Quiz 08 Flashcards
The phrase BRIC Nations refers to a group fo countries whose economies and influents are growing and predicted to keep growing during the 21st century. What do the letters BRIC stand for?
Brazil, Russia, India, China
Decaying uranium finally becomes an isotope of which metal?
Lead
Le Manege Enchante was the originaly French title of which classic children’s TV programme?
The Magic Roundabout
Which financial enterprise began in a coffee house in Tower Street London, in the 1680s before moving to bigger premises near Lombard Street?
Lloyds
Which itinerant ballet company, directed by Sergei Diaghilev and widely regarded as the greatest ballet company of the 20th century performed in many countries between 1909 and 1929?
Ballet Russes
In which range of hills are the Wookey Hole caves?
Mendips
Which British actor and comedian directed his first Hollywood feature in 2009, called The Invention of Lying?
Ricky Gervais
What is the chemical formula for Ozone?
O3
In 1981 a book by twelve year old Patrick Bossert became one of the fastest selling books of all time. Its contents provided a means of solving which problem?
Rubik’s cube
Recorded as an entry in his diary, God grant my eyes may never behold the like is a sentiment reflecting John Evelyn’s response to which historical event?
Great Fire of London
The Rainbow Bridge, a natural arch of pink sandstone crosses Lake Powell in which US state?
Utah
In the Hindu religion, what is a Sadhu?
Holy man, sage
Bob Paisley steered which football club to six league titles and three European Cups during nine years as manager?
Liverpool
According to the humourous book of British history 1066 And All That by Sellar and Yeatman, which parliament was so-called because it had been sitting for such a long time?
Rump Parliament
The sequel to Rovert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped takes its title from the girl the hero David Balfour falls in love with. What is its title?
Catriona
What stretch of water seperates the Isle of Anglesey from the Welsh mainland?
Menai Straits