Quiz 27 Flashcards
Planula, polyp, ephyra and medusa are stages in the life cycle of which type of invertebrate?
Jellyfish
The Dandy and the Beano were first published in which decade?
1930s
Which range of hills shares its name with the house in Liverpool in which John Lennon lived from 1945 to 1963?
Mendips
In which US state is Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport
Arkansas
Which wading bird, a member of the sandpiper family, shares its name with a unit of speed?
Knot
The title of John Wyndham’s science fiction novel The Kraken Wakes was inspired by a 19th century poem which includes the lines: Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea, His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep, The Kraken sleepeth. Who wrote the poem?
Tennyson
Also called the malar or malar bone, what is the more common name for the zygomatic bone?
Cheekbone
The memoirs of which prominent 19th century figure were burnt after his death by his friends, including publisher John Murray, being judged too salacious for publication?
Lord Byron
In an expedition of 1865, following six previous failed attempts, Edward Whymper succeeded in climbing which mountain?
Matterhorn
In which 20th century play does the main character speak the line: Don’t clap too hard, it’s a very old building?
The Entertainer
What was the name of Peter Cook’s satirical nightclub that opened in October 1961 in Greek Street, London?
The Establishment
The 1993 film Dark Blood had to be abandoned three weeks from completion after one of its stars died at the early age of 23. Who was he?
River Phoenix
The traditional American disk, the Rocky Mountain Oyster, consists of which part of a calf?
Testicles
Which lake, with a maximum depth of nearly 260 feet, is the deepest in the English Lake District?
Wastwater
The latin for a feather, pinna, is a term applied to which feature of the anatomy in humans and other mammals?
Outer ear
Which Indian cricketer in 2011 became the first ever to reach a career score of 15,000 runs in test cricket?
Tendulkar
Complete this sentence from St Matthews Gospel: If the blind lead the blind
both shall fall in the ditch
the Butler Bill, approved by Governor Austin Peay in the state of Tennessee in March 1925, prohibited which educational practice
Teaching natural selection
In the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger Series of maps, what type of building is indicated by a pink triangle?
Youth Hostel
If you followed a sign in Milan that said Cenacolo Vinciano, what would it lead you too?
Da Vinci’s Last Supper
The Leeds born comedian Steve Delaney created the character of which out of work variety performer in a Radio 4 comedy series first broadcast in 2005 and later adapted for TV?
Count Arthur Strong
What was the name of the peasant’s revolt that took place in Northern France in the summer of 1358, which has become a word synonymous with peasant uprisings in general in both English and French?
Jacquerie
James Gordon Bennett Jr was a Scottish born newspaper owner sho is famed for backing whose expedition to Africa in 1869?
Henry Morton Stanley
In chemistry, what is defined as a negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion activity in a solution?
pH
The name of which British city literally means the homestead of the people of Snot?
Nottingham
The British folk singer Sydney Carter, who dies in 2004, is best remembered for his composition of which Christian song, adapted from a Shaker hymn and becoming particularly popular with children?
Lord of the Dance
Which date did Mark Twain describe thus: This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundren and sixty-four?
April Fools
A recording of Mahler’s Song Of The Earth, with the Vienna Philharmonic and Bruno Walter, is among the final and most famous recordings of which British singer who died young from cancer in 1953?
Kathleen Ferrier
The distinctive memorial tomb to Oscar Wilde in Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris was the work of which sculptor?
Epstein
The Sylvian Fissure is a prominent, deep seated lateral cleft dividing parts of which organ of the human body?
Brain
The kalong, native to East Africa, is the largest species of which mammal of the suborder Megachiroptera
Bats
Robben Island was the most famous of the prisons to house Nelson Mandela, but in which prison did he spend the last few years of his sentence?
Victor Verster
What is the literal meaning of the word Protein?
Of first important
In which sport do teams compete for the Vince Lombardi Trophy?
American football
Which three countries have land borders with Cambodia?
Thailand, Laos, Vietnam
What is the literal meaning of the word Schutzstaffel, the term for a militant branch of the Nazi Party, usually abbreviated to SS
Protection Squadron
The Royal estate at Balmoral stands of which river?
Dee
In 1943, Maria Dickin instituted a medal bearing her name to honour the gallantry of what kind of participants in war and civil defence?
Animals
Which well-known antiques expert, sho died in 1985, has a surname shared with the name of a drink make of wine, most commonly port, mixed with hot water, spiced and sugared?
Negus
Which American state is the setting for the annual Berkshire Music Festival?
Massachusetts
