Set 09 Flashcards
Which acclaimed 1920 silent German Expressionist film, directed by Robert Wiene, tells the story of the deranged title character and his slave, Cesare, and their connection to a string of murders in the village of Holstenwall?
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (or Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari)
Occurring as a result of tidal forces which cause the precession of the equinoxes to vary over time, what name is given to the slight irregular motion, or ‘nodding’, in the axis of rotation of a planet?
Nutation
What is the name of the Jewish prayer, written in Aramaic and with a two-word name taken from its opening words, meaning ‘all vows’, that is recited in the synagogue at the beginning of the evening service on Yom Kippur?
Kol Nidre
Which Lebanese Canadian writer won the IMPAC award for his debut novel De Niro’s Game?
Rawi Hage
Which surprise hit single led to Chris Blackwell’s success at Island Records?
My Boy Lollipop by Millie
What was the name of Robert Morris’s installation, a series of sculptural and architectural exhibits for visitors to clamber over. The exhibition caused a sensation when it was first staged in 1971 because it was the first time people were actively encouraged to climb on works of art?
Bodyspacemotionthings
Which songwriter, who has written for Adele, Duffy and Will Young, has a forename and surname that is also a food item?
Eg White
The son of a republican in Franco’s Spain, which famous singer made his singing debut on national radio aged 8?
Jose Carreras
What was the directorial debut from Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter of Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich?
Synecdoche, New York
Which electro-pop group released their fourth album, Music for Men, in 2009?
The Gossip
The secretive Rodney Whitaker wrote under several pseudonyms in his lifetime, most famously as which person? Under this pen-name he published many bestsellers, including the spy novel The Eiger Sanction.
Trevanion
What name is given to a word which becomes ambiguous when using predictive text due to having the same button combination as other unrelated words?
Textonym
Neil Gaiman’s tale about a young girl who finds a secret door to an alternate world is called what?
Coraline
Whose directorial debut, The Unloved, is about children growing up in care, something she did herself?
Samantha Morton
Andrew Logan founded which now annual pageant in 1972?
The Alternative Miss World
This eighty year-old farce by Ben Travers tells the story of newly married playboy Gerald Popkiss who finds himself in a compromising situation.
Rookery Nook
First released commercially for sale to the public in 1982, Cohíba is a cigar brand that was originally supplied exclusively to which person?
Fidel Castro
Cocijo, the rain god, and Coquihani, the god of light, were the two principal deities of which pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican civilization, their name taken from a Nahuatl word meaning ‘inhabitants of the place of sapote’, that flourished in the Valley of Oaxaca between 500BC and the time of the Spanish colonization of the Americas?
Zapotec
In Aristophanes’ play The Frogs, Dionysus travels to Hades in order to bring Euripides back from the dead but ends up bringing back which other author instead?
Aeschylus
Appearing in the shape of a rabbit, which trickster figure from Ojibwa mythology, also known as ‘Big Rabbit’, was the inspiration for Joel Chandler Harris’ Br’er Rabbit?
Nanabozho
Originally broadcast between 2003 and 2008 and set nine years after its ‘parent’ series, All Grown Up! was a spin-off of which animated television series?
Rugrats
Known to the Romans as Praesepe, or ‘the Manger’, the Beehive Cluster is an open cluster of more than 1000 gravitationally bound stars in which constellation?
Cancer
Working closely with the Sicilian Mafia as a result of its geographic proximity, the ‘Ndrangheta is an organized criminal society centred in which Italian region?
Calabria
Which 2004 historical drama film, described by critics as ‘an African Schindler’s List’, stars the Academy Award-nominated Don Cheadle as a hotelier who attempts to save the lives of his family, and those of thousands more refugees, by granting them shelter in his Hôtel des Mille Collines?
Hotel Rwanda
Named after the 17th Century French scholar who compiled a list of them, what name is given in mathematics to a prime number that is one less than a power of two?
Mersenne Prime
In which Austrian city could you study at the Johannes Kepler University or the Anton Bruckner Private University for Music, Drama, and Dance?
Linz
Long seen as excellent preparation for the more famous 24 Hours of Le Mans, which endurance race, that lasts half as long, is hosted annually in a former army base in the race’s namesake town in Florida?
12 Hours of Sebring
What is the oldest surviving Bible text?
The Codex Sinaiaticus
What architect was his country’s prime minister from 1981 to 1989 before the post was abolished?
