Set 05 Flashcards
On which island is Idomeneo set?
Crete
Perhaps best known for the alleged mannr of his death, which Greek philosopher posited that matter is made up of water, earth, fire and air?
Empedocles
In about 350BC, which Greek philosopher posited the theory of the Five Elements, largely accepted through the Western World for over 1000 years?
Aristotle
Who captained Italy to victory in the 1982 World Cup?
Dino Zoff
Which is the largest city in Bolivia?
Santa Cruz
Achieved in the third Test at Headingley in 1930, what was Don Bradman’s highest ever score in a Test innings?
334
Which Italian-American keyboardist founded and led the jazz-fusion band Retrun to Forever?
Chick Corea
The jazz-funk band the Headhunters are best known for their albums as a backing band to which keyboardist in the 1970s?
Herbie Hancock
Which bird of prey has species called Swainson’s, Ridgway’s and Ferruginous?
Hawk
In comics what is Judge Dredd’s real first name?
Joe
In which country did Gaston Glock found his firearms company in 1963?
Austria
As well as 1928, St Moritz also hosted the Winter Olympics in which year?
1948
Which English actress played the title character in the 1979 film Agatha?
Vanessa Redgrave
What is the name of the mediaeval reed instrument, widely played in its day, which was usually made of boxwood and had both finger holes and primitive keys with a bell end curved like a hockey stick?
Crumhorn
Continually irritated by the antics of Larry the Lamb and Dennis the Dachshund, what was the name of Toytown’s grumpy old man?
Mr Growser
Her legs insured for 500,000 francs, what was the stage name for Jeanne Florentine Bourgeois, the star of silent movies and the lover of Maurice Chevalier and Edward VIII?
Mistinguette
Change and decay in all around I see is a line from which hymn?
Abide With Me
Nicknamed the Shivering Mountain, which peak’s slopes are so prone to landslides a stretch of the A625 between Chapel en le Frith and Castleton had to be abandoned?
Mam Tor
Angels one-five was WW2 fighter pilot slang for what height?
15,000 feet
Complete this children’s mnemonic for imperial measures- ‘A pint of pure water weighs a….’
Pound and a quarter
Which sport uses the terms ‘bivvy’, ‘boilies’, ‘snowman rig’, and ‘spodding’?
Angling
What name is given to the oficer’s mess on board a warship?
Wardroom
What was the nickname for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln railway?
Mostly Slow and Late
In the USA, the Taft-Hartley Act restricted the power of what?
Trade Unions
Though eventually ostracised, which Athenian general and politician advocated a powerful navy, thus creditable for the victory at Salamis in 480BC?
Themistocles
What was the surname of Warwickshire cricketer, later killed at the Somme, whose calm matter-of-factness impressed P.G.Wodehouse while watching a game in Cheltenham?
Jeeves
What ornamental garden is laid out with paths and raised banks instead of hedges?
Parterre
What was the name of the one piece garment favoured by Churchill so named because it could be slipped over night clothes at the first sound of an air-raid?
Siren suit
I see wars, horrible wars, and the Tiber foaming with much blood is a quote from which Greek classic?
Virgil’s Aeneid
According to Belloc, why did Henry King die?
Chewing bits of string
Which town, noted for its trenchermen and prowess in three codes of football, stands on the River Douglas?
Wigan
What is the name of the language used by rabbits in Watership Down?
Lapine
Named for a North Italian town, what name is given to the earthenware that has a glaze mainly consisting of compounds of tin?
Faience
The Mount Lofty Range is a barrier to the north of which Commonwealth city?
Adelaide
Established in 1942, which Jermyn St restaurant is noted for oysters, fish and game?
Wilton’s
The rescue of Alexander Selkirk by which navigator inspired the tale of Robinson Crusoe?
Dampier
What was the punning name of the cafe/snack bar run by Roy Cropper in Coronation Street?
