the Moscow show trials ends with the execution of the prisoner rubbishoff
Darkness at Noon
Founded by the Golden horde in the late 13th century and the most popular city on the river Volga Kazan is the capital of which Russian republic
Tatarstan
Until 2017, Mugabe has been leader of what Zimbabwe party since 1980?
ZANU-PF
Which American artist created the cat mobile in the Museum of contemporary Art Chicago made from sheet metal in steel wire and features the face of a cat painted in the sculptures signature red suspended in front of a black body
Alexander Calder
In 2013 Caroline short became the youngest person to win the Pulitzer prize for music for her a cappella work partita for eight voices thousand 19 following accusations of cultural appropriation from Tanya Tagaq one of the leading formers in which vocal tradition
Katajjaq or Inuit throat singing
A former Panopticon prison repurposed into a museum can be found in the capital of an island whose name when translated means isle of youth. Island formerly isle of pines is second largest of which island country.
Cuba
Named after an American chemist which chemical reagent made of a mixture of sodium carbonate sodium citrate and copper sulphate pentahydrate is often used in place of Fehlings solution to detect the presence of reducing sugars?
BeneDicts Reagent
Which queen of Halicarnassus was an ally of Xerxes the first during his invasion of Greece she personally command to navy split at the battle of salamis an escape the battle by deliberately running and sinking of friendly ship it was blocking her own ships path
Artemisia the first
Which political party has ruled Mozambique since independence in 1975?
Founded in 1962 to fight for Mozambique’s independence for a bit of civil war against the anti-Communist faction RENAMO
FRELIMO
What is the numerical name used to refer collectively to the period of massive intellectual expansion in which several different philosophies developed and florist in the spring and autumn warring states period of ancient China
100 schools of thought
Which German physicist an astronomer born in 1876 gives his name to the radius below which the gravitational attraction between the particles of a body must cause it to undergo irreversible gravitational collapse
Karl Schwarzschild
Featuring a selection of interlink stories based on the lives of residence of a Parisian apartment block the 1978 novel life users manual is among the best-known works of which member of a
OuLipo
Georges Perec
Originally published in Russian in the mid-1930s which Vladimir Nabokov novel describes the final days of the prisoner CincinnatusC and ends with a prisoner on the scaffold awaiting his execution
Invitation to a Beheading
Which French astronomer and mathematician born in 1820 gives his name to the limit or minimum distance to which a satellite can approach its primary body without being this integrated by the latter’s tidal forces
Edouard Roche
During 6th century BC, which ancient queen reigned over the Massagetae a nomadic Scythian people from Central Asia? According to Herodotus her armies were responsible for killing Cyrus the Great in 530BC
Tomyris
Its residents known as jalapeños and I’m also given to the popular peppers cultivated hear the city of Xalapa is the capital of which Mexican state
Veracruz
Which contemporary artist produced the enormous bronze sculpture of a cat found in the neighbourhood of El Raval Barcelona the cat is an example of the exaggerative a swollen form typical of this artist
Fernando Botero
Which chemical reagent mainly used to distinguish between aldehydes and ketones functional groups often produces a characteristic silver mirror in a positive test
Tollens Reagent
One of the best name works using a Oulipo’s constraint writing techniques which 300 page 1969 novel by George Perec written entirely without using the letter E
A Void
In the book of exodus who is what is the mother of women the mother of Moses according to traditional biblical chronology she was 130 years old when she gave birth to him
Jochebed
Which short story by Kafka is there a torch Machina cast the name of the Lord has been broken into the body of the content repeatedly until the prisoner succumbs to the wounds
In the Penal Colony
From the ancient Greek for leaving out a letter what is the name of the kind of constraint writing demonstrated in perec’s novel A Void in which a letter a group of letters avoided for entire work
Lipogram
Formerly known as Pietersburg and country’s largest urban centre north of Gauteng, Polokwane is the capital of which South African province?