Mir Hossein Mousavi
Which Swiss Chemist was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1948 for inventing DDT?
Paul Muller
What was the name of the Papal palace from the c4 to the Avignon period?
Lateran Palace
What element is used in power rods in nuclear power plants due to its ability to capture neutrons and has the atomic number 72?
Hafnium
Which American sociologist coined the phrase ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ in 1949?
Robert K Merton
Which British psychiatrist, part of the Anti-Psychiatry movement, wrote The Divided Self and Self and Others?
R D Laing
Which Lord Chancellor of England was appointed in 1367?
William of Wykeham
Which Lord Chancellor of England was appointed in 1617?
Sir Francis Bacon
Which Lord Chancellor of England was appointed in 1529?
Thomas More
Which large lake, about the size of Lincolnshire, is on the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan?
Athabasca
Southern blotting is a technique (named for its inventor) used to detect fragments of what?
DNA
What technique is used to detect particles of RNA?
Northern blotting
What piece of music was used in Manon des Sources and the Stella Artois adverts in the 1980s?
Verdi’s overture to The Force of Density
Which Italian-born French actor and singer had one of his last roles in Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources?
Yves Montand
Who was the first French woman to win an Oscar, in 1959? She is buried in Pere Lachaise alongside Yves Montand.
Simone Signoret
Which American mariner disappeared on a routine voyage to the West Indies in 1909?
Joshua Slocum
When Ambrose Bierce disappeared in Mexico, he had joined whose army as an observer?
Pancho Villa’s
Which conquistador died near Seville in 1547?
Hernan Cortes
In 1547, which Holy Roman Emperor defeated the Schmalkaldic League at the Battle of Muhlburg?
Charles V
The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act of 1986 regulates animal testing in the UK. What’s the only invertebrate covered by the act?
Octopus
What is the term for a light in a lighthouse or buoy that shines for a longer period than that for which it is cut off?
Occulting light
In dentistry, what is occlusion?
The way teeth in each jaw mesh with those in the other
What name is given to numbers which are multiples of I, the square root of minus one?
Imaginary numbers
What phrase refers to the exchange of table tennis players between the United States and China in the 1970s. The event marked a thaw in U.S.–China relations that paved the way to a visit to Beijing by President Richard Nixon?
Ping pong diplomacy
Which English journalist and author holds contrarian views on a number of issues, including global warming, the link between passive smoking and cancer, asbestos and intelligent design? In 1961, he was one of the founders of the magazine Private Eye, and has contributed to it for over four decades.
Christopher Booker
The symbol for Volvo, the male gender and the planet Mars also represents which metal?
Iron
The emblem of which car company is a trident?
Maserati
Sebastien Dangerfield is the hero of which 1955 novel by J P Donleavy?
The Ginger Man
The old land of Bessarabia now falls within which European country?
Moldova
Why is 18th January Pooh Day?
A A Milne’s birthday
Which Labour MP was born near Halesworth in Suffolk and was subsequently his party’s leader? He resigned as an MP in 1912 over the imprisonment of suffragettes.
George Lansbury
What was author Robert Tressell’s real name?
Robert Croker
Paradise Regained deals with which episode of the New Testament?
Christ’s 40 days in the wilderness
Penguin paperbacks were orange for general fiction and what colour for biography?
Blue
What topic was covered by Penguin green paperbacks?
Crime fiction
Who did the singing voice for Jessica Rabbit?
Amy Irving
Laura Jesson and Alec Harvey are the central characters in which film?
Brief Encounter
At which castle in Kent did the murderers of Becket hatch their plan?
Saltwood
In punctuation, what is also called a solidus, virgule or shilling mark?
Forward slash
Which British sporting event takes place over three stages: Hafren, Sweet Lamb and Myferin?
The Welsh Rally GB
Who is Sebastien Loeb’s navigator?
Daniel Elena
The Rolls Royce engine PV12, originally used in Spitfires, is better known by the name of which bird of prey?
Merlin
Which novel by Dickens was once adapted into a play called The Only Way by the Revd Freeland Wills?
Tale of Two Cities
Which king of Scotland’s horse galloped off a cliff?
Alexander III
What was the name of the man who famously commentated on the Hindenburg crashing in flames?
Herb Morrison
Which man coined the term ‘Wars of the Roses’?
