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Week 2 M3 Flashcards

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Dominic West and Idris Elba are both English actors who made their namesplaying Americans in which TV series?

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The Wire

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Which river of great religious significance links the Sea of Galilee and the DeadSea?

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River Jordan

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Named for its apparent attacks on livestock which cryptid was first attributed inPuerto Rico in March 1995? It was featured in a 1997 X-Files episode

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Chupacabra (or goat-sucker)

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The Old Man of Lochnagar is a children’s book written by which public figure?

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Prince Charles(accept Prince ofWales etc.)

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If a negatively-charged atom or molecule is an ‘anion’ [AN-IRON] what is itspositively-charged counterpart?

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Cation [CAT-IRON]

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Krzysztof Penderecki Frederic Chopin and Henryk Gorecki were all composersfrom which European nation?

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Poland

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The Florida Purchase Treaty of 1819 was signed between the United States andwhich other country?

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Spain

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On the Brink In the Lab and State of Emergency are expansion packs for whichtopical boardgame?

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Pandemic

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With the advent of mobile technology tic-tac has largely disappeared from racecourses but back in the day what odds would be indicated by crossing arms with hands flat on the chest ‘Double Carpet’?

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33-1 [Thirty-three toone]

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Which former world leader was exiled to Saint Helena dying there in May 1821?

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Until 2018 eSwatini was known by what name?

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Swaziland

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Anthony Head and Sharon Maughan advertised which branded product over a series of soap-like adverts between 1987 and 1993?

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Gold Blend (prompton “coffee”)

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Andy Dufresne [du-FRAYN] is imprisoned in which penitentiary from which he eventually escapes in a Stephen King novella later filmed by Frank Darabont?

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Shawshank

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Back in the good old days before the Kardashian clan mastered the art of building careers out of ‘famous for being famous’ which part-time actress and DJtrademarked her catchphrase “That’s hot”?

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Paris Hilton

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Jean-Philippe Leo Smet the ‘French Elvis’ was better known by what stage- name?

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Johnny Hallyday

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Although the term was in some use before him G.K. Gilbert popularised the term ‘orogeny’ in 1890 to indicate the process of formation of what?

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Mountains

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Artist Mark Quinn used what unusual organic material to produce a sculpture ofhis own head Self?

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His blood

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Which Canadian psychologist and pundit the author of 12 Rules for Life wasrecently hospitalised in Russia for drug problems a year after announcing that hewas switching to an all-beef diet?

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Jordan Peterson

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Michael Jackson sang about a girl from which West-African nation on a song offBad?

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Liberia(n)

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Although he certainly wasn’t the first to advance a heliocentric idea of theuniverse which Polish mathematician’s On the Revolutions of the CelestialSpheres proposed that model when published in 1543?

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Nicolaus Copernicus(Mikolai Kopernik)

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How much money do you begin with in a standard British game of Monopoly?

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£1500

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Marco Polo visited the Chinese Emperor Kublai Khan in the late 13th century butwhich dynasty had Kublai founded after the division of the Mongol Empire?

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Yuan

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What is the name of the strait that separates the island Sri Lanka from India onthe Asian mainland?

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Palk Strait

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Victoria Wood created which sitcom set in a factory canteen?

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Dinnerladies

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Before becoming extinct in the 17th century the dodo was native to which IndianOcean island?

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Mauritius

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The late Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan noted for his influence onBollywood as well as appearances on Western film soundtracks was primarilyassociated with which genre of Sufi devotional music?

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Qawwali

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Which is the oldest duchy in England created in 1337? It is traditionally held bythe eldest son of the reigning monarch.

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Duchy of Cornwall

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How many hurdles does each runner have to pass in a Olympic-standard 400mhurdles race?

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Ten

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Taylor Armstrong the woman in the popular Woman Yelling at Cat meme cameto fame in the first three seasons of which franchise of a reality TV series?Vanderpump Rules was a spin-off from this series.

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The Real Housewivesof Beverly Hills(prompt on “RealHousewives”)

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The coffee drink Mocha takes its name from a major port of which country?

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Yemen

31
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Gyoza pierogi and momos are all generally translated into English as what? Ourlocal version might be made from suet and cooked in a stew.

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Dumpling(s)

32
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In the title of a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez howmany Years of Solitude are experienced by the Buendia family?

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One Hundred

33
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The charge of an ion is determined by the number of which particles relative toits number of protons?

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Electron(s)

34
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Isaac Albeniz Manuel de Falla and Enrique Granados were all composers fromwhich European nation?

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Spain

35
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The Alaska Purchase of 1867 transferred the territory to the United States fromwhich other country?

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Russia

36
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San Juan is a card-based spinoff from which popular German boardgame?

