Quiz 02 Flashcards
Which building, one of the holiest places of Islam, stands on the top of Mount Moriah in Jerusalem and is traditionally the site of the prophet Mohammad’s ascent to heaven?
The Dome of the Rock
What kind of strutting dance, especially populat at the height of the Ragtime era in early 20th century America, was named after the prize that was traditionally awarded to the best dancers?
Cake walk
The volt is an SI unit measuring the electrical energy converted by the electric charge moving between two points in a circuit. Although it’s commonly referred to as the voltage, what two-word term is properly given to this quantity?
Potential difference
Which French mathematician and philosopher proved, in the late 1640s, that air pressure decreased with altitude, by taking a barometer to the summit of Puy de Dôme in the Auvergne?
Blaise Pascal
Edmund, son of Ethelred the Unready, who briefly succeeded his father as king in 1016, is usually known by a nickname reflecting his courage. What was the nickname?
Ironside
Stars And Stripes Forever, directed by Henry Koster and starring Clifton Webb, is a biopic of which American composer?
John Philip Souza
What is the highest mountain outside Asia?
Aconagua
The origin of which snack is generally attributed to the aristocrat John Montague, who is said to have eaten food in this form in order to avoid having to leave the gaming table
Sandwich
Which daily newspaper begann life in 1754 as the Leed Intelligencer?
Yorkshire Post
The English Poet William Langland, who lived from about 1330 to 1400, is known for one long alliterative poem which exists in several different versions. What is it called?
Piers Plowman
Which British no 1 rock album of the 1970s features the cover image of an inflatable pig flying above Battersea power station?
Animals
Which inventor, born in the USA and later a naturalised Briton, developed the first fully automatic machine gun, manufactured by Vickers and Abbot and adopted by the British Army?
Hiram Maxim
Gibbon’s History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and the plays of Shakespeare were all edited in expurgated form by which somerset-born physician and writer?
Thomas Bowlder
In the name of the actor and former American football player OJ Simpson, who was acquited of murder in 1995, what do the initials OJ stand for?
Orenthal James
The Sargasso Sea, surrounded by and effectively created by the enclosing effects of the Gulf Stream, the Canary Crescent and the Equatorial Current, takes it name from the abundance of Sargassum in its waters. What is Sargassum?
Brown seaweed
Who was in overall command of the English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588?
Effingham