Sir Walter Scott
Which cloaked and hatted crime fighter was played by Orson Welles on radio? Popular in the 1930s, he was associated with silly phrases like ‘The weed of crime bears bitter fruit’?
The Shadow
In embroidery, the fine, usually diagonal stitch called tent stitch is usually called by which French name?
Petit point
Which cricketer changed focus to art in 2009, with an exhibition called Artballing, in which he fired paint-covered cricket balls at a blank canvas?
Michael Vaughan
Which children’s author wrote the Flambards series?
K M Peyton
Kitty McGeever is the first blind actress to be cast in a British soap, playing Lizzie Lakely, who is on community service after a petty crime offence. Which soap?
Emmerdale
Which piece of sporting equipment is being described? Traditionally white, the predominant color was gradually changed to Optic Yellow in the latter part of the 20th century to allow for improved visibility.
Tennis ball
How long, in feet, is the baseline of a tennis court (including tramlines)?
36 feet
Without tramlines, what is the width?
27 feet
Also known as the centre mark, was is name of the short mark showing the halfway point of a tennis baseline?
Hash mark
What’s the next in ascending order in tennis- game point, set point, match point?
Championship point
In tennis, what two word phrase is the case when the receiver, not the server, has the chance to win the game in the next rally?
Break point
If you win break point, you are said to have done what to it?
Converted it
In which informal variety of tennis does the first player or doubles team to win four points win the game, regardless of whether the player or team is ahead by two points?
No Ad
In tennis, this is sometimes played instead of a third set. This is played like a regular tiebreak, but the winner must win ten points instead of seven. They are used in the Hopman Cup for mixed doubles, and on the ATP and WTA tours for doubles?
Match tiebreak
In tennis, instead of playing multiple sets, players may play one of these. It is first to 8 (or 10) games by a margin of two games, instead of first to 6 games. A 12-point tie-break is usually played when the score is 8-8 (or 10-10)?
Pro set
What name is given to a tennis format where a single person plays a doubles team?
Canadian doubles
What name, also that of a country, is given to Canadian doubles matches where players rotate, therefore taking turns to play singles and doubles?
Australian doubles
If a tennis doubles team is referred to as ‘one up, one down’, what does it consist of?
One able-bodied player, one in a wheelchair
What extra feature is permitted in wheelchair tennis?
An extra bounce of the ball
In tennis, the two main colours of clay court are red clay and which other colour of clay?
Green
Plexicushion, DecoTurf and Har-Tru are all playing surfaces used in which sport?
Tennis
Unlike the umpire, who is normally on court, who is the ultimate arbiter of decisions in a tennis match?
Referee
In tennis, service is expected to occur no later than how long after the previous point?
30 seconds
In tennis, the change of ends and the breaks between sets have to last how long?
2 minutes
In ATP and WTA tournaments, balls are changed after how many games?
Nine
However, the first change of balls is after how many games, due to the warm-up games?
Seven
A recent proposed rule change in tennis is to allow what on court for limited periods? This is already permitted on WTA tour events in women’s tennis.
Coaching
In tennis, what alternative name is also given to a kick serve?
An American twist
In tennis, an ‘eastern’ or ‘semi-eastern’ grip is usually used for what shots?
Backhands
For a number of years, a small, apparently frail 1920s tennis player was considered by many to have had the best forehand of all time, a stroke that he hit shoulder-high using a western grip. What was his name?
Bill Johnston
In the 1940s and 50s, which Ecuadorian/American player used a two-handed forehand to achieve a devastating effect against larger, more powerful players?
Pancho Segura
Which tennis player long considered to have had the best backhand of all time had a powerful one-handed stroke in the 1930s and 1940s that imparted topspin onto the ball?
Don Budge
From a poor defensive position on the baseline, which shot in tennis can be used as either an offensive or defensive weapon, hitting the ball high and deep into the opponent’s court to either enable the hitter to get into better defensive position?
Lob
In tennis, if an opponent is deep in his court, a player may suddenly employ an unexpected ______________, softly tapping the ball just over the net so that the opponent is unable to run in fast enough to retrieve it?
Drop shot
In each of the four Grand Slam tournaments in tennis how many people of each gender take part?
128
In tennis, the only tournaments that last two weeks are the Grand Slams and which two Opens?
Indian Wells and Key Biscayne/Miami
Which is the only Grand Slam tournament in tennis that does not have a concurrent wheelchair tournament?