Roy’s Rolls
Which crop is affected by blossom end rot?
Tomatoes
Like Catch 22, what name is given to a test where there is no real choice, named for a c15 Chancellor who raised forced loans?
Morton’s Fork
On 1st August each year, certain regiments in the British army wear a rose in their caps to commemorate which battle?
Minden
What is the name of the silicaceous, flint-like rock that occurs in pebble concretions in sedimentary beds and in some parts of southern England is a building material?
Chert
Cotswold Golds are a breed of which farm animal?
Chicken
What was the name of the talking bird in Noggin the Nog?
Graculus
Which George Eliot novel starts with someone thrown out of their community for a crime they did not commit?
Silas Marner
Mark Boland took over as head from the eponymous founder of which well-known retailer?
Morrisons
What is the name of the Gordon Ramsay restaurant in the East End?
The Narrow
Who scored the first goal in a full international at the new Wembley?
John Terry
Red Baron and Orion are cultivars of which vegetable?
Onions
The Emperor’s New Groove is a Disney film set in which historical empire?
Incan
Who is the first person in line to the British throne not a direct descendent of George VI?
Duke of Gloucester
Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen was the last in which series of novels?
Jeeves and Wooster
Which island group has more rainy days in the year than anywhere else on earth?
Hawaii
Who was the lead vocalist of Dave Clarke Five?
Mike Smith
Hasdrubal was the brother of which military leader?
Hannibal
On which horse was Richard Meade the first British Olympian to win an individual gold medal in equestrianism?
Laurieston
Which singer and bandleader was known as the highness of Hi di Ho?
Cab Calloway
What does Gethsemane literally mean?
Place of the Oil Press
Who captained the all-female crew of Maiden in the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World race?
Tracey Edwards
Under which Treaty did Britain get Hong Kong?
Nanking
Bleda was the brother of which military leader?
Attila the Hun
Who was the first Test Cricketer to amass 10,000 runs?
Sunil Gavaskar
Which variety of quartz, with parallel, often curved bands of colour is used to make pestle and mortars?
Agate
In which town were the hull and foresails of HMS Victory manufactured?
Chatham
What E is the name given to the days between a solar year and a lunar year, used to calculate the position of Easter and other movable feasts, as well as the French for ‘difference’?
Equivalence
Of what metal was the Colossus of Rhodes?
Bronze
What is probably the most famous sight on the Rue Royale in Paris?
Maxim’s restaurant
Frederick J Ricketts used which pen name when composing the Colonel Bogey March?
Kenneth J Alford
Which Greek playwright wrote Alcestis, Medea and the Bacchae?
Euripides
In Islam, the Sidrat al-Muntaha is what kind of tree that marks the end of the seventh heaven?
Lotus
Cloten, Belarius and Caius Lucius are all characters in which Shakespeare play?
Cymbeline
Which Roman Emperor sent a letter to Britain telling it Rome could no longer maintain its defences in 410AD, thus effectively ending Roman rule in Britain?
Honorius
At which battle was the famous Swedish king and general Gustavus Adolphus killed?
Lutzen
In which city is the South African parliament?
Cape Town
Which Kurosawa film was the basis for ‘A Fistful of Dollars’?
Yojimbo
During the filming of which movie was Vic Morrow accidentally killed?
Twilight Zone: The Movie
In which film does Erroll Flynn play the dashing Geoffrey Thorpe?
Sea Hawk
Who is the CEO of WWE (World Wresting Entertainment), often appearing in front of the camera?
Vince McMahon
Matchlocks and wheellocks facilitate what?
The firing of a gun
In the computer instruction GOSUB, what does the SUB refer to?
Subroutine
Nate Starbuck in the US civil war and Thomas of Hookton in the Hundred Years War. Therefore, who was the author’s creation in the Napoleonic wars?
Sharpe (Bernard Cornwell)
What will be the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014?
