Quiz 02 Flashcards

1
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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?

A

The Dome of the Rock

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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?

A

Cake walk

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3
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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?

A

Potential difference

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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?

A

Blaise Pascal

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5
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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?

A

Ironside

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Stars And Stripes Forever, directed by Henry Koster and starring Clifton Webb, is a biopic of which American composer?

A

John Philip Souza

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7
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What is the highest mountain outside Asia?

A

Aconagua

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8
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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

A

Sandwich

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9
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Which daily newspaper begann life in 1754 as the Leed Intelligencer?

A

Yorkshire Post

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10
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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?

A

Piers Plowman

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Which British no 1 rock album of the 1970s features the cover image of an inflatable pig flying above Battersea power station?

A

Animals

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12
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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?

A

Hiram Maxim

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13
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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?

A

Thomas Bowlder

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14
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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?

A

Orenthal James

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15
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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?

A

Brown seaweed

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16
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Who was in overall command of the English fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588?

A

Effingham

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17
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Whose music, though originally popular in the composer’s lifetime, gained a resurgence in 1973 when his piece The Entertainer was featured in the film The Sting?

A

Scott Joplin

18
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What are the Aventine, the Caelian, the Capitoline, the Esquiline, the Quirinal, the Vimial and the Palatine?

A

Seven hills of Rome

19
Q

The Practical Handbook of Bee Culture, with some Observations on the Segregation of the Queen is the full title of a scholarly work written by which fictional character, created in 1887?

A

Sherlock Holmes

20
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What kind of soup has a name that means pepper water in the Tamil language?

A

Mulligatawny

21
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The game called Noughts and Crosses in British English is more commonly known in the US by what three-word alliterative name?

A

Tic Tac Toe

22
Q

The Minerals and Land Pavilion, the Power and Production Pavilion, the Sea and Ships Pavilion and the Lion and Unicorn Pavilion were all built for which major event of 1951

A

Festival of Britain

23
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Shakespeare’s character Autolycus is described as a snapper up of unconsidered trifles. In which play does he appear?

A

The Winters Tale

24
Q

Which 1979 film was advertised with the tag line In Space, No-one Can Hear You Scream?

A

Alien

25
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Born Karoline Blaumer in Austria at the turn of the twentieth century, the future wife of the composer Kurt Weill became known by what stage name?

A

Lotte Lenya

26
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Which European city was the birthplace of the sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi?

A

Edinburgh

27
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Which measurement of length, in the UK, can be defined as a tenth of a nautical mile?

A

Chain

28
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Who was the author of the 1750s work The Gentleman and the Cabinet-Maker’s Director?

A

Thomas Chippendale

29
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What’s the popular name for the forcula, a forked bony structure om the bodies of birds to which the muscles of flight are attached?

A

Wishbone

30
Q

In the musical West Side Story, what are the names of the two rival gangs, equivalent to the Montagues and the Capulets in the source story Romeo and Juliet?

A

The Jets and the Sharks

31
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The Battles of the Boyne in 1690, Gettysburg in 1863 and The Somme in 1916 all began on which date of the calendar?

A

July 1st

32
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The first chapter of which novel, first published in 1954, is called The Sound Of The Shell?

A

Lord of the Flies

33
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Which English jeweller lends his name to the allow of copper and zinc which he invented in the early 18th century?

A

Christopher Pinchbeck

34
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Although her acheivements in the Crimean War had for many years been eclipsed by Florence Nightingale, which Jamaica-born nursing pioneer was voted top of a 21st Century poll to find the 100 greatest black Britons?

A

Mary Seacole

35
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To which famous couple was Variety magazine referring to in its June 1956 headline Egghead Weds Hourglass?

A

Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe

36
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What is the standard unit of luminous flux, used to measure the light that passes through an area in a second?

A

The Lumen

37
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Which English king was defeated and captured at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141?

A

Stephen

38
Q

Martin Cooper, a Chicago engineer employed by the Motorola company, is credited with being the first person to ever do what, on the 3rd April 1973

A

Make a mobile phone call

39
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What is the simplest fraction that expresses the decimal value 0.85?

A

17/20

40
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What aromatic herb gives its distinct flavour to Earl Grey Tea?

A

Bergemot