Limpopo
Which artists 2007 self portrait is a bronze sculpture that features a five legged cat withhhuman face! Sculptor produced many sketches inspired by childhood cats Tyger and Champfleurtte
Louise Bourgeois
Surname of the ancient Vietnamese sisters who ruled the country for three years after rebelling against the first Chinese domination of Vietnam in 40 AED
Trung
Which political party is served as governing party of Namibia since the countries independence in 1990 founded in 19 60,000 independence movement this party launched attacks against the South African military using MPLa bases in Angola
SWAPO
Which sculptor created 1954 work The Cat shown at the Met in New York? Said his brother Diego’s cat would pass narrowly by and this is reflected by extremely narrow body.
Alberto Giocometti
Which English astronomer physicist born in 1882 gives his name to the theoretical upper limit of the mass of a star beyond which is luminosity would be so high that would blow off the outer layers of the star
Arthur Eddington
Sometimes considered founder of the Druze relgiion( which shepherd and priest from Midian was father of law of Moses in exodus’s?
Jethro
Which 1890 short story by Ambrose Bierce describes the thoughts of the slave owner Peyton fuck off at the time of his execution is there an American Civil War fuck you was hanging from the titular structure
An occurrence at owl creek bridge
Shammuramat reigned as regent of Assyria in late 9th century BCE. Believed to be inspiration of which mythical warrior queen who said to have built a tunnel under Euphrates? Legendary queen appears among souls of the lustful in second circle of hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy.
Semiramis
Formerly known as Fengtian and Mukden and most populous city in northeast China, Shenyang is capital of which Chinese province?
Liaoning
Poem in ten cantos by Luis Vaz de Camoes considered Portugal’s national epic?
Os Lusiadas or The Lusiads
Because he was feared for hail thunder and lightning, children were drowned annually as a sacrifice to him. Which Aztec deity, commonly with goggle eyes and fangs was god of rain, fertility and water?
Tlaloc
Ninth after the American Secretary of State and Spanish Foreign Minister who negotiated the which treaty of 1819 seeded Florida to the United States
Adams-Onis Treaty
Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia was originally constructed as a personal mausoleum for whcih 12th century Khmer king whose regnal name can be translated as protected by the sun?
Suryavarman II
After Kaaba in Mecca and Prophets Mosque in Medina what is the third holiest site in Islam and what city?
Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
What is is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the qibla, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying
Mihrab
From Arabic for direction, term used for the direction of Mecca shown by a Mihrab in a mosque?
Qibla
Arguably the fourth holiest site in Islam where is the mosque in which city that houses the mausoleum of saladin the mosque had been the shrine dedicated to John the Baptist until the Muslim conquest of the city and 634CE
Damascus
What is the medical name of the soft very thin and down here that often found in the body of a fetus or a newborn baby
Lanugo
The Angkor Wat temple was sacked and 1177 by which traditional enemies of the Kaymer based in central and southern Vietnam is kingdom built the Mai San temple complex between the fourth in the 14th century is
Champa Kingdom
Some hydrocarbons are polymers such as this one made from a monomer derived from benzene with the chemical formula C6 H5CHCH2 this is which hydrocarbon polymer commonly used as lightweight packaging
Polystyrene
What ballet with music by Stravinsky and choreography by Michel Fokine follows the actions of free puppet suit brought to life by the charlatans Shrovetide fair
Petrushka
Which swampy inland delta in Botswana was the thousandth site to be officially inscribed in the UNESCO world Heritage list all the big five game animals are found here as a marabou storks and Nile crocodiles
Okavango delta
Focusing on the extreme impact of rare and unpredictable outlier events the 2007 book the Black Swan the impact of the highly improbable is a work by which Lebanese born American scholar and former option trader
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Written in late 10th and early 11th centuries by Persian poet Ferdowsi, which poem tells mythical past of Persian empire from creation until Muslim conquest and widely considered epic of Iran?
Shahnameh or The Book of Kings
Something in the sanctuary of Abraham as Islam is 45 this site fourth holiest site site visit by the prophet Muhammad during his night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem is located in which middle eastern city
Hebron (Palestine)
The oldest surviving major work a French literature which 11th century epic poem tells of the Frankish military leader and the Charlemagne and his role at the battle of Roncevaux Pass?
