Quiz 23 Flashcards
Which British Labour politician once defined his foreign policy as being able to take a ticket at Victoria Station and go anywhere I damn well please?
Ernest Bevin
In which field of the arts is the Prix Goncourt awarded?
Literature
The Scottish football club long known simply as Morton Football Club now acknowledges its home town in its name: which town?
Greenock
What is the British term for what an American would call a Plantar Wart?
Verucca
Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs were the writers of a stage musical first performed in 1971 which became one of the most performed musicals in the world, especially in schools. What is it called?
Grease
Which small animal, brought to Europe from South America where is was domesticated for its meat, has been used since the mid 18th century in scientific research, being Robert Koch’s chosen model in experiments that produced the first TB vaccine?
Guinea pigs
Which rank of the British Army, awarded to junior officers in cavalry regiments, shares its name with a brass band instrument commonly pitched in b flat?
Cornet
Wittern, whitty, wiggen and quickbeam are all dialect names for which species of tree?
Rowan, or Mountain Ash
What is the motto of the Salvation Army?
Blood and fire
Which novel by Robert Graves did Alexander Korda attempt to film in 1937, with Charles Laughton in the title role, although the project was abandoned after a few weeks shooting?
I Claudius
The signing of which treaty in 1902 ended the Second Boer War?
Vereegining
Which Greek word, meaning union, refers to the proposed union of the island of Cyprus and Greece?
Enosis
Which American musician, who remained unaware for decades that his records had made him a huge star in South Africa, was the subject of the 2012 documentary film Searching For Sugarman?
Sixto Rodriguez
Which British resevoir was created in the 1970s by damming the river Gwash?
Rutland Water
In the original 1982 book by Sue Townsend, how old specifically was Adrian Mole?
13 3/4
Which Canadian prairie province lies between Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west?
Manitoba