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In which decade did the California Gold Rush commence?
1840s in Coloma
Christian Grey and which other literary character appear for the first time
in the 2011 novel Fifty Shades Of Grey?
Anastasia Steele
Which soft drink is manufactured by Nichols plc, who are based in Newton le Willows?
Vimto
Gary Burghoff was the only actor to play the same character in the film MASH and the TV series of the same name. What was his character?
Radar O’Reilly
Donald Trump’s parents names?
Fred and Mary (MacLeod)
Which Cunard liner commenced her maiden voyage on 3rd May 2024?
Queen Anne
QUESTION ONE
The shopkeeper, Alihodza Mutevelić, has his ear nailed to the title structure in which
historical novel by Ivo Andrić? This novel is set in the town of Višegrad, which spans
the river mentioned in the novel’s title.
The Bridge on the Drina
The second derivative test can be used in calculus to locate what points on a curve?
These points are the place on a curve where the direction of the curvature changes, for
example going from convex to concave.
INFLECTION point or FLEX
The blossoming of Byzantine culture in the 9th to 11th centuries prompted
historiographers to use what term for the ‘renaissance’ that followed the ‘Byzantine
Dark Ages’? Also known as the ‘era of Byzantine encyclopedism’ because of the attempts made during this time to codify knowledge, the more common name for the period in question is derived from its ruling dynasty.
MACEDONIAN Resistance
In his form as the morning star, Venus, the god Quetzalcoatl [ket-zal-cwaht-ul] is often
depicted as which very large species of eagle? Among the largest of all eagles, this
species is named after hybrid winged creatures from Classical mythology who flew the
dead to Hades or Tartarus.
Harpy Eagle
Which box-shaped percussion instrument developed among the enslaved population
in Peru in the 19th century and is widely used in Afro-Peruvian music? Performers
traditionally sit on this instrument and slap the front face with their hands.
CAJON
In his book S, M, L, XL, the Dutch architect and critic Rem Koolhaas critiques an article
by William Gibson written about the culture and architecture of Singapore. Gibson’s
article was entitled “Disneyland with the [BLANK]”. What two English words fill in the
blank?
Death Penalty
Although Endliches und ewiges Sein (Finite and Eternal Being) was, primarily, Edith
Stein’s attempt to synthesize the works of Thomas Aquinas with phenomenology, the
work also contains a noted analysis of the compatibility of phenomenology with this
man’s work. This is which Scottish Catholic priest whose philosophical commentaries
are collected in the Ordinatio (also known as the Opus Oxoniense)?
John DUNS SCOTUS
A Tasmanian state reserve since 1978 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997,
which island is perhaps best known for being home to the world’s entire royal penguin
population during their annual nesting season?
Macquarie Island
Which acidic antiseptic is commonly used in capsule form to inhibit the growth of
candida in the vaginal microbiome?
Boric acid
Storage diseases such as Gaucher disease and Niemann-Pick disease are caused by
defects in the function of which hydrolase-rich, waste-disposing organelles found in
all mammalian cells except red blood cells?
LYSOSOMES
Valperga (1823), Lodore (1835), and Falkner (1837) are all novels by which author who is
better known for an 1818 gothic novel?
Mary SHELLEY
QUESTION TWO
Ilya Repin’s painting Burlaki na Volge (Barge Haulers on the Volga) is perhaps the
defining work of which movement in Russian realist art that presented subject matter
drawn from everyday life, reflecting the movement’s egalitarian sociopolitical views?
Peredvizhniki or The Wanderers or The Itinerants
Which star in the constellation Octans serves as the Southern Hemisphere’s pole star
and counterpart to Polaris in the Northern Hemisphere?
SIGMA OCTANTIS
SPARE ONE
Opened in 1913, the oldest underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere
can be ridden in which South American capital city?
Buenos Aires
His arrest and imprisonment in 1960 being a factor in the establishment of Amnesty
International, Agostinho Neto served as the first president of which African country?
Angola
Which British rock band had UK hits in 1964 with Not Fade Away and It’s All Over Now?
The Rolling Stones
Which U.S. president sported a “chin curtain” or Shenandoah beard?
Abraham Lincoln
Rachel Trevor-Morgan is most famous as a designer of which wearable items?
Hats