Rosebery #6 Flashcards
Stainless steel is an alloy of iron with up to 30% of which metallic element?
chromium
What is the name given to the anonymous English street artist whose graffiti is executed in a distinctive stenciling technique and who also directed the documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop?”
Banksy
Calculate the sine of 30 degrees minus the cosine of 60 degrees.
zero
Who was Prisoner 24601 in Victor Hugo’s novel “Les Misérables?”
(Jean) Valjean
Which Anglo-Saxon king of England was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
(King) Harold (II or Godwinson)
Which king was known as “Lackland” because as the youngest of five sons, he was not initially expected to inherit very much?
(King) John
Which king of England led his troops into battle, even engaging in hand-to-hand fighting, at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415?
(King) Henry V
From the Ancient Greek for “indivisible,” what is the smallest unit of ordinary matter that has the properties of a chemical element?
atom
The discovery of the dense and positively charged nucleus was the result of experiments measuring how alpha particle beams were scattered by a thin foil of which material?
gold
Which atomic physicist was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics, for which Carlsberg, a long-time supporter of his work, gave him a house next to the brewery with free beer on tap?
(Niels) Bohr
Sir James Chadwick was a British physicist who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for what 1932 discovery?
neutron
The national teams of which two countries compete in the Ashes, a Test series held since the 19th century and named for the ashes of the cricket ball purportedly contained in the trophy?
England and Australia
Which Star Trek antagonists are linked in a hive mind and are associated with the phrase, “Resistance is futile?”
Borg
The Cylons are a cybernetic civilization at war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity in which science fiction franchise, begun in 1978 and rebooted in 2004?
Battlestar Galactica
Which Doctor Who antagonists resemble human-sized salt shakers with a single mechanical eyestalk and are often heard to give the order to “Exterminate?”
Dalek(s)
In which short-lived space Western drama are the Reavers the seldom-seen but much feared antagonists?
Firefly
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Arrivederci?”
Italian
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Sayōnara?”
Japanese
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Do svidaniya?”
Russian
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Tot ziens (tut-ZEENS)?”
Dutch (accept the similar-sounding Afrikaans)
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Auf Wiedersehen (owf-VEE-der-zayn)?”
German
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Shalom?”
Hebrew
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Zài jiàn (tzai-JIEN)?”
Mandarin (accept Chinese or Cantonese)
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Hejdå (HEY-doh)?”
Swedish
What is the title of the series of epic fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin in which the first volume is “A Game of Thrones?”
A Song of Ice and Fire
In how many unique ways can you arrange the letters in the word “reach?”
120
What type of animals does an ophiophobe (such as Indiana Jones) fear?
snake(s)
In which English city can you find the Cavern Club nightclub in which John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best played?
Liverpool
In volleyball, what do you call the player specialized in defensive skills who must wear a contrasting colour jersey and cannot block or attack the ball at above net height?
libero
What woodblock print by Hokusai, the first in his series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, is one of the most recognizable works of Japanese art in the world?
The Great Wave (Off Kanagawa)
To 1 significant digit, if an object dropped from rest and accelerated by gravity falls 5 metres in 1 second, how far does it fall in 2 seconds?
20 metres
Highclere Castle in England was used as the main filming location for which ITV and PBS period drama created by Julian Fellowes?
Downtown Abbey
In which century was the first documented discovery of the Antarctic continent: a Russian expedition sighting of the Fimbul ice shelf?
19th or 1800s
What lake, discovered beneath the Russian research station for which it was named, is the largest of Antarctica’s subglacial lakes?
(Lake) Vostok
What mountain, located on Ross Island, is the southernmost active volcano on Earth?
(Mount) Erebus
Which species of penguin, featured in the documentary March of the Penguins, is the only penguin that breeds during the winter in Antarctica?
Emperor
I lie across the border between two countries. I was built between 1998 and 2008. After a two-year upgrade, I resumed operations in 2015. A collaboration of thousands of scientists from hundreds of universities and laboratories, I was designed to test theories of particle physics. What am I?
Large Hadron Collidor
Who was taken from his home in Africa by “The Man with The Yellow Hat” in the books by H.A. Rey?
(Curious) George
Who married Celeste and founded the city of Celesteville after he became King of the Elephants in the books by Jean de Brunhoff?
Babar
Who was the smallest of the girls who lived “In an old house in Paris/That was covered in vines” in the books by Ludwig Bemelmans?
Madeline
Who was the brother of Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail in the books by Beatrix Potter?
Peter (Rabbit)
What is the world’s oldest naval ship still in commission, best known as Lord Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar?
(HMS) Victory
Which of the Olympic-class ocean liners built for the White Star Line sank on her maiden voyage?
Titanic
The sinking of which battleship in the Havana harbour in 1898 precipitated the Spanish-American War?
(U.S.S.) Maine
What celebrated racing and fishing schooner became a provincial icon for Nova Scotia and was one of the ships that inspired the design on the Canadian dime?
Bluenose
What Danish observational astronomer, known for the accuracy of his observations, hired the mathematician Johannes Kepler as his assistant and data analyst?
(Tycho) Brahe
The brother and sister team of William and Caroline Herschel discovered comets, nebulae, moons, and which major planet?
