Season 4 - Week 9 - T2-19 Placements Flashcards
Airing between 1984 and 1986, which Richard Carpenter television series depicted the Robin Hood myth in a grittier and more realistic setting than most adaptations, as well as weaving in elements of pagan mythology?
ROBIN OF SHERWOOD
Treachery is a core mechanic of what 2018 video game, that became popular in 2020, in which players play as an astronaut crew member or as an impostor?
AMONG US
Five spice powder is the primary flavouring of which style of Cantonese
barbecued pork? Its name literally translates as ‘fork roasted’.
CHAR SIU
Perhaps better known for his two stints as the host of The X-Factor, who hosts the Saturday morning breakfast show on BBC Radio 2?
Dermot O’LEARY
According to the Viz Profanisaurus, a dictionary of amusing slang terms, what
chip-shop staple is also known as Geordie Hummus, Scouse Guacamole and Barnsley Caviar?
MUSHY PEAS (prompt on peas)
Argentinian Juan Manuel Fangio was world champion five times during the 1950s in which sport? He represented teams including Ferrari and Mercedes during his career.
FORMULA ONE
(prompt on motor racing)
Which Catalonian city gives its name to the title of a 1992 UK number two single by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé [KUH-bye-eh]? This city hosted the summer Olympic games in the same year.
BARCELONA
Which 1969 film, based on a novel by Muriel Spark, stars Maggie Smith as a teacher at Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, who describes her pupils as “the crème da la crème”?
The PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
The French TV series Call My Agent, set in a casting agency, features many French actors playing fictionalized versions of themselves. Which French actress, a winner of the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for The English Patient, appeared as a dishevelled Mistress of Ceremonies at the Palme d’Or in Cannes?
Juliette BINOCHE
World Cup Willie, the first FIFA World Cup Mascot in 1966, was what type of animal? Three animals of this type are commonly associated with the England team.
LION
Many apps use location data to improve user experience. One example is which social media website, founded by Mark Zuckerberg, which allows users to check in at locations among many other functions?
Taken from their studio album Meteora, which American rock band released the 2004 single Breaking the Habit, which describes the suicidal thoughts of someone struggling with self-harm and drug addiction? This band’s lead singer Chester Bennington tragically killed himself in 2017.
LINKIN PARK
In 2018, the model and TV presenter Hailey Baldwin married Justin Bieber while wearing a wedding dress designed by which late fashion designer? This chief executive of the Off-White label died in 2021, aged just 41.
Virgil ABLOH
Saturday afternoons on Radio 2 begin with Pick of the Pops, which is currently hosted by which US-born broadcaster? He also hosts the music quiz Counterpoint on Radio 4.
Paul GAMBACCINI
Which 1989 film stars Robin Williams as John Keating, an enthusiastic English
teacher at the elite boarding school Welton Academy, whose experimental
teaching methods bring him into conflict with the strict head teacher?
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
The 1977 horror film Eraserhead was the first feature-length film by which American director, noted for his surreal film and TV works? It has been credited as an early example of the ‘body horror’ genre.
David LYNCH
Which Irish folk group, whose members at one point included Enya, recorded Robin of Sherwood’s BAFTA-winning soundtrack album, Legend? The track Robin (The Hooded Man) from this album was the title theme of the show itself.
CLANNAD
In the TV series Call My Agent, which Italian actress almost seduces her agent Gabriel after inviting him upstairs for mushroom risotto? She played Mary
Magdalene in Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, as well as the doomed
Bond girl Lucia Sciarra in Spectre.
Monica BELLUCCI
In the sport of curling, what word, beginning with H, is given to the four
concentric circles located at each end of a curling sheet? Teams must land stones within these circles to score a point.
HOUSE
The mascot for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, held in Spain, was which fruit that is commonly grown in the country? The mascot’s name, Naranjito, is a diminutive form of the Spanish word for this fruit.
ORANGE
Which television series was the basis of a 2008 board game in which players take on roles of characters such as William Adama and Kara ‘Starbuck’ Thrace? At the beginning of each game, players are dealt a loyalty card that tells them whether they are secretly a traitor.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
In Chinese cuisine what name is given to a yeast-leavened bun filled with meat or vegetables, and commonly steamed? It may come in a larger form, called Da[this item], or a smaller one, called Xiao[this item].
BAO (accept BAOZI, DABAO or
XIAOBAO)
According to the Viz Profanisaurus, the dense noxious fumes produced by people who drink too much Newcastle Brown Ale are called what? This was also the name of a hit single for Lindisfarne, which they re-recorded in a 1990 version featuring Paul Gascoigne.
FOG ON THE TYNE
Which British Formula One driver, still competing in the sport, jointly holds the record for the most World Drivers Championship titles with seven and the record for most race wins with 103?
Lewis HAMILTON
