OQL Questions Flashcards
Who made the first solo, non-stop transatlantic aeroplane flight in 1927?
Charles Lindbergh
Which Italian-born explorer landed in Newfoundland in 1497 aboard
the vessel Matthew of Bristol, claiming the territory for the English
king Henry VII?
John CABOT / Giovanni CABOTO
What seven-letter word completes the following Burger King slogan: “the Home of the BLANK”? The word in question is the name of one of the signature burgers sold by Burger King.
WHOPPER
On the dating app Tinder, you can swipe left to not like a potential match and swipe right to like a potential match. What can a user do by swiping up on a potential match?
“SUPER-LIKE”
In athletics what is the opening event of the heptathlon?
100m Hurdles
Edgbaston is the home ground of which English county cricket team?
WARWICKSHIRE
In the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, Marlene is married to which character?
BOYCIE (acc. Aubrey Boyce)
Which of Henry VIII’s wives was the mother of Mary I?
CATHERINE OF ARAGON
With a population of around one million, what is the name of the
urban slum in Nairobi that is the largest in Africa?
KIBERA
The 12th Century chronicle, Historia Anglorum is credited to Henry of which English town in the diocese of Ely?
Huntingdon
Much in the news in recent months, the company BioNTech was founded, and has its headquarters, in which European country?
Germany
Recorded up to 122m in height, Steamboat in Wyoming, USA is the tallest active example of what type of geographical feature?
Geyser
Who made the first successful aeroplane flight across the English Channel in 1909?
Louis Bleriot
What was the only UK number one single for the group “Eurythmics”? The song opens with the line “No one on earth could feel like this, I’m thrown and overblown with bliss”.
There Must Be An Angel
The word “renal” refers to which part of the body?
KIDNEY
Which big cat, which gives its name to a military helicopter and an Apple Mac operating system, is also sometimes known as a cougar, a mountain lion and a catamount?
PUMA
Which of Dickens’ titular characters owns a pet raven named Grip?
Barnaby Rudge
Named after a British physicist and engineer, what is the SI unit of thermodynamic temperature?
Kelvin
Un Chien Andalou was a 1929 Franco-Spanish silent short film that was directed by Salvador Dalí and which Spanish film director?
Luis BUÑUEL
Which Swiss physician and philosopher of the German Renaissance has been dubbed the “father of toxicology”? He is credited with the adage “the dose makes the poison”.
PARACELSUS (acc. von Hohenheim)
The Actes and Monuments, perhaps more commonly known as Foxes Book of Martyrs tells of the persecution of which religious denomination?
PROTESTANTS
A festive record by which US singer, first released in 1994 finally
made it to number one in January 2021, although missed out to
LadBaby in Christmas week itself?
Mariah CAREY
Former “Young One” Ade Edmondson represented which University in
the 2020 series of Christmas University Challenge?
MANCHESTER
The Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall can both be found in which city?
JERUSALEM
Amusingly parodied at the end of Wayne’s World, which 1991 film
ends with characters played by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
driving their car of a cliff and into the Grand Canyon?
THELMA & LOUISE
Operating from the mid 1940s to the mid 1970s, the Seven Sisters was a cartel formed by producers of what?
Oil
Played by Tricia Helfer, Number Six is a character in the remake of which U.S. T.V. sci-fi series that ran for 4 seasons ending in 2009?
Battlestar Galactica
Which first class county cricket side play their home games at the Riverside Ground, Chester-Le-Street
Durham
Tom Bailey, Alannah Currey and Joe Leeway were the members of which successful 80s pop group? Their 5 top ten hits in the UK Singles charts came between 1982 and 1984.
Thompson Twins
One of only 4 people to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, which author is best for his works “The Sounds and the Fury” and “As I Lay Dying”?
William Faulkner
In 2020 Patrick Mahomes became the first NFL/gridiron player to sign a contract worth half a Billion dollars when he agreed a ten year deal with which team?
Kansas City Chiefs
Widely regarded as one of the greatest Rugby League players of all
time, which half-back and five-eighth who spent most of his career
with the North Queensland Cowboys, was named world player of the
year in 2011, 2013 and 2015?
Johnathan THURSTON
“Dirty Old Town”, a minor hit for the Dubliners in 1968 and the
Pogues in 1985, was written by which British folk singer, the father of
a famous musical daughter, about his native Salford?
