Part 9 Flashcards
Which president is both the 22nd and the 24th president
Grover Cleveland
Who is president during the first world war
Woodrow Wilson
The Red Sea is connected toThe Indian Ocean by which gulf?
Gulf of Aden
The red river is a tributary of which river
Mississippi River
Which name is given to a red wine from Bordeaux
Claret
In which book would you find the character Svengali?
Trilby by George du Maurier
In which book would you find Long John Silver
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
In which book would you find the character Simon LeGree
Uncle Tom’s cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
In which book would you find the character Bill Sykes
Oliver twist by Charles Dickens
In which book would you find Mephistopheles
Dr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
In which book would you find the character pinky brown
Brighton rock by graham green
In which book would you find the character Uriah heap
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
In which book would you find the character Milo mind bender
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
What does a pharologist study?
Lighthouses. Pharos was the lighthouse at Alexandria
What does a pernalogist study
Pearls
What was shaggy’s first name in Scooby Doo
NOrville Rogers
What was the first name of Carlos the jackal
Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the Venezuelan terrorist
First name of the Fonz in happy days
Arthur
Japanese 1956 film based on King Lear
Ran
Oldest man in the Old Testament
Methuselah
What was the name of Popeye’s father
Poopdeck Pappy. Popeye created by EC Seger
Who played female lead in 1933 King Kong
Fay wray
What was Hank Hill’s profession in King of the Hill?
Propane salesman
Which Ugandan dictator was played by Forest Whitaker in the film last King of Scotland
Idi Amin. James McElroy played Doctor.
Which band took their name from an Aldous Huxley work
The doors from the doors of perception
Where is the painted desert?
Arizona
Who wrote the novel birdsong
Sebastian Fawkes
What test is given to newborns?
apgar
Who played the mad scientist in dr. Strange love
Peter sellers. Based on red alert by peter George
In what year did ET enter theaters
1982 directed by Steven Spielberg
Inspector morse partner?
Robert Lewis
Actor who played Kato in green hornet?
Bruce lee
On whose life was Robinson Crusoe supposed to be based
An epistolary novel by Daniel Defoe based on Scottish castaway Alexander Selkirk published in 1719.
On which day of the week does Robinson Crusoe meet his companion?
Friday (he calls him Man Friday)
Four rivers in garden of Eden
Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, Euphrates
Lucy honeycurch is from which EM Forester novel
A room with a view set in Italy and England
Name of John Constable painting?
The haywain
Who wrote rasselas
Samuel Johnson
A light dry sherry, also Spanish for camomile
Manzanilla
In what year was George Washington inaugurated as the first president of the USA?
1789
Mythical creature combo of scorpion, lion, man
Manticore.
West African baboon
Mandrill
Blackberry manufacturer RIM stands for what
Research in motion
Current CEO of Apple
Tim Cook
Who founded Google
Larry page Sergei brin
Tom Bosley Catholic priest detective
Father dowling mysteties Sister Stephanie played by Tracy Nelson
Cream cracker under the settee
Allan Bennett
Martini garnished with pickled onion
Gibson
Collaboration with Andrew Lloyd Webber and wrote lyrics for evita, Joseph and the technicolor dream coat, Jesus Christ superstar
Tim Rice
Vincent Damien Furnier
Alice Cooper
Barry Allen pincus
Barry manilow
Declan Patrick McManus
Elvis Costello
Allen Stewart konigberg
Woody Allen
Marvin Lee Aday
Meatloaf
Oscar Zoraoster Diggs
Wizard of Oz
Bibendum
Michelin man
John Reid
The Lone Ranger
I killed my lesbian wife
Ben affleck
SS uniform designer
Hugo Boss
Female high and low singing voice
Contralto and soprano
This is a far better thing that I have done
Sydney Carton from a Tale of Two Cities
How tall is the Eiffel Tower in metres?
322
What was Ian Fleming`s first James Bond novel?
Casino Royale
Which two countries are double-landlocked (i.e. surrounded only by other landlocked countries)?
Lichtenstein and Uzbekistan
Who played Carrie in the 1976 horror film of the same name?
Sissy Spacek
Ophidiophobia is the fear of what type of creatures?
Snakes
The characters Bert and Ernie from Sesame street were named after a policeman and taxi driver from what famous film?
Its A Wonderful Life`
What is a group of chickens called?
A brood
Where in the human body would you find the metatarsals?
In the feet
What is the more common name for Ethylene Glycol?
Antifreeze
What constellation represents a hunter with club and shield?
Orion
Who invented the television?
John Logie Baird
Equivalent to 3.26 light years, what is parsec is an abbreviation of which two words?
Parallax second
What is oneirophobia the fear of? Children, Dreams or Blindness?
Dreams
As in the saying once in a blue moon, what is a blue moon?
The second full moon that occurs in the same month.
To the nearest whole number, how many revolutions does the moon make around the earth in a calendar year?
13
Which plant is the only one to have flowers, but no proper leaves?
Cactus
On which planet in the Solar System does it constantly rain acid?
Venus
What two different types of camel are there?
Dromedary and Bactrian.
What mineral has the lowest number on the Mohs scale?
Talc
What does ASCII stand for in computing?
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
What do the letters in the acronym LED stand for?
Light-emitting diode
What is the only venomous mammal in the world?
The duckbill platypus.
In which TV show would you find the character of Edina Monsoon?
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Absolutely Fabulous`
On TV, how was the character of Diana Prince better known?
Wonder Woman
