Quiz 09 Flashcards

1
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What name is given in reproductive biology to a certain type of cell, two of which merging with one another produce a zygote - examples being sperm and egg cells?

A

Gametes

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The five Leatherstocking Tales of the 19th century American novelist James Fennimore Cooper are The Pioneers, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer, and which other novel, first published in 1826?

A

The Last of the Mohicans

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3
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In 1598 the Edict of Nantes finally defined freedom of worship for which French religious group, who had to suffer its revocation in 1685 by Louis XIV?

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Huguenots

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Which term - first used in 1976 in Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene - is used to refer to a so-called unit of cultural information passed between minds through imitated use?

A

Meme

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5
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At approximately 192km, which is the longest river in Scotland?

A

Tay

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6
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According to Philip Larkin’s poem Annus Miralibis, in which year did sexual intercourse begin?

A

1963

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Which British actor’s prominent roles encompass Lennie Pice in Two Way Stretch in 1960 and Wilf Mott in Dr Who in the 21st century?

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Bernard Cribbens

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8
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C5H9N3 is a chemical formula for which biogenic compound released bu the immune system during allergic reactions?

A

Histamene

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9
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Which bird, sometimes known as the sea swallow, has varieties including the Sooty, Arctic and Sandwich?

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Tern

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10
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What name is generally given to the palaeoanthropological theory - advanced by geneticists in the 1980s - that all living humans share a single ancestor, a hypothetical woman living in eastern Africa between 150 and 200 thousand years ago?

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Eve Hypothesis

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11
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Benjamin Franklin, Percival Lowell, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allen Poe and Paul revere were all born in which city, historically known as the Athens of America?

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Boston

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12
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What was King George IV’s first name?

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Albert

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13
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What traditional custom takes place in the Derbyshire villages of Tissington and Youlgreave, amongst others, said to be associated with the worship of water deities?

A

Well dressing

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14
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What is the name fo the French village, outside Paris, where Monet spent the last years of his life, painting his famous Waterlillies series?

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Giverny

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15
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George Bingham was in overall charge of the cavalry charge at Balaclava: he was the 3rd holder of which title that was made infamous by the 7th holder, declared legally dead in the 1990s?

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Lord Lucan

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16
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Which Austrian physicist is responsible for the naming of the ration of the speed of the body or fluid to the local speed of sound, particularly commonly applied in relation to aircraft?

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Ernest Mach

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17
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The invention of which perfume is credited to Giovanni Maria Farina, who moved from Italy to Germany in the early eighteenth century to manufacture it?

A

Eau de Cologne

18
Q

Which musical instrument was patented in Hawaii in 1917?

A

Eukelele

19
Q

The Indri, aye-aye and fossa are animal species native to which country?

A

Madagascar

20
Q

Although credited to different acts, the early 1970s hit songs In a Broken Dream, Cindy Incidentally and You Wear It Well all featured lead vocals by whom?

A

Rod Stewart

21
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Who was the man who ruled Cuba in the 1940 and again in the 1950s when he was overthrown by Fidel Castro?

A

Fulgenio Batista y Zaldivar

22
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Working on principles developed by Michael Faraday, what name is given to a machine or generator that transforms mechanical energy into electrical energy?

A

Dynamo

23
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With book and lyrics by Glenn Slater, which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is a sequel to The Phantom Of The Opera?

A

Love Never Dies

24
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John Milton, Isaac Newton, Hentry VIII and Benjamin Franklin are among the most famous names said to have suffered from which form of arthritis, brought on by the defective metabolism of uric acid?

A

Gout

25
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Comparisons are odorous is a characteristic malapropism spoken by which Shakespearean character?

A

Dogberry in Much Ado

26
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Which small island in the River Thames is connected by a footbridge at Twickenham?

A

Ell Pie Island

27
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Which Russion composer’s second piano concerto in C minor is heard on the soundtracks of the 1945 film romance Brief Encounter and the 1955 Billy Wilder comedy The Seven Year Itch?

A

Rachmaninov

28
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Which spice, used in natural or powdered form, is derived from the dried membrane that covers nutmeg?

A

Mace

29
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Which two word phrase is used for the boundary of a black hole with the rest of the universe?

A

Event Horizon

30
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Which mythical beast was said to have a lion’s head, a goat’s middle and a dragon or serpent’s tale?

A

Chimera

31
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What name is given to the oldest known fossil bird of the late Jurassic period?

A

Archaeopteryx

32
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What was the nationality by birth of Marie-Antionette, whose husband ascended the French throne as Louis XVI in 1774?

A

Austria

33
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Although its name derives from the Provencal word for capers, what is actually the main ingredient of the dish Tapenade?

A

Olives

34
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Which film directed by David Lean, based on a classic novel, did one critic say, does for snow what his Lawrence of Arabia did for sand?

A

Dr Zhivago

35
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A cordwainer is an archaic term for an artisan who manufactured what type of good?

A

Shoes, boots, etc - leather

36
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To distinguish him from his fatherthe second President of the United States, the sixth President is almost always referred to using which distinctive middle name from his great grandfather?

A

Quincy

37
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The Ounce is an alternative name for which anomal that lives in the mountains of Central Asia?

A

Snow leopard

38
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Which dry apple brandy shares its name with the department of north-west France where it is made?

A

Calvados

39
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Which international organisation, whose aims are the education and stimulation of retired members of the community, was founded in Toulouse in 1973?

A

University of the Third Age

40
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What name is given to non-volatile computer memory that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed, which is primarily used on memory cards, memory sticks and the like?

A

Flash memory