James Webb Space Telescope
Which Austrian-born, later Swedish physicist who worked on radioactivity and nuclear physics was part of the team that discovered nuclear fission, an achievement for which her colleague Otto Hahn was awarded the Nobel Prize and is often mentioned as one of the most glaring examples of women’s scientific achievement overlooked by the Nobel committee? Element 109 is named in her honor.
Lise Meitner
What was the stage name of Joseph McLaughlin (1917 – 1999), an Irish tenor singer who was successful in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s and the subject of the film Hear My Song?
Josef Locke
Which film ends with a showdown between Lt Rick Deckard and Roy Batty at the real life Bradbury Building?
Bladerunner
Commander Vimes and Captain Carrot are heads of the city police in which series of novels?
Discworld
Who played Austin Powers (and Dr Evil’s) father Nigel Powers in Goldmember?
Michael Caine
The Steve Wright character Mr Angry hailed from which London suburb?
Purley
How is Robbie Burns’ March to Bannockburn better known?
Scots Wha Hae
According to Byron, ‘The Assyrian Came Down Like the Wolf on the Fold’. Who was that Assyrian?
Sennacherib
What’s the name of the bronze figurine you get for winning the Orange Prize?
Betsy
Which book company, selling classic and contemporary novels in over 100 countries, is owned by Pearson?
Penguin
Which Gas Mark is 150 degrees C?
2
Amish, Latte, Log Cabin and Yo-Yo are all varieties of which practical home-based handicraft?
Crochet
How many neutrons in carbon-12?
Six
What is the name of positively changed ions?
Cations
An alpha particle is identical to the nucleus of which element?
Helium
The world’s second deepest oceanic trench is named for which nearby kingdom?
Tonga Trench
What is the chemical formula for acetylene?
C2 H2
Which commonplace item comes in shapes and sizes such as Germicidual, Grolux, Insectucutor, Miniature, Circular and U-Shaped?
Fluorescent tubes
Who painted Le Moulin De La Galette?
Renoir
Who said that Churchill was fifty per cent genius, fifty per cent bloody fool?
Clement Atlee
Which rival of Sulla and uncle to Julius Caesar reformed the Roman Army to the extent that legionaries referred to themselves as his ‘mules’?
Gaius Marius
Which centre for English piracy was found on the site of what is now Kingston harbour, Jamaica?
Port Royale
Who directed the film of Cold Comfort Farm where Kate Beckinsale stars as Flora Poste?
John Schlesinger
Who played Mrs Wembley opposite Dennis Waterman in ‘On the Up’?
Joan Sims
What was the name of the manor in To The Manor Born?
Grantleigh Manor
Which BBC sitcom was set in a shop in Manchesterford?
Acorn Antiques
Which city was founded when John Batman bought land from the local Dutigalla natives?
Melbourne
In monopoly, which are the only two stations inside the congestion charge zone?
Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street
Which Northern Irish canal joins Lough Neagh to Carlingford Lough?
Newry Canal
In which year did Caesar invade Britain for the second time?
54BC
Which band did the theme tune for The World Is Not Enough?
Garbage
If Mildred was played by Yootha Joyce, who played George?
Brian Murphy
What is the name of the long, thin peninsula dividing Strangford Lough from the Irish Sea?
Ards peninsula
Who played long-suffering wife Elsie Garnett in Til Death Do Us Part?
Dandy Nicholls
Which car company evolved in 1904 from the bicycle manufacturers John Kemp Starley and William Sutton and was named for one of their safety cycles?
Rover
Which Ferenc Molnar play was the basis for Carousel?
Liliom
In what year was Hadrian’s Wall started?
122AD
The Wrong Boy, published in 2000, was the first novel by which Liverpool writer?
Willy Russell
Who led the Scottish National Party from 2000 to 2004?
John Swinney
Which famous car marque was born when Cecil Kimber started modifying an exiting car model, lowering the chassis and fitting more sporting bodywork?