Wimbledon
Which Grand Slam tournament uses a Plexicushion surface?
Australian Open
How many tournaments in the Masters 1000, the second echelon of male tennis?
Nine
Why is the Masters 1000 so called?
If you win, you get 1000 ranking points
Which annual tennis tournament is held in Mason, Ohio?
Cincinnati Masters
As well as the Masters 1000, what are the two other lower echelons of the men’s tennis circuit?
The 500 and the 250
What is the lowest level of tennis circuit administered by the ATP and was used by Andre Agassi to get back into tennis when his ranking plunged to 141st in the world between Grand Slam wins?
Challenger Tour
And what is the level below the Challenger Tour, administered by the ITF?
Futures Tournaments
On the women’s tennis tour, what is the next rank down below Grand Slams?
Premier events
Which woman has won more Grand Slam tournaments (24) than any other, with Steffi Graf in second place on 22?
Margaret Court
As well as Martina Navratilova, which other woman won 18 Grand Slams in the Open era?
Chris Evert
By a large margin, an Associated Press poll in 1950 named who as the greatest tennis player of the first half of the 20th century?
Bill Tilden
Who was the first man ever to win all four tennis Grand Slam events in the same year?
Don Budge
Who are the only two men ever to have won a Career Golden Slam in singles tennis?
Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal
Which writer frequently included tennis in his books; a keen amateur player himself, his most famous book was set at the fictional Enfield Tennis Academy in Massachussets?
David Foster Wallace
Which ancient Roman sport was the origin of golf?
Paganica
Which ancient Chinese sport bears some resemblance to golf?
Chuiwan
Cambuca in England and chambot in France were both early versions of which sport?
Golf
Which Scottish king banned golf in 1457, as it was a distraction from learning archery?
James II
On a golf course, what is the name given to the apron of slightly rougher grass surrounding a putting green?
A fringe
What is the golfing term for a bend on a hole, so the green is not directly visible from the teeing area?
A dogleg
In which US state was the first ever 18 hole golf course, Downers Grove, built in 1892? It’s still there.
Illinois
In golf, before plastic tees became widespread, what tended to be used instead?
A pile of sand
Which body was spun off in 2004 from the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St Andrews to maintain the rules of the game?
The R & A
The R & A jointly governs golf with which other organisation?
United States Golf Association
Complete this sentence found on the back cover of the Rules of Golf: ‘Play the ball as it lies, play the course as you find it, and if you cannot do either…’?
Do what is fair
What’s the penalty in golf for making a stroke at the wrong ball?
Two strokes
In golf, what name is given to clubs which embody characteristics of both woods and irons in varying degrees?
Hybrids
What’s the maximum number of clubs in a golf bag?
Fourteen
There are four main golf clubs. In order of distance/accuracy, these are drive, _________, chip and putt?
Approach
In golf, what name is given to four strokes under par?
Condor
And five strokes under par?
Ostrich
In golf, what is the opposite of match play?
Stroke play
In the variant of golf called a Skins Game, what are skins?
Prize money
What is the name of the scoring system in golf where 1 point is for a bogey, 2 points for a par, 3 points for a birdie, 4 points for an eagle?
Stableford
What variant of golf is played between two teams of two players each, in which each team has only one ball and players alternate playing it. For example, if players A and B form a team, A tees off on the first hole, B will play the second shot, A the third, and so on until the hole is finished?
Foursome
What is the name of a foursome golf game played with a ball each?
Four Ball
Which variant of golf is also called Ambrose or Best Shot?
Scramble
What name is given to a golf scramble game in which each player in a team tees off on each hole. The best drive is used and all players play their own ball from this spot?
Champagne scramble
Which variant of golf is also called modified alternate shot?
Greensome
In golf, what number generally represents the number of strokes above par that a player will achieve on an above average day?
Handicap
In golf what is a player with a handicap of zero or less (usually a professional player) called?
Scratch golfer
Which country has the most golf courses per capita, according to Golf Digest?
Scotland
Which independent nation has the most golf courses per capita?
New Zealand
In which country is there an official ban on building golf courses, although hundreds are built every year anyway?
China
In what part of the world would you find the Sunshine Golf Tour?
Southern Africa
Based in the USA, what is the best-known golf tour for men over 50?
Champions Tour
What is the feeder Tour to the PGA tour?
