Quiz 43 Flashcards
With which orchestra is the conductor Eugene Ormandy most closely associated, having been its music director for more than forty years?
Philadelphia
Where on the anatomy of the whale would you find its flukes?
Tail
Which Roman emperor, the last of the Flavian emperors, succeeded his brother Titus in 81AD and was assassinated in 96AD?
Domition
What is the popular name of the C60 molecule discovered by Sir Harry Kroto, and named after the inventor of geodesic domes, which this allotrope of carbon resembles?
Buckminster Fullerine
A leper from Bethany mentioned in the gospels of Matthew and Mark, the Cyrenian ordered to carry Christ’s cross and a Samarian msgician called Magus are all biblical figures sharing which forename?
Simon
What type of performance venue was probably first built by the British born actor William Chapman, and later celebrated in a musical by Jerome Kern?
Showboat
In which British city is Queen Margaret University?
Edinburgh
Which artist’s canvases of American urban life include Automat, painted in 1927, and Nighthawks, dating from 1942?
Hopper
The words Defend the children of the poor and punish the wrongdoer are carved on the exterior of which London building?
Old Bailey
According to the book of Genesis, how old was Noah when the Flood came on the Earth?
600
Which feminist and writer, born in London in 1759, wrote the book Thoughts on the Educatino of Daughters?
Mary Woolstencroft
Bing Boys, derived from the name of their commanding officer Lord Julian Byng of Vimy, was a nickname given during WW1 to troops from which country?
Canada
Which animated series created by Stephen Hillenburg focuses on characters who work at a fast-food restaurant in the submarine town of Bikini Bottom?
Spongebob Squarepants
The great curassow, the male of which is black and white and can grow up to a meter in length, is found in South and Central america. What kind of creature is a curassow?
Bird
Bas bleu is the French equivalent of which English term for an intellectual woman?
Bluestocking
The Barbados Blackbelly, the Blackhead Persian and the Brazilian Somali are among the breeds of which animal?
Sheep