MG
In which year did the Roman occupation of Britain end?
410AD
Who was the first Dutchman to win the Fifa World Player of the Year award?
Marco van Basten
Who said ‘I married beneath me, all women do’?
Nancy Astor
Who was the first Italian to win the FIFA World Player of the Year award?
Roberto Baggio
How are Palamon and Arcite known in the title of a play?
Two Noble Kinsmen
Which famed stretch of high ground is part of the wider Rombalds Moor?
Ilkley Moor
What is the name of the dagger worn in the sock in Highland dress?
Skean Du
If you were suffering from dementia pugilistica, what would be wrong with you?
You would be punch drunk
Who created the role of Ensign Nellie Forbush in the stage version of South Pacific?
Mary Martin
Which Yorkshire football ground hosted a Test match in 1902?
Bramall Lane
Which motorboat racer was killed on Windermere on June 13th 1930?
Sir Henry Segrave
In which year was John Cobb killed on Loch Ness?
1952
What was the nationality of von Bellingshausen, the first man to see the continent of Antarctica?
Russian
A translation of Feuerbach’s Essence of Christianity was the only work published under whose real name?
George Eliot
Which former football manager is/was co-owner of the Baggot Inn in Dublin?
Jack Charlton
In IT (not cosmology) what does WIMP stand for?
Windows, Icons, Menus and Pulldowns
The word Sake derives from which Japanese city, where it was first produced?
Osaka
In IT, what does WAIS stand for?
Wide Area Information Server
Who wrote the best selling Death of a President about the death of Kennedy?
William Manchester
Which England attacking midfielder made his debut in Sir Alf Ramsay’s final game and bowed out as a sub against Spain in the 1982 World Cup finals?
Trevor Brooking
Which popular song written by Hughie Cannon in 1902 is said to have been inspired by a music teacher who liked to linger in a bar in Jackson, Michigan before returning home to his wife?
Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home
Which midfielder captained England on four occasions, including Alf Ramsey’s last game, versus Portugal in 1974?
Martin Peters
Which song did Ed Stewart play on his afternoon show for the Queen Mother’s 80th birthday in 1980 at the request of Princess Margaret?
Car 67
Which DJ left the BBC in 1986 after presenting a daily show on Radio 2 for 13 years, saying the station’s music policy had become ‘geriatric’?
Diddy’ David Hamilton
The commercial version of which song, claimed to have been written by Hughie Cannon, first appeared in 1902 as He Done Me Wrong?
Frankie and Johnny
Which actress became a film star after playing the title role in 1943’s Song of Bernadette?
Jennifer Jones
Which port was attacked by the ‘Cockleshell Heroes’?
Bordeaux
The 600 British commandos who attacked St Nazaire in 1942 were accompanied by which destroyer?
HMS Campbeltown
Which Booth Tarkington novel, which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize, was later filmed by Orson Welles?
The Magnificent Ambersons
Who appeared as an extra in three films in the 1980s before having his first larger role in Blind Date in 1988?
Bruce Willis
How many characters in Waiting for Godot?
Five
Apart from Ken Barlow, which of the current Coronation Street characters appeared in the series first, their first appearance being in 1961?
Emily Bishop
Who was Adrian Chiles’ first One Show co-host?
Nadia Sawalha
In Rugby Union, what is normally the position of the Number 2?
Hooker
In Rugby Union, what is normally the position of the Number 6?
Stand Off
Which physicist and atomic scientist took British nationality after WW2 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995, dying in 2005?
Sir Joseph Rotblat
Which music hall star, nicknamed the Coster’s Laureate, wrote and performed the songs My Old Dutch and Knocked ‘Em In the Old Kent Road?
Albert Chevalier
Which Bohemian statesman and soldier, the leading Catholic general of the 30 years war, was assasinated by British mercenaries at Eger in 1634?
Albrecht von Wallenstein
What was the main nickname of the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus?
