Quiz 27

Question 1

Planula, polyp, ephyra and medusa are stages in the life cycle of which type of invertebrate?

Answer 1

Jellyfish

Question 2

The Dandy and the Beano were first published in which decade?

Answer 2

1930s

Question 3

Which range of hills shares its name with the house in Liverpool in which John Lennon lived from 1945 to 1963?

Answer 3

Mendips

Question 4

In which US state is Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport?

Answer 4

Arkansas

Question 5

Which wading bird, a member of the sandpiper family, shares its name with a unit of speed?

Answer 5

Knot

Question 6

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?

Answer 6

Tennyson

Question 7

Also called the malar or malar bone, what is the more common name for the zygomatic bone?

Answer 7

Cheekbone

Question 8

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?

Answer 8

Lord Byron

Question 9

In an expedition of 1865, following six previous failed attempts, Edward Whymper succeeded in climbing which mountain?

Answer 9

Matterhorn

Question 10

In which 20th century play does the main character speak the line: “Don’t clap too hard, it’s a very old building”?

Answer 10

The Entertainer

Question 11

What was the name of Peter Cook’s satirical nightclub that opened in October 1961 in Greek Street, London?

Answer 11

The Establishment

Question 12

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?

Answer 12

River Phoenix

Question 13

The traditional American dish, the Rocky Mountain Oyster, consists of which part of a calf?

Answer 13

Testicles

Question 14

Which lake, with a maximum depth of nearly 260 feet, is the deepest in the English Lake District?

Answer 14

Wastwater

Question 15

The latin for a feather, pinna, is a term applied to which feature of the anatomy in humans and other mammals?

Answer 15

Outer ear

Question 16

Which Indian cricketer in 2011 became the first ever to reach a career score of 15,000 runs in test cricket?

Answer 16

Sachin Tendulkar

Question 17

Complete this sentence from St Matthews Gospel: “If the blind lead the blind…”

Answer 17

“…both shall fall in the ditch.”

Question 18

The Butler Bill, approved by Governor Austin Peay in the state of Tennessee in March 1925, prohibited which educational practice?

Answer 18

Teaching evolution by natural selection

Question 19

In the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger Series of maps, what type of building is indicated by a pink triangle?

Answer 19

Youth Hostel

Question 20

If you followed a sign in Milan that said Cenacolo Vinciano, what would it lead you too?

Answer 20

Da Vinci’s Last Supper

Question 21

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?

Answer 21

Count Arthur Strong

Question 22

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?

Answer 22

Jacquerie

Question 23

James Gordon Bennett Jr was a Scottish born newspaper owner who is famed for backing whose expedition to Africa in 1869?

Answer 23

Henry Morton Stanley

Question 24

In chemistry, what is defined as a negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion activity in a solution?

Answer 24

pH

Question 25

The name of which British city literally means the homestead of the people of Snot?

Answer 25

Nottingham

Question 26

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?

Answer 26

Lord of the Dance

Question 27

Which date did Mark Twain describe thus: “This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four”?

Answer 27

April Fools

Question 28

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?

Answer 28

Kathleen Ferrier

Question 29

The distinctive memorial tomb to Oscar Wilde in Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris was the work of which sculptor?

Answer 29

Epstein

Question 30

The Sylvian Fissure is a prominent, deep seated lateral cleft dividing parts of which organ of the human body?

Answer 30

Brain

Question 31

The kalong, native to East Africa, is the largest species of which mammal of the suborder Megachiroptera?

Answer 31

Bats

Question 32

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?

Answer 32

Victor Verster

Question 33

What is the literal meaning of the word Protein?

Answer 33

Of first important

Question 34

In which sport do teams compete for the Vince Lombardi Trophy?

Answer 34

American football

Question 35

Which three countries have land borders with Cambodia?

Answer 35

Thailand, Laos, Vietnam

Question 36

What is the literal meaning of the word Schutzstaffel, the term for a militant branch of the Nazi Party, usually abbreviated to SS?

Answer 36

Protection Squadron

Question 37

The Royal estate at Balmoral stands on which river?

Answer 37

Dee

Question 38

In 1943, Maria Dickin instituted a medal bearing her name to honour the gallantry of what kind of participants in war and civil defence?

Answer 38

Animals

Question 39

Which well-known antiques expert, who 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?

Answer 39

Negus

Question 40

Which American state is the setting for the annual Berkshire Music Festival?

Answer 40

Massachusetts