Quiz 37 Flashcards

1
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When George Orwell left Eton, as Eric Blair, he bacome a policeman in a place that inspired his first novel. Where was that?

A

Burma

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2
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In which European city did Yasser Arafat die in 2004?

A

Paris

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3
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Kevin Keegan was voted European Footballer of the Year twice in 1978 and 1979, while playing for which club?

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Hamburg SV

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4
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The name of which forerunner of the trombone came from that of a hook used to pull a person off a horse?

A

Sackbut

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5
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Da xiong mao and Baixiong are Chinese names for which large mammal?

A

Panda

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6
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How would you write the number 975 in Roman numerals?

A

CMLXXV

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7
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The series of six long novels with Anthony Trollope published between 1864 and 1880, including Phineas Finn, The Eustace Diamonds and The Prime Minister, are known by what collective title?

A

The Pallisers

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8
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The Battle of the Nile, fought off the Egyptian coast in 1798, is also known by what more geographically precise name?

A

Aboukir Bay

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What name is given to the garment worn by aviators and atronauts who are subject to high levels of acceleration force, designed to prevent blackouts and loss of consciousness?

A

G-Suit

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10
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Walt Disney was awarded a Special Oscar for his work on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. What physical form did the award take?

A

One full size and seven small statuettes

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The British artist Roger Dean is best known for the fantasy landscapes he created for the covers of Fragile, Tales from the Topographic Ocean, Close to the Edge and other albums recorded by which progressive rock band?

A

Yes

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12
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According to the book of Ecclesiastes, He that increaseth knowledge, increaseth - what?

A

Sorrow

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13
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The phrase Maunder Minimum refers to the period of reduced activity between 1645 and 1715 of which astronomical phenomenon, after the British astronomer Edward Maunder who drew attention to it?

A

Sunspots

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14
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In which Italian city would you find the Torre Pendante?

A

Pisa

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15
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In Newtonian physics, which Greek letter is used to denote the universal gravitational constant?

A

Gamma

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16
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In the TV series first shown in 1997, who played Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

A

Sarah Michelle Geller

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17
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In French cuisine, a crepe is a pancake. But what is a crepinette?

A

Small sausage

18
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A plaque on a traffic island at the junction of Edgware Roa and Bayswater Road in central London marks the site of which notorious place of execution?

A

Tyburn

19
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The city of Carrara, in the region of Tuscany known as the Lunigiana, is most famous for the production of what?

A

Marble

20
Q

The mining village of Bestwood in Sons and Lovers, and Beldover in Women in Love are thinly described depictions of DH Lawrence’s native village, a few miles from Nottingham. What’s it really called?

A

Eastwood

21
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In which Shapespeare play is Joan of Arc a character?

A

Henry VI part I

22
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Which 18th century Swiss born French revolutionary social philosopher, who is associated with the idea of the noble savage, did Isiah Berlin describe as the first militant low-brow?

A

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

23
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The Reason Why by Cecil Woodham-Smith is an analysis of the background to which historical incident?

A

The Charge of the Light Brigade

24
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In 1993, mitochondrial DNA alalysis of which member of the British Royal Family was used by scientists to confirm the identity of the remains of several members of Tsarina Alexandra of Russia’s family, decades after their 1918 massacre by the Bolsheviks?

A

Prince Philip

25
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Which familiar political term was created in reaction to a redrawing of the Massachusetts state election districts in 1812 under the then governer?

A

Gerrymandering

26
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What name is given to the science and philosphy of law?

A

Jurisprudence

27
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What room number - that o the apartment where he and his band were living at the time - provided the title of the 1928 tune Glenn Miller co-wrote with Benny Goodman, which is though to be Miller’s earliest composition?

A

Room 1411

28
Q

Adolf Hitler was known Der Fuhrer, Mussolini by Il Duce - what equivalent title was borne by General Franco?

A

El Caudillo

29
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Rising to just short of 2,000 feet, what is the highest peak in Canada?

A

Mount Logan

30
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What four letter word can mean both a young oyster and a tiff or dispute?

A

Spat

31
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Which silent film star, his acting career destroyed by scandal, went on to become a director under such names as William Goodrich?

A

Fatty Arbuckle

32
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Can you name two of the three distinct and basic patterns recognisable, to a forensic scientist, on a fingerprint?

A

Arch/Loop/Whorl

33
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What name is given to the migration by Boers, away from British control in the Cape Colony during the 1830s and 1840s?

A

The Great Trek

34
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Which novelist created the London private investigator Cormoran Strike, a former military policeman who lost a leg on a tour of service in Afghanistan?

A

Robert Galbraith or JK Rowling

35
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In 1599, which actor and comedian made a celebrated Morris dance from London to Norwich lasting 9 days?

A

William Kemp

36
Q

Where specifically in the human body would you find the frontalis muscle?

A

Forehead

37
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Which aromatic resin, obtained from trees and sometimes used in the production of perfumes, has the alternative name olibanum?

A

Frankincense

38
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Experimenting on dogs at Oxford in the 1660s, the physician Richard Lower conducted the first properly documented instance in Britain of which medical procedure?

A

Blood transfusion

39
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What was the name of the private press set up by the artist William Morris at Hammersmith in the 1890 to reproduce the quality of detail and decoration characteristic of books from the early years of printing?

A

Kelmscott press

40
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Which Canadian actor, whose movie credits include MASH and Don’t Look Now, appeared in the music video for Kate Bushe’s hit song Cloudbusting in 1985?

A

Donald Sutherland