The Lion of the North
What is the surname of the brothers Larry and Andrew, who directed the film The Matrix?
Wachowsky
Who performed the songs Boiled Beef and Carrots, I’m Henery the Eight I Am, and Any Old Iron?
Harry Champion
Which steam locomotive, now in the Science Museum, was designed by William Hedley and started work at Wylam Colliery?
Puffing Billy
Which steam locomotive, now on display at Darlington Station, pulled the first steam-powered public passenger train from Stockton to Darlington in 1825?
Locomotion Number One
Born in October 2003, Billy-Ray is the son of which British actress and her partner Tim Burton?
Helena Bonham-Carter
Which famous piece of classical music includes The Hut on Hen’s Legs?
Pictures at an Exhibition
Corrosion is the chemical erosion of rocks. What corresponding term means the mechanical erosion by the action of rocks and sand carried by a river?
Corrasion
Pat Buchanan stood in the 2000 US Presidential election as the candidate for which party?
Reform Party
What name is given to the removal of ions from soil or rock by the throughflow of water?
Leaching
From which Italian island does the wine Epomeo come?
Ischia
In tennis, how many countries compete in the World Group of the Davis Cup?
Sixteen
When Britain is relegated from the World Group in the Davis Cup, it drops into which group?
Euro-African Zone
Which bowler in 1948 bowled Bradman for a duck in his last ever Test innings?
Eric Hollies
Who was the author of the Bab Ballads, published in 1869?
W S Gilbert
Who was described in a ‘Wanted’ notice of 1651 as a ‘tall black man, two yards high’?
Charles II
Who narrated the Wombles?
Bernard Cribbins
For which fictional intelligence agency did Bodie and Doyle work in The Professionals?
CI5
The Bay of Love is to the north, the Bay of Roughness to the south, the Bay of Harmony to the east and the Bay of Honour to the west. What is in the centre?
The Sea of Tranquility
Which Silicon Valley carmaker specialising in high-performance electric vehicles introduced its prototype Roadster in 2006 and general production started in 2008?
Tesla
In the c7, which then capital of China became the world’s largest city?
Chang’an
Chang’an overtook Ctesiphon, the capital of an empire founded by Ardashir I. Which empire?
Sassanid
Which major port city was named by King Cassander for his wife, Alexander the Great’s half-sister?
Thessaloniki
Who scored a century in the first ever Cricket World Cup Final?
Clive Lloyd
With which player did Martina Navratilova win the last of her 59 Grand Slam titles at the 2006 US Open?
Bob Bryant
Which Briton won gold medals in consecutive Olympic Games in shooting?
Malcolm Cooper
Which ball game is started and restarted with a bounce ball?
Australian Rules Football
How many players in a Kabaddi team?
Seven
Which toy, first marketed in 1965 by Denys Fisher, allowed people to produce intricate geometrical patterns?
Spiragraph
For which county did Mark Ramprakash play before Surrey?
Middlesex
Before Greg Rusedski, who was the last British man to reach a Grand Slam final when he lost to Vitas Gerulaitis in the 1977 Australian Open?
David Lloyd
Which Canadian sprinter won two gold medals at the 1995 World Championships and repeated his feat at the 1996 Olympics?
Donovan Bailey
Which is the first stroke swum in an individual medley event?
Butterfly
Before the advent of sponsorship, what colour, traditionally, were British racing cars?
(British Racing) Green
Camogie is the women’s equivalent of which sport?
Hurling
Which club plays its home games at Windsor Park, Belfast?
Linfield
1952 Olympic 1500m winner Josy Barthels came from which country?
Luxembourg
Which trophy is given to the winners of the NBA?
O’Brien
Churchill, the polar bear capital of the world, is in which Canadian province?
Manitoba
Which class of animals may be divided into Anura, Urodela and Apoda?
Amphibians
What is the name of the highest point of Iceland?
Hvannadalsnukur