La Chanson de Roland
Following sack of Angkor Wat, new Khmer capital was established on West Bank of Siam Reap a mile or so to the north. This is which city, the last and most enduring capital of Khmer empire c
Angkor Thom
What if European city is known in Arabic is the city of Saints old ward section of the city is listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO which notes of the areas that are fourth holiest city of Islam?
Harar
Painted while Velasquez was travelling in Italy in 1650 which portrait hits the artist in slaved assistant it was the first painting to sell for more than £1 million
Portrait of Juan de Pareja
With a name meaning Book of the Community, in the Kiche language, which 16th century mesoamerican manuscript recounts the mythology and history of the Maya kingdom of Kiche in highland Guatemala?
Popol Vuh
Some hydrocarbons are solids such as this compound with the molecular formula C 10 H8 which aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a fused pair of benzene rings is the best known as the traditional primary ingredient of mothballs
Naphthalene
What derisive nickname was given to the parliament met briefly and 1614 during the reign of James the first dissolved in despite having passed no legislation
Addled Parliament
One of the first signs of George the third madness was allegedly addressing an oak tree as if it were the king of which country
Prussia
Edward the second is one of to Plantagenet king is born in Wales who is the other
Henry the fifth
Edward the seventh state visit to France in 1903 sets with paved the way for an agreement between Britain and France the following year what name is given to this agreement
Entente cordiale
Mary Tudor appointed Stephen gardener and the Bishop of Winchester to which position in August 15 53 despite his role in her parents divorce
Lord Chancellor
Who led a revolt against Queen Mary in January 15 54 marching from Kent to London where he was forced to surrender
Wyatt
Who did Prince of Wales later George the fourth secretly in a legally marry at her home in Park Street Mayfair on the 15th of December 1785
Maria Fitzherbert
When James the second’s wife Mary of modena er give birth to a son in 1688 it was rumoured that the child was not really hers and have been smuggled into her bedroom inside water object
Warming pan
Name of William the Conqueror’s half brother who fought with him at the Battle of Hastings but was later arrested for allegedly aspiring to the papacy
Odo
Which order of chivalry was remodelled and had it ordinances rewritten by Edward the sixth
Order of the garter
At which battle of May 14 71 forces of Edward the fourth defeat those of Queen Margaret of Anjou
The battle of Tewkesbury
What was the full name of John of Gaunt’s third wife through whom Henry the Tudor claim direct percent from King Edward the third
Katherine Swynford
What was the name of the house in Yorkshire where the future Edward the seventh of staying when he became embroiled in a card cheating scandal
Tranby Croft
In 1867 the English position Thomas Albert invented the short version of which basic clinical instrument earlier models have been a foot long and took 20 minutes to work
Thermometer
Thomas Hardy’s last novel
Jude the obscure
What name is given to a loaf made from two rounds of dough a smaller one placed on top of a larger one
Cottage loaf
In the TV series Life On Mars in which year does DI Sam Tyler find himself living and working after a car crash
1973
Which element has the lowest normal boiling point
Helium
In Hinduism beliefs of which herb closely related to a plant used in Italian cooking laid on the dead body to ensure it safe arrival in Paradise
Basil
Who was the first king of the united Picts and Scots Ihis rule extended over the part of Scotland north of the fourth and Clyde
Kenneth McAlpine
Steve McQueen had his first starring role in which 1958: horror film about an amorphous creature from out of space
Blob
Which 1956 film star in Grace Kelly was a musical remake of the Philadelphia story
High Society
In the Bible who was succeeded by Joshua is the leader of the Israelites
Moses
Which word of Russian origin as used to the flat generally treeless grassland that extends Eastwoods from Hungary through Siberia and into north-eastern China
Steppe
What name is used for the side piece or post of the door or window frame
Jamb
Which champagne was first produced in 1876 in its characteristic clear bottle for Alexander the second set of Russia
Cristal
Memphis was established by Menes as the first capital of which ancient country
Egypt
Which British three of them planted on riverbanks to help prevent erosion is suitable for charcoal making and was once used for making clogs
Alder
What name is traditionally used for seats in the uppermost gallery of a theatre because the blue sky painted on many theatre ceilings was fought to represent heaven
The Gods
Bernard Leach established a pottery which Cornish resort in 1920
St Ives
Smoked fish is one of the main ingredients in an omelette Arnold Bennett
Haddock
In mash what was the nickname of corporal Walter o’Riley played by Gary Burghoff
Radar
How many pounds in a monkey
500
What furry animals with the interview at Eurovision 1974
Wombles
Maybe fourth holiest site in islam is great mosque of which Tunisian city of same name! Also known as mosque of Uqba.