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Puerto Rico

37
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English actor Andrew Lincoln plays an American Rick Grimes as the lead inwhich TV series?

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The Walking Dead

38
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Which river of great religious significance flows through Kanpur and Allahabad?

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River Ganges

39
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Named for its appearance as a winged humanoid which cryptid first attributedsightings were around the city of Point Pleasant in West Virginia? It was featuredin a 2002 Richard Gere film.

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Mothman

40
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Budgie the Little Helicopter is a children’s book written by which public figure?

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Sarah Ferguson(accept Fergie orDuchess of Yorketc.)

41
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Edmond Dantes is imprisoned in the Chateau D’If [DEEF] from which heeventually escapes in which novel by Alexandre Dumas filmed at least 20 Cristotimes?

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The Count of Monte

42
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What is the name of Paris Hilton’s younger sister? She has maintained a slightlylower profile than her sibling by marrying into the Rothschild family.

A

Nicky (or Nicolai)

43
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Born with the surname Gassion and buried as Madame Lamboukas which singer was known as the Little Sparrow?

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Edith Piaf

44
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Luke Howard is known as the ‘Godfather’ what field of study also called nephology’?

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Clouds (or Cloud-formation)

45
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With the advent of mobile technology tic-tac has largely disappeared from racecourses but back in the day what odds would be indicated by both handstouching the ‘Top of the Head’?

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9-4 [Nine to four]

46
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Which former revolutionary and politician was exiled to Turkey in 1929 eventually dying in Mexico City in 1940 after being attacked with an ice axe?

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Leon Trotsky (acceptLev DavidovichBronstein)

47
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In 1990 the territory of South West Africa became a sovereign nation under what name?

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Namibia

48
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Joan Collins and Leonard Rossiter advertised which alcoholic product in a series of adverts between 1978 and 1983?

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Cinzano (prompt on“vermouth”; “Martini”is incorrect)

49
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How many dollars do you have to lose to win a game of Go For Broke?

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$1000000

50
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Marco Polo first visited the Chinese Emperor at which city then Kublai’s summercapital? It was immortalised by Coleridge some centuries later.

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Shangdu or Xanadu

51
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What is the name of the marginal sea of the Indian Ocean which separates theislands of the Maldives from India on the Asian mainland?

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Laccadive Sea(accept LakshadweepSea)

52
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Which parody sitcom set in a shop in Manchesterford featured in the seriesVictoria Wood as Seen on TV? It was later made into a musical.

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Acorn Antiques

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Chris Ofili is notorious for using what unusual organic material in many of hispaintings including Holy Virgin Mary?

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Elephant dung

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What is the term for a diet that consists almost entirely of a single foodstuff orclass of foodstuffs such as Peterson’s consumption of beef or koalas witheucalyptus leaves?

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Monotrophic

55
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The Future Sound of London’s debut single was named for which Oceanianisland nation?

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Papua New Guinea

56
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Who formulated his Three Laws of Planetary Motion between 1609 and 1619?

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Johannes Kepler

57
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The much-memed phrase “Come at me bro” originated in which US reality-TV series? There have been many spin-off series around the world the mostsuccessful being set in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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Jersey Shore

58
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Formosa oolong tea takes its name from a historical title of which island nation?

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Taiwan

59
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Udon biangbiang and soba are all varieties of what staple dish? In the UK we might expect to find them in chicken soup.

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Noodle(s)

60
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In the title of a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia MarquezFlorentino and Fermina fall in Love in the Time of which water-borne disease?

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Cholera

61
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Which wild bird once endemic to North America and with a peak population estimated at three to five billion became extinct after the last known exampledied at Cincinnati Zoo in 1914?

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Passenger pigeon

62
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo who came to international prominence - after decades of success in their homeland - when they worked with Paul Simon on his Graceland album are known for which a capella style of singing originating with South African Zulus?

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Mbubu orIsicathamiya (thesearen’t synonymousbut overlap)

63
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The first English Prince of Wales invested in 1301 was later crowned as whichmonarch?

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Edward II

64
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The Olympic 3000m steeplechase consists of seven full laps of the course after an obstacle-free opening partial lap. Each full circuit involves one water jumpand how many ordinary barriers?

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Four

65
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On which day of the week did Christopher Columbus and his crew first sightDominica? The island reportedly got its name as a result.

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Sunday

66
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In which European capital city would you a boulevard whose name translates as“Under the Linden” [Trees]?

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Berlin

67
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Who is the sole-remaining original member of Kraftwerk?

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Ralf Hutter

68
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In which series of books would you originally find the Encyclopedia Galactica?Subsequent authors have referred to it in their own works

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Foundation (prompton “Asimov”)

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