Mimir Snow Drop Questions Flashcards
Shikumen is a traditional architectural style of what city, also home to a
dish often known in English as “soup dumplings”?
Shanghai
Created by J.B. Vuillaume, a reproduction of Guarneri’s Il Cannone is
used by Hilary Hahn, who plays what instrument? This four-stringed
instrument is usually tuned such that the A string is at the pitch of
440 hertz.
Violin
After the First World War, what jeweller, known for its work with
royals, was inspired to introduce the iconic Tank watch? Wallis
Simpson’s iconic Panther bracelet was designed by this jeweller, who
also created the Love Bracelet, which comes with a special screwdriver.
Cartier
This image shows Graeme Souness planting the flag of what
football club, after they had defeated their bitter local rivals,
Fenerbahçe?
Galatasaray
Exemplified by languages such as Erlang and Haskell, what programming
paradigm was inspired by the development of lambda calculus? This
paradigm places an emphasis on its namesake mathematical constructs.
functional programming
Developed around 1960, what old but still frequently-used
functional programming language is known for its syntax, which uses
nested parentheses to manipulate lists? Scheme and Clojure are modern
dialects of this language, which was promoted by Paul Graham and
developed by John McCarthy.
Lisp
Although it was introduced in an earlier article by Frederick Douglass,
the notion of the “colour line” was popularised in what 1903 book? This
book by W. E. B. Du Bois [doo boys] includes biographies of Alexander
Crummell and Booker T. Washington.
The Souls of Black Folk
What waterfront district of Shanghai is located on the western bank of
the Huangpu River?
Bund
In order to purchase the famous emerald jewellery suite that he
gifted to Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton regularly visited the Via
Condotti flagship store of what fashion house? Owned by LVMH, the
Serpenti line of watches and jewellery is a mainstay of this company
that was founded in Epirus in 1884.
Bulgari
Du Bois adopted the term “double consciousness” from the essay
“The Transcendentalist”, by what American writer? In the essay
“Nature”, this thinker described an unbiased perspective on the world,
using the metaphor of the “transparent eyeball”.
Emerson
Stanley Karnow won the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for History for In Our
Image , a book about US involvement in what country? Frederick
Funston led a successful mission to capture and kill a leader in this
country, which was also the site of the Moro Rebellion.
Philipines
After Harry Johnston prevented some pygmy people from being
kidnapped by a showman, they provided him with vital information
about what species that was only formally described in the 20th
century? This animal, found in deep Congolese jungles, was described as a “striped donkey”, but is in fact more closely related to giraffes.
Okapi
What is the name of the Dutch diamond cutter who co-founded
the jewellery company behind the ruby suite that Edward VIII gifted to
Wallis Simpson? Four-leaf clovers feature in the Alhambra line of
jewellery, created by the company co-founded by this man and
Salomon Arpels.
Alfred van Cleef
Lisp takes a strong, dynamic approach to handling what concept in
programming? Floating-point and string are examples of these
specifications, which, in broad terms, tell the compiler how the
programme should handle data.
Type
After visiting Thailand, Austrian businessman Dietrich Mateschitz
helped to popularise what energy drink? This brand, which sponsors a
number of sporting events, is now known by an English name.
Red Bull