Kairouan
Sometimes known as beestings or first milk in English, medical name for sticky yellowish fluid loridxdd by mammary glands and encourage baby to pass the meconium?
Colostrum
What name given to long whip like appendage primary used for locomotion that protrudes from body of certain eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?
Flagellum
Forced to abdicate in 1912 who was last emperor of China and final Qing ruler?
Puyi
Designed by CY Lee and CP Wang this super tall Asian skyscraper was worlds tallest building from 2004 until 2009
Taipei 101
The island of Babeldaob is largest island of which country! Located in western Caroline islands this island makes up over 70% of country’s land area?
Palau
1949 novel Confessions of a Mask told story of weakly boy struggling come terms with attraction with other boys and gay identity. Work by which Japanese novelist?
Yukio Mishima
Austrian pianist between 1932 and 35 recorded Beethoven 32 piano sonatas first time
Arthur Schnabel
Becoming extinct in 1844 which species of flightless bird was only modern species in genus pinguinus? Last two specimens killed on Icelandic island of Eldey.
Great Auk
Which totalitarian fiction state founded by political group Sons of Jacob following assassination of US President?
republic of Gilead
What is Japanese name of shape shifting foxes who play role of tricksters in Japanese folktales? Foxes serve as messengers of Shinto spirit Inari.
Kitsune
Mishima: A Vision of the Void is a 1980 volume length essay by which Belgian born French author! First woman admitted to academie Francaise, best known for Memoirs of Hadrian.
Marguerite Yourcenar
N essay of 1756 which French writer described Holy Roman Empire neither holy nor Roman nor an empire
Voltaire
Which prominent Labour politician was Mp for ebbw vale from 1929 to deYh in 1960
Nye Bevan
What type of fruit is a costard from which we get the word costermonger?
Apple
Which Swiss city stands on river Rhine where French, German and Swiss borders meet?
Basel
Which Icelandic volcano is erupted over 20 times since the 11th century is according to myth the gateway to Purgatory
Hekla
Serra da Estrela are highest mountains on mainland of which European country?
Portugal
Which Canadian city at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike River what’s the service and supply centre of the late 19th century gold rush
Dawson city
Monte Cinto What’s the highest point which Mediterranean island
Corsica
The aberdare mountains are situated just south of equator in which country
Kenya
Which major of German river empties into the North Sea port of Bremerhaven
Weser
Which active volcano has local name Mongibello meaning beautiful mountain
Mt Etna
In which country do Tigris and Euphrates both rise?
Turkey
What is longest river in Iberian peninsula?
Tagus
Name of which Mexican volcano mean Smoky Mountain in at the local Indian language
Popocatepetl
Crush leaves of which plant yield blue dye used by ancient Britons body paint
Woad
The 16th Earl of Warwick also known as the kingmaker was killed at which battle in 1471
Barnet
Anatomy which organs of the body located with a membrane known as the visceral pleura
Lungs
In Othello what’s the name of Iago’s wife
Emilia
Who both won and lost French presidential elections against around François Mitterrand and
Giscard d’Estaing
Name of young hare
Leveret
What is the code name for the allied landings in north-west African November 1942
Operation Torch
What first solo hit with Suedehead which reached number five in the UK charts in February 1988
Morrisey
Which fashion designer opened her first boutique in Chelsea Kings Road in 1955 with a future husband Alexander Plunkett green
Mary Quant
Which ferry port lies on holy island on the north west top of wales?