Ewan MCCOLL
According to the ratings body BARB - Which annual event topped the
ratings on Christmas day 2020 with 8.14m viewers across BBC One,
ITV and Sky News?
The QUEEN’S SPEECH
In which English city would you find the Kelham Island brewery?
Sheffield
According to IMDB, which actor born in 1942 gained his first screen credit in the 1967 film The Long Ride Home and his most recent in the 2020 film Call of the Wild?
Harrison Ford
Which car manufacturer produced the “Allegro” model?
Austin
What is the name of the “supergroup” comprising Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech?
Blind Faith
Amusingly parodied at the end of Wayne’s World II, which 1967 film
end with a wedding being disrupted by Dustin Hoffman’s character
but is perhaps most famous for the line, “Mrs Robinson, you’re trying
to seduce me. Aren’t you?”
The GRADUATE
Hosting some of the world’s biggest retailers, Ledra Street is the most
famous shopping thoroughfare in which EU capital?
NICOSIA
In January 2021, it was announced that which member of the extended British Royal Family was to join the writing team at Mills and Boon? This person is no stranger to writing, having created a popular children’s book and TV character
Sarah Ferguson
The Tiger Who Came to Tea is a work by which German-born but later British author?
Judith KERR
In anatomy, what is the shoulder blade more properly known as?
Scapula
The Americans generally know it as Eggplant, what is this vegetable more usually called in the UK?
Aubergine
Much in the news in recent months, the company AstraZeneca was formed through a merger in 1999. Zeneca was a company founded in UK but in which European county was Astra founded?
Sweden
In Indian cuisine, “Aloo” refers to what vegetable ingredient?
Potato
Ewan McColl wrote The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face, later a hit for
Roberta Flack, about which US folk singer? At the time he was married
to Kirsty McColl’s mother Jean Newlove but having an affair with this
performer, whose half-brother was also a famous folk singer
Peggy SEEGER (half-sister of Pete)
Which unit of measurement is equal to 3.26 light years?
Parsec
Played by Patrick McGoohan, Number Six is the main character in which classic British T.V. Series?
The Prisoner
The Gruffalo is a work by which English children’s author?
Julia DONALDSON
Two former soap actress have played the lead role in the BBC drama series ‘Our Girl’. Can you name either?
Lacey Turner or Michelle Keegan
After 20 years at the New England Patriots, Tom Brady, regarded by many as the greatest NFL Quarterback of all time joined which team for the start of the 2020 season?
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Which Conservative MP, whose constituency is Witham, served as the UK Home Secretary during Boris Johnson’s time as Prime Minister?
Priti PATEL
A golden boar’s tusk features on the flag of which nation that is found in the Pacific Ocean? The nation used to be known as the New Hebrides.
VANUATU
A king of Babylon is the title character in which Giuseppe Verdi opera that is based on four books of the Bible and a play of 1836?
NABUCCO
What is the most common name of the chemical compound whose
molecules consist of three oxygen atoms? Its depletion from the
Earth’s stratosphere has been a cause for concern.
OZONE
What is the more common name of the militant group ‘Islamic State in West Africa” who are active primarily in Nigeria?
Boko Haram
A festive record by which British duo, first released in 1984 finally
made it to number one in January 2021, although missed out to
LadBaby in Christmas week itself?
WHAM!
One of several operas based on the works of Beaumarchais, a work by
Gioachino Rossini concerns The Barber of which Spanish city?
SEVILLE
The defeat of Hannibal at which battle of 202 BCE marked the end of the Second Punic War?
Battle of ZAMA
Who was English monarch at the time of the creation of the Magna Carta?
John
The tissue of the brain and central nervous system is commonly
divided into ‘white matter’ and another type of ‘matter’ named for
what colour? The latter term is used informally to refer to intelligence.
GREY
The word “pulmonary” refers to which part of the body?
LUNGS
The homeworld of the Klingon Empire in the Star Trek universe is a homophone of the Greek God of Time. Who is that God?
Chronos
In which city would you find the Castle Rock brewery?
Nottingham
Playing a key role in Irish independence, who was leader of the Home Rule League from 1880 to 1882 ?