Nationwide Tour
What is the feeder tour to the European tour?
Challenge Tour
Before the Masters and the US PGA, what were the two major tournaments that no longer exist?
US Amateur and British Amateur
The American equivalent of the PGA for women is the LPGA. What is the women’s equivalent in the UK and Ireland?
Ladies Golf Union
What is it called in boxing when your opponent is too injured to continue?
Technical Knockout
In ancient Greek boxing, what was a korykos?
Punch bag
In ancient Greek boxing, what were himantes?
Leather straps worn on the hands
Which Emperor banned boxing in c 500AD as it disfigured the face, which he saw as the image of God?
Theodoric the Great
James Figg was the first English champion at what, in 1719?
Bare-knuckle boxing
Which heavyweight champion, in 1743, introduced the first rules to bareknickle boxing?
Jack Broughton
Under the Broughton rules, if a boxer dropped to one knee, he had how long to recover?
30 seconds
In 1838, which major revision of the rules came into boxing?
London Prize Ring rules
Who drafted the Marquess of Queensberry Rules?
John Chambers
Chambers drafted them for amateur boxing fights held at which West London venue?
Lillie Bridge
Under the Queensbury rules, how many rounds in a boxing match?
12
Under the Queensbury rules, how long is each side of a boxing ring?
12 feet
The legal case of R versus Coney ended what in sport?
Bare knuckle fighting
Who was the world’s first heavyweight champion under the Queensberry rules?
Gentleman Jim Corbett
Jim Corbett won the first heavyweight title from John Sullivan in which city in 1892?
New Orleans
In boxing, what rule gives the referee the right to step in and administer a count of eight to a fighter that he feels may be in danger, even if no knockdown has taken place?
The Standing Eight Rule
In the rules of boxing, there are many places you are not allowed to punch an opponent. Which is the only named organ that you cannot punch?
Kidneys
In boxing, what name is given to a defensive move in which a boxer wraps his or her opponents arms and holds on to create a pause, after which both fighters must take a full step back?
Clinch
In an Olympics or Commonwealths match, how many minutes in total are spent boxing?
Nine (three rounds each of three minutes)
In an Olympic or Commonwealth boxing match, which part of the glove must connect with an opponent for a scoring punch to be landed?
White strip
What does RSC stand for in boxing?
Referee stopped contest
What about RSCOS?
Outscored opponent
What about RSCH?
Head injury
The death of which Korean boxer led to a reduction from 15 rounds to 12 for professional fights?
Duk Koo Kim
What is the name of the boxer’s assistant, a cutaneous doctor who ministers to small cuts on his face?
Cutman
What is the difference in tops between female amateur and professional fighters?
Amateurs have sleeves
US boxing allows reuseable cotton ones, whereas most other national federations insist on disposable adhesive ones. What?
Handwraps
Which boxer was suspended for a year because a plaster-like substance was found in his handwraps before his fight against Shane Mosley?
Antonio Margarito
In boxing, what item is usually black or red and is made of rubber (sometimes leather) in order to cushion the body from deadly shots towards the male’s most vulnerable body part?
Waistband
What kind of boxer, like Ali, kept a distance between himself and his opponent, jabbing and thus wearing him down?
Out fighter
What name is given to the kind of boxer able to fight at close range with a combination of technique and power, often with the ability to knock opponents out with a combination and in some instances a single shot?
Boxer-puncher
Also known as a slugger, what name is given in boxing to a fighter who generally lacks finesse and footwork in the ring, but makes up for it through sheer punching power?
A brawler
In boxing terminology, what part of the face is used as slang for the ability to absorb punishment while remaining able to continue boxing?
Chin
Sometimes called “pressure fighters”, in boxing, which style of fighters attempt to stay close to an opponent, throwing intense flurries and combinations of hooks and uppercuts?
Swarmers (or ‘in fighters’)
In boxing, what name is given to the slippery, defensive style of fighters who often rely on their opponent’s mistakes in order to gain the advantage whether it be on the score cards or more preferably a knockout?
Counter punching
Which fight in 1990 in Las Vegas was billed as Thunder Meets Lightning?
Chavez (Thunder) versus Taylor (Lightning)
Prior to a bout, both boxers have to agree on the weight of what?
The gloves used
There are two types of punchbag in boxing. What name is given to the small, tear-drop shaped one?
Speed bag
