Quiz 34 Flashcards
Remains of Homo habilis, an early species of man whose name means handy man because it’s known to have used tools, were first discovered in the 1960s at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania by which married couple of palaeontologists?
Louis and Mary Leakey
What is the longest river in Afghanistan, sharing its name with a province of that country?
Helmand
Which well-known editor and publisher, whose twin brother was murdered by the IRA in 1975, had been the official timekeeper when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile in 1954?
Norris McWhirter
According to WS Gilbert in the operetta Princess Ida, Man is Nature’s sole - what?
Mistake
Which small appellation in the French Bourdeaux wine region shares a name with a brand of car made by the General Motors Company?
Cadillac
If you are betrayed or cheated, you are said to have been sold down the river. The phrase originated in reference to which river?
Mississippi
The biennial plant Isatis tinctoria was formerly cultivated as a source of which dye?
Woad
Which Previuan city was the capital of the Inca Empire at the time of the Spanish conquest?
Cuzco
In Greek mythology, which favourite of Aphrodite became a hunter and died after being gored by a boar?
Adonis
In the strict Inuit sense a canoe occupied by one man is known as a kayak. What, in that culture, is an umiak?
Woman’s canoe
Antigua and Barbuda are part of an island state in the Caribbean. What are the literal meanings of the two words Antigua and Barbuda?
Ancient and Bearded
Which Hindu diety, often portrayed in paintings as having blue skin, is the eighth incarnation or avatar of Vishnu?
Krishna
Alfred Hitchcock made three films based on stories by Daphne du Maurier - Rebecca, being arguably the most famous. What are the other two?
Jamaica Inn, The Birds
What is the characteristic of a plant described as saprophyte?
Lives on decaying matter
Which French chemist’s law states that when any two gases react together, the volumes in which they do so are in a ration of simple whole numbers?
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
Which of the original Jackson Five is missing from this list: Jackie, Marlon, Michael, Tito -?
Jermaine