Charles Parnell
The God Hanuman is depicted as which creature ?
Monkey
Wackford Squeers and Newman Noggs are characters from which Charles Dickens novel ?
Nicholas Nickleby
In Indian cuisine, “Gosht” refers to what meat ingredient?
Lamb
Who was shot by Mehmet Ali Agca on May 13th 1981?
Who was shot by Mehmet Ali Agca on May 13th 1981?
Headingley is the home ground of which English county cricket team? YORKSHIRE
YORKSHIRE
Also the name of the album it was taken from, which 1979 UK number
3 hit for Abba has lyrics beginning “People everywhere / a sense of
expectation hanging in the air”?
“VOULEZ-VOUS”
Portrayed by Eliza Scanlen in the 2019 film of the book, what was the
name of the 3rd eldest March sister in the classic novel “Little
Women”? In the book dies from complications from scarlet fever.
BETH / ELIZABETH
What was the name of the ship that transported a group of English families known as the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620?
MAYFLOWER
What word refers to the practice intended to establish an unfair political advantage by manipulating district boundaries?
GERRYMANDERING
Which character, whose goal is to kidnap Princess Peach, is the main
antagonist in the Super Mario games?
BOWSER
Which battle of 451 CE led to the Huns under the rule of Attila withdrawing from Gaul?
Battle of the CATALAUNIAN PLAINS (acc. Campus Mauriacus, Châlons, Troyes, Maurica)
Which county cricket team play at Wantage Road?
Northamptonshire
In botany, what seven-letter adjective is used to refer to the shape of
the leaves of plants such as the maple tree, which resemble a hand
with fingers outstretched? The first four letters of this term is the
name of a feature of the human hand.
PALMATE
In physics, what ‘I’ is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its velocity?
INERTIA
Makhachkala is the capital and largest city of which republic of Russia that has an Islamic majority?
DAGESTAN
Which multiple-time Oscar winner directed the 1946 film “It’s a Wonderful Life”?
Frank Capra
At 350km in length, Scoresby Sund in Greenland is the longest example of what type of geographical feature?
Fjord
Aside from Alexander Hamilton, the other non-President to feature on US paper currency, who is pictured on the $100 bill? He was the first Postmaster General of the US
Benjamin Franklin
In May 1985, thirty-nine people were killed at which stadium in Brussels prior to a game between Liverpool FC and Juventus?
HEYSEL Stadium (acc. King Baudouin Stadium)
Which popular food flavouring has a name deriving ultimately from
the Latin word vagina, meaning ‘sheath’, probably as a result of the
shape of the pods in which it is found?
VANILLA
Kingsholm is the home ground of which English Premier League Rugby
Union side?
GLOUCESTER
What name is shared by one of the founding planets of the Federation in the Star Trek universe and the Roman God of Fire?
Vulcan
Giving her name to a track on the Sons of Kemet album Your Queen is a Reptile, name the American woman, born into slavery, who escaped, freed approximately 70 other slaves as part of the Underground Railroad and was later the first woman to lead an armed assault during the Civil War
Harriet Tubman
Which Eurodance act had a 1994 UK number-one single with the song “Saturday Night”?
WHIGFIELD
Which first class county cricket team play their home games at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff?
Glamorgan
Also the name of the album it was taken from, which 1980 U.K.
number one hit for Abba contains the chorus lyrics “smiling, having
fun / feeling like a number one”?
“SUPER TROUPER”
Between 1884 and 1916, modern day Cameroon was colonised by which European nation?
Germany
Which professionals might ask their clients to choose between “flash” - often in a style called “American Traditional” - and custom?
Tattooists
Which sportswear brand, founded by Rudolph Dassler and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, is a kit sponsor of Crystal Palace, Wigan Athletic and Tranmere Rovers and also employs Jay-Z as a creative director for its basketball division?
Puma
Playboy magazine was founded by which man who passed away in 2017? He also lived at the Playboy Mansion until his death.
Hugh HEFNER
The only large moon in the Solar System with a retrograde orbit, what is the largest moon of Neptune?
TRITON
Starring Mark Wahlberg, which 2008 M. Night Shyamalan film sees
the world under attack from flowers which induce humans to commit
suicide?