Holyhead
Stalin ate my homework is title of which comedians childhood memoirs?
Alexei Sayle
Which American comedian was famous for parodies of pop songs of mid 1950s such as The Great Pretender and The Banana Boat Song?
Stan Freberg
Luftwaffe literally means what in English
Air weapon
Which Russian ballet star defected to the west in September 1970
Makarova
Who wrote the lyrics for the song I could write a book
Lorenz Hart (for Rodger’s and Hart musical Pal Joey also known for song Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered)
Vladimir Horowitz was virtuoso on which instrument? He married Wanda Toscanini.
Piano
Myra Hess was a virtuosos on which instrument?
Piano
Cape Breton Island is in which Canadian province?
Nova Scotia
Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Chippendale two of the big three furnitures, who was the third with first name George?
George Hepplewhite
Who was the first Chancellor of the Exchequer in the labour government at 9:45
Hugh Dalton
name of clay ring in sumo wrestling
Dohyo
What does vegetables macedoine meN?
Diced
Which quiz show host directed the 1970s comedy Bless This House?
William G Stewart
In which Surrey town was classic sitcom Terry and June set?
Purley
Named after the Dordogne rock shelter where five skeletons were discovered in 1868, were first early modern humans to settle in Europe migrating from Western Asia?
Cro-Magnons
A museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, is devoted to culture of this Laotian people who helped the US AND OFTEN CAME HERE.
Hmong
Among high profile Beninese-Americans is this Oscar nominee for In America and Blood Diamond?
Djimon Hounsou
This Moliere comedy about an imposter was first performed for king Louis XIV at Versailles in 1664
Tartuffe or The Imposter/Hypocrite
Oddly there’s an Alcatraz east crime museum in this town more famous as the home of Dollywood
Pigeon Forge
She played a mom on 2 very different shows: married with children and sons of anarchy.
Katey Sagal
Pursued by Apollo, the nymph Daphne was transformed into this tree associated with poets
Laurel
The bony socket that surrounds the eye is also called this?
Orbit
Located near today’s Mary in Turkmenistan which major city on Silk Road was centre of satrapy of Margiana?
Merv
Which historic Uzbek city on Silk Road is home to Kalyan Minaret and served as capital of Samanid Empire in 9th and 10th centuries? City’s inhabitants are primarily tajik speakers.
Bukhara
Symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome result from compression of which nerve of the forearm?
Median nerve
Marguerite Yourcenar’s early works heavily influenced by which author whose own gay awakening in North Africa in mid 1890s heavily influenced works such as The Fruits of the Earth?
Andre Gide
Argentine pianist made first recording of Beethoven first piano concerto. Gave up in 1981 as felt lonely on stage she did.
Martha Argerich
Capital of Xinjiang in northwest China?
Urumqi
In which 19th century poem does narrator implore “is there balm in Gilead?” To the taciturn title figure?
The Raven by Poe
1989 which political leader asked Mikhail Gorbachev to send the Soviet army to oppress protest in Leipzig? Ring Gorbachev refuse this man was forced from office and replaced as general secretary by Egon Krenz shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall
Erich Honecker
Is there no balm in Gilead is question asked by titular prophet in whcih book of Old Testament? Sometimes known as weeping prophet, according to tradition, also said to have written the Book of Kings and Book of Lamentations.
Jeremiah
Zhou Yougang who died in 2017 developed which writing system the officially used romanisation for Mandarin Chinese?
Pinyin
Originating in the works of Aristotle which word from the Greek for conclusion or inference Is given to the logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two propositions that are taken to be true
Syllogism
After circling KaAba, pilgrims performing Hajj often stop to drink from which well that is said to have been divinely created to allow Ishmael to quench his thirst?
Zamzam