Uranus
Georges Lemaître was the first astronomer to propose what theory of the origin of the Universe – a theory that he, at the time, called the Cosmic Egg?
Big Bang
Which astronomer was best known as the narrator and co-writer of the original Cosmos, one of the most widely watched American public television series?
(Carl) Sagan
To which Greek god was the world’s first theatre, built at the foot of the Athenian Acropolis, dedicated?
Dionysus
Which comic playwright wrote The Clouds, a satirical work that Plato claimed slandered Socrates?
Aristophanes
In which masterpiece of Greek tragedy by Sophocles does the king of Thebes search for the murderer of the previous king, unaware that the killer he is looking for is himself?
Oedipus Rex
Which highly popular playwright’s work was lost during the Middle Ages and only survives in fragments, most rediscovered in the 20th century?
Menander
In chemistry, what term describes a large molecule composed of many repeated subunits?
polymer
What piece of music was written to commemorate the successful Russian defense against Napoleon’s invading army, which was represented musically in the piece by La Marseillaise?
(The Year) 1812 (Solemn) Overture
On which Arctic Ocean archipelago is the Global Seed Vault located?
Svalbard
What comic strip, drawn by Scott Adams, is known for its satirical office humor and features a often-micromanaged engineer as its title character?
Dilbert
What Islamic empire ruled most of India during the mid-16th to early-18th centuries?
Moghal (or Mughal)
What mural-sized oil painting by Pablo Picasso was created in response to the bombing of a Basque Country village by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy?
Guernica
In which Vatican City chapel does the conclave of the College of Cardinals convene to elect a new Pope?
Sistine (Chapel)
Which composer collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of musicals, including Camelot, Gigi, and My Fair Lady?
(Frederick) Loewe
What virus became a world-wide epidemic in 2015 and causes only mild symptoms but can result in serious birth defects, including microcephaly?
Zika
Which American poet wrote, “I think that I shall never see/A poem lovely as a tree?”
(Joyce) Kilmer
Egyptologists believe the Great Pyramid of Giza was built as a tomb for which Fourth Dynasty pharaoh in the 26th century B.C.E.?
Khufu (or Cheops)
The monarchs of which southern Nubian kingdom invaded Egypt in the 8th century B.C.E. and became the pharaohs of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty?
Kush
What general of Alexander the Great became ruler of Egypt and founded the Hellenistic dynasty that ruled Egypt for three centuries until the death of Cleopatra?
Ptolemy (of Lagos)
What book opens, “Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much?”
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (or Sorceror’s) Stone
What English actor portrayed Harry Potter in all eight films of the series?
(Daniel) Radcliffe
Tom Riddle’s Diary, Marvolo Gaunt’s Ring, Helga Hufflepuff’s Cup, Salazar Slytherin’s Locket, Rowena Ravenclaw’s Diadem, Nagini, and Harry Potter were all what?
(Voldemort’s) Horcruxes
What stage play sequel to the book and film series begins nineteen years after the events of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?”
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Gregor Mendel was posthumously recognized as the founder of the modern science of genetics for his experiments which which type of plants?
pea(s)
What is the probability that the offspring of a heterozygous individual and a homozygous individual is heterozygous?
1/2 or 50%
What do geneticists call a single organism composed of cells with two or more different genotypes? (In animals, this means an individual derived from two or more zygotes.)
chimera
I was born in 1890 and in 1971 was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. During the Second World War, I worked as a pharmacy assistant at University College Hospital in London, acquiring a good knowledge of poisons. I am the best-selling novelist of all time and also the author of the world’s longest-running play. I am known for creating the fictional detective Hercule Poirot, who solved The Murder on the Orient Express. Who am I?
Agatha Christie
A Rorschach Test involves the evaluation of a subject’s responses to what ambiguous stimuli?
ink blot(s)
What English painter embraced the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s style and subject matter in such paintings as Hylas and the Nymphs, The Lady of Shalott, and Ophelia?
(John William) Waterhouse
Which classic board game features the characters Miss Scarlet, Mrs. Peacock, Professor Plum, and Colonel Mustard?
Clue(do)
What type of instrument is the Davidov Stradivarius, made in 1712 and currently played by Yo-Yo Ma?
cello
What mountain range stretches through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, separating the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert?
Atlas (Mountains)
How many teaspoons are there in a tablespoon?
3
Clara Hughes is a Canadian Olympian who won four medals in speed skating at the Winter Olympics and two medals in which Summer Olympic sport?
cycling
What fictional city is the setting of the 1992 Disney animated film Aladdin?
Agrabah
What type of creature is the Atrax robustus, native to eastern Australia and one of the most venomous of its type in the world?
spider
A monopoly is a market in which there is only one seller of a good. What is a market in which there is only one buyer of a good?
monopsony
In Germanic legend, what hero of the Geats came to the aid of the Danish King Hrothgar, whose mead hall was under attack by a monster known as Grendel?
Beowulf
What term is used in geometry to describe a triangle that has three unequal sides?
scalene
Who was the dictator of Chile between 1973 and 1990 and remained the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army until 1998?
(Augusto) Pinochet
What awards are presented annually by The Recording Academy to recognize achievements in the music industry?
Grammy(s)