The HAPPENING
Which actress and businesswoman popularised the use of the word “entanglement” when she used it in a July 2020 episode of her podcast, Red Table Talk? She presents the show with her famous daughter. Her husband, more famous than both, has also appeared on the show as a guest.
Jada Pinkett Smith
Located in the province of Leinster and formerly known as Kings County, which Irish county has Tullamore as its county town?
Offaly
A golden frigatebird features on the flag of which nation that is found in the Pacific Ocean? One of the official languages of the nation is Gilbertese.
KIRIBATI
In botany, what seven-letter name is given to the protective waxy
coverings commonly found on the outer surfaces of plant leaves? It is
also the name of a feature of the human hand
CUTICLE
In anatomy, what is the kneecap more properly known as?
Patella
The Earth’s ozone layer is primarily noted for filtering out potentially
harmful light in what region of the electromagnetic spectrum? Light in
this region has wavelengths shorter than those of visible light, but
longer than those of X-rays.
ULTRAVIOLET / UV
Which group of pay television sports channels currently have exclusive rights to UEFA Champions League matches in the UK?
BT Sport
Which actor was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award at the 2020 Oscars ceremony for his role as Pope Francis in The Two Popes?
Jonathan PRYCE
Which long-running TV show launched in 1985 with the murder of Reg Watts?
EASTENDERS
Newhaven in Sussex has a memorial bench dedicated to which US hip hop artist, often referred to as the Godfather of Gangsta rap, a founder member of NWA? Changing one letter of his name will give you the name of an Emma Stone movie from 2010.
Easy E
Which profession uses an “egg registry” as a means of establishing intellectual property rights?
Clowns
“Only Love” is a song from Every Kingdom, the 2011 debut studio album of which indie folk musician?
Ben HOWARD
Which of the four canonical modes of painting of the renaissance, is a
painting technique for softening the transition between colours,
mimicking an area beyond what the human eye is focusing on?
SFUMATO
Its name coming from Italian for “light-dark”. Which of the four
canonical modes of painting of the Renaissance is the use of strong
contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a
whole composition?
CHIAROSCURO
Harwich International Port and the Purfleet ferry terminal can both be found in which English county?
ESSEX
The prince Calaf falls in love with the title character of which Giacomo Puccini opera?
TURANDOT
Ordered by King AEthelred (Ethelred the Unready) in 1002, the massacre of Danes living in England is known by the name of which Saint, upon whose feast day – 13th November – it occurred?
Saint Brice
Formed in 2005 and disbanding in 2015, Robert Kilroy Silk was the founder of which political party?
Veritas
What six-letter word fills in the blank in the two following KFC products: “Bargain BLANK” and “Mighty BLANK for One?
BUCKET
Which Belgian athlete won the women’s Heptathlon gold at the 2016
Rio Olympics?
Nafissatou THIAM
Which element with atomic number 87 takes its name from a European country ?
Francium
David Gower, Gary Lineker, and Rory McGrath were among the regulars on which sports-themed panel show that ran on BBC One from 1995-2006?
THEY THINK IT’S ALL OVER
The longest pedestrian shopping area in Europe, Strøget is a popular
tourist destination within which capital city?
COPENHAGEN
Stranded” which topped the UK album charts in 1973 was an album by which group? 8 years later the band would have their only UK Number one single with a song written by John Lennon
Roxy Music
Which Dutch painter born in 1582 painted “The Laughing Cavalier” ?
Frans Hals
Formed in 2004 and dissolving in 2016, for which party did George Galloway stand when winning the Bethnal Green and Bow seat in 2005?
Respect
Which actor was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award at the 2020 Oscars ceremony for his role as Charlie Barber in Marriage Story?
Adam DRIVER
Which famous horse won the Grand National in 1973, 1974, and 1977?
RED RUM
John Major was MP for which constituency between 1979 and 200?
Huntingdon
What is the name of the Spanish conquistador who, in 1519, led an
expedition to what is now Mexico, causing the fall of the Aztec Empire
and beginning the first phase of the Spanish colonisation of the
Americas?
Hernan CORTES
Which Roman author wrote the body of work known as The Satires? One version of his biography asserts that he was banished by the emperor Domitian, whom he subsequently mocked in The Emperor’s Fish.
Juvenal
Tom Pinch and Mark Tapley are characters from which Charles Dickens novel?
