Set 4 Flashcards
Who is the absent-minded Professor from the TinTin comics?
Professor Calculus
Who were the three original members of the Impossibles?
Coil Man, Fluid Man and Multi-Man
Who were the initial three members of the Defenders?
Namor, Doctor Strange and the Hulk
Which comic book character’s real name is Max Eisenhardt?
Magneto
The city of St. Petersburg was known by which two other names in the 20th century?
Petrograd & Leningrad
Which four national capitals lie on the River Danube?
Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bratislava
Which six nations border the Black Sea? GRT RUB
Georgia, Romania, Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria
In which decade did London’s underground railway - the world’s first - start operating?
The 1860s
What is the nautical term for the front of a sailing vessel?
Bow
What is the nautical term for a measurement of depth equivalent to six feet?
Fathom
Which motor company produced the Silver Ghost model?
Rolls-Royce
Which motor company produced the Elan model?
Lotus
What is the name of the half-completed bridge in a former papal city of France?
Pont d’Avignon
What is the name of the ancient, shop-lined bridge across the River Arno in Florence, Italy?
Ponte Vecchio
What is the name of the bridge connecting Malmo in Sweden with Copenhagen in Denmark?
The Oresund bridge
What is the name of the cantilever bridge spanning the Hooghly river in Kolkata, India?
Howrah Bridge
In which city would you find the Atocha Station?
Madrid
In which city would you find the Caminho de Ferro de Mocambique railway station?
Maputo
In which city would you find the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus?
Mumbai
In which city would you find the Sirkeci Railway Station?
Istanbul
In which European City would you find the Waverley Railway Station?
Edinburgh
What were the first seven countries to send satellites into orbit?
The Soviet Union. USA, France, Japan, China, UK, India
What model of car is the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard?
A Dodge Charger
What kind of car do Harry and Ron fly into the Whomping Willow in Harry Potter?
Ford Anglia
What kind of car model and make is KITT in Knight Rider?
Pontiac Trans-am
What kind of car does Lady Penelope drive in Thunderbirds?
Rolls Royce
What kind of car do Starksy and Hutch drive?
Gran Torino
What kind of car do the A-Team drive?
GMC G-Series Van
In which city would you find the Estoril motor racing circuit?
Lisbon, Portugal
In which country would you find the Hungaroring racing circuit?
Hungary
In which city would you find the Interlagos racing circuit?
Sao Paulo, Brazil
In which country would you find the Laguna Seca racing circuit?
California, United States
Near which city would you find the Monza motor racing circuit?
Milan, Italy
In which country would you find the Spa-Francorchamps racing circuit?
Belgium
In which country did the motor manufacturing company Dacia originate?
Romania
In which country did the motor manufacturing company Hyundai originate?
South Korea
In which country did the motor manufacturing company Saab originate?
Sweden
In which country did the motor manufacturing company SAIC originate?
China
In which country did the motor manufacturing company SEAT originate?
Spain
In which country did the motor manufacturing company Skoda originate?
Czechoslovakia
In which country did the motor manufacturing company Tata originate?
India
Who were the four original members of The Monkees?
Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork
What are the seven vocal classifications in the Western vocal tradition?
bass, soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, countertenor
There were seven #1 singles produced by the Michael Jackson album Thriller. Name them all.
Beat It. Billie Jean, Thriller, Wanna Be Startin Something, PYT, The Girl is Mine, Human Nature
By which nickname was Billie Holiday known?
Lady Day
By which nickname was saxophonist Julian Adderley known?
Cannonball
Name all nine of Father Christmas’s reindeer?
Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Donner, Vixen, Cupid, Blitzen, Comet, Prancer
Who composed the opera Don Giovanni in 1787?
Mozart
Who composed the opera Fidelio in 1805?
Beethoven
Who composed the opera The Barber of Seville in 1816?
Rossini
Who composed the opera La Traviata in 1853?
Verdi
Who composed the opera Der Ring des Nibelungen in 1876?
Wagner
Who composed the opera Eugene Onegin in 1879?
Tchaikovsky
Who composed the opera Tosca in 1900?
Giacomo Puccini
Who composed the opera Peter Grimes in 1945?
Benjamin Britten
Who composed the opera Nixon in China in 1987?
John Adams
Who composed the opera Carmen in 1875?
Georges Bizet
Stevland Hardaway Judkins is better known as which singer?
Stevie Wonder
Georgious Panayiotou is better known as which singer?
George Michael
Anna Mae Bullock is better known as which singer?
Tina Turner
Robert Zimmerman is better known as which singer?
Bob Dylan
Brian Warner is better known as which singer?
Marilyn Manson
Chaim Witz is better known as which singer?
Gene Simmons
James Newell Osterberg Jr is better known as which singer?
Iggy Pop
Michael Balzary is better known as which musician?
Flea
John Ritchie is better known as which singer/
Sid Vicious
Saul Hudson is better know as which song?
Slash
What are the names of the two Atlantic archipelagos that have the status of autonomous regions of Portugal?
Madeira and the Azores
What are the three largest Abrahamic religions?
Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Which seven nations are considered to make up Central America?
Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Panama
Which nine countries border the Baltic Sea?
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden
What are the official capital of West and East Germany?
Bonn & East Berlin