Martin Chuzzlewitt
Which princess is the ruler of the fictional Mushroom Kingdom in the
Super Mario games?
Princess PEACH / Princess
TOADSTOOL
As at the 2019 General Election, which is the largest UK parliamentary constituency by electorate (just over 113,000), currently held by Bob Seely?
Isle of Wight
One of only 4 people to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, which author wrote the series of novels featuring Harry Angstrom known collectively as The Rabbit series?
John Updike
The US city of Milwaukee sits on which of the Great Lakes?
Michigan
Which Conservative MP, whose constituancy is Esher & Walton, served as the UK Foreign Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister in 2020?
Dominic RAAB
Which US hip hop group released the classic 1989 album, 3 Feet High and Rising?
De La Soul
One of several operas based on the works of Beaumarchais, a work by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart concerns The Marriage of which titular
character?
FIGARO
Newhaven in Sussex has a statue of which former pastry chef who worked on ferry’s sailing from the town? He later became the President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Which word associated with coffee, means “stained” in Italian?
Macchiato
Which 1964 film featured General Jack Ripper as the head of the U.S. military?
Dr Strangelove
Mount Elbert in Colorado is the high point of which mountain range?
ROCKIES (acc. SAWATCH range)
Which of the Mercury 7 astronauts was in 1962 the first American to
orbit the Earth, circling it three times?
John GLENN
Liberia declared its independence from which country in 1847?
USA
Which children’s game, first sold in 1965, features “Cavity Sam” who, amongst other difficulties, has a small horse lodged near his hip?
Operation
Which figure in American public life is often referred to by her initials AOC? She is currently a member of the House of Representatives for New York’s 14th congressional district.
Alexandria OCASIO-CORTEZ
Which Swedish swimmer is the current world record holder in the women’s 50m and 100m freestyle events?
Sarah SJÖSTRÖM
The 1959 novel “Naked Lunch” was the most famous work by which
Beat Generation author?
William BURROUGHS
Which element with atomic number 113 takes its name from an Asian country?
Nihonium
With a one word title, which J.M Coetzee novel won the Booker prize in 1999?
Disgrace
A famous painting by Jacques-Louis David shows Napoleon crossing what mountain range?
The Alps
Portrayed by Emma Watson in the 2019 film of the book, what was
the name of the eldest March sister in the classic novel “Little
Women”? In the book she marries John Brooke.
MEG / MARGARET
“Cosmo’s Factory” which topped the UK album charts in 1970 was an album by which group? The group in question had 4 top ten singles in the UK with their only Number 1 single coming in 1969.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Taking up the role in 1843 who was the first Poet Laureate to be appointed by Queen Victoria?
William Wordsworth
The first episode of which returning nature documentary was the most watched programme of 2017 in the UK?
Blue Planet II
Which US hip hop group released the classic 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back?
Public Enemy
Perhaps the best-known of all items of Indian clothing, its name
translates as ‘strip of cloth’. This is which shoulder-to-waist drape,
typically worn by women?
SARI
Ranked by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top ten albums of all time, “Dreams”, “Go Your Own Way”, and “The Chain” all appear on which album by Fleetwood Mac?
RUMOURS
Margaret of Anjou was the wife of which English Monarch?
Henry VI
First airing in 2015, and one of Netflix’s most popular foreign language series, “Call My Agent” is a TV show from which European country?
France
Pamela Anderson has been married four times. Her second husband was which man, the singer of hits such as “Picture” and “All Summer Long”?
KID ROCK (acc. Bobby Shazam and Robert Ritchie)
The Americans usually call it Cilantro, what is this herb more commonly called in the UK?
Coriander
The Giraffidae family contains two extant genera, the giraffes, and which other animal, found in the dense rainforests of the Congo?
Okapi
Which man perhaps best known as an MMA commentator, but also works as TV host and comedian, recently signed a deal with Spotify reportedly worth $100m granting them exclusive distribution rights for his podcast?
Joe Rogan
Which city is situated at the mouth of the River Douro ?
Porto
In which Pakistani town was Osama Bin Laden captured and killed in May 2011?
Abbotabad
Which Scottish football team, currently competing in the Premiership, plays home matches at Rugby Park?
Kilmarnock
