What I Got Wrong I Flashcards
What is an anemometer?
Device for measuring wind speed (or other gas currents)
“Forget-me-not flowers” are what colour?
Blue
“Oxter” is slang for which part of the body?
Armpit.
Bonus: Axilla is the proper medical term for this.
What is the nationality of Dr. Frankenstein?
Swiss
“Hundred years war” lasted how long?
116 years.
1337 – 1453 between England and France over the French throne. Ended in English victory.
How often does a blue moon occur?
Roughly every 2-3 years.
Who murdered Martin Luther King Jr.?
James Earl Ray.
Assassinated King in 1968 by shooting him. Assassination occurred at King’s motel in Memphis Tennessee.
Where are the Atlas mountains?
Northern Africa:
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, etc.
The International Date Line is over which ocean?
Pacific.
Who led the Peasant’s Revolt?
Wat Tyler.
Wat Tyler Rebellion was against taxation on the poor. Took place in 1381.
What branch of Chinese language is spoken in Hong Kong?
Cantonese.
“Halcyon” refers to what animal?
Kingfisher.
Capital of Liechtenstein?
Vaduz.
Who was the “Birdman of Alcatraz”?
Robert Stroud.
Who was the singer of The Smiths?
Morrissey.
This private bank has Royal Family as clients.
Coutts.
What is the subject of most L.S. Lowry paintings?
Crowds of people.
What was the first commercially available general-purpose home computer?
Ferranti Mark 1.
What language do they speak in Ethiopia?
Amharic.
What word does “Qur’an” translate to?
“Recitation”.
What rock does fracking extract gas from?
Shale.
This suffragette thew herself under a horse at the Epsom Derby in 1913.
Emily Davison.
Who first laid out British rule of India?
Robert Clive (Clive of India).
Coffee with ice cream is called…?
Affogato.
In Star Wars, what is the term for an apprentice Jedi?
Padawan.
What was the first rocket in space?
The V2.
By Wernher von Braun (father of space travel/rocket science).
Which Apollo mission saw Neil Armstrong landed in the “Sea of Tranquility”?
Apollo 11.
What is South Korea’s currency?
Won.
Name for a cub scout pack leader?
Akela.
Named after the wolf “Akela” in Kipling’s Jungle Book.
In what year did India and Pakistan achieve independence?
1947.
Barbie’s friend’s name.
Midge.
Who was the leader of the French Revolution?
Maximilien Robespierre.
Who created Batman?
Bob Kane.
What is gossamer?
Spider silk.
Who was Argentine dictator during the Falklands war?
Leopoldo Galtieri.
Napoleon was hampered by this medical condition at the Battle of Waterloo.
Piles.
Kanji keyboards are mainly used in this country.
Japan.
Dice sides (opposites) always add up to what?
Seven (7).
A “symphony” refers to how many movements in a piece of music?
Four (4) movements.
A movement is self-contained part of music.
Dutch is spoken in this South American country.
Suriname.
The zygomatic bone is commonly known as what?
Cheek.
Who is the mother of Zeus?
Rhea.
Sean Connery and Michael Caine starred in this movie together.
“The Man Who Would Be King”.
Sri Lanka was formerly known as…
Ceylon.
Hoover dam is on what river?
Colorado river.
In Nevada, USA.
The name of a former confederacy of six Native American tribes.
Iroquois.
Premium bond machine invented in Bletchley Park in 1957.
ERNIE.
The Brandenburg Gate in what city?
Berlin.
What job did a publican do in ancient Rome?
Collect taxes.
What is a sphygmomanometer?
Instrument for measuring blood pressure.
Apollo is the leader of how many muses?
Nine (9).
Carved ivory or shells is sometimes called what?
Scrimshaw.
In Lord of the Rings, what is Gandalf’s horse called?
Shadowfax.
What galaxy is closest to ours?
Andromeda.
Ares is Greek god of…?
War.
Ares is the Greek counterpart to the Roman god Mars.
What is the brightest star in the night sky?
Sirius.
The medical term “varicella” is more commonly known as?
Chickenpox.
Ayres Rock has what indigenous name?
Uluru.
What is the capital of Mozambique?
Maputo.
She’s credited with designing the first US flag.
Betsy Ross.
Where did the Great Fire of London start and in what year?
1666 on Pudding Lane, London.
The name of an East German agent during the Cold War.
Stasi.
What is the Denier scale?
A scale for measuring the fineness of silk, nylon, rayon, etc.
In Greek mythology, who is the goddess of the rainbow?
Iris.
What currency do they most commonly use in China?
Renminbi.
Largest lake in England?
Windermere.
This country’s national anthem has the same tune as the British national anthem, but with no lyrics?
Liechtenstein.
What is an “epigram”?
A pithy remark that’s witty/clever.
Can also refer to a witty poem.
Who won the first ever FIFA World Cup?
Uruguay.
1930 in Uruguay.
How many human players are there on each side in a polo match?
Four (4).
What is the name of the research vessel used by Jacques Cousteau?
RV Calypso.
What are the “islets of langerhans”?
Insulin producing cells in the pancreas.
Name Henry VIII’s wives in order.
- Catherine of Aragon.
- Anne Boleyn.
- Jane Seymour.
- Anne of Cleves.
- Catherine Howard.
- Katharine Parr.
CAJACK.
Causes of death: divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.
Who wrote Charlotte’s Web?
E.B. White.
Published in 1952.
What was the name of the character played by John Travolta in the film “Pulp Fiction”?
Vincent Vega.
Bonus: Samuel L Jackson played the character Jules Winnfield.
Which was the first James Bond film to feature Roger Moore in the title role?
Live and Let Die (1973)
What was Margaret Thatcher’s middle name?
Hilda.
In which US state is McCarran International Airport?
Nevada.
It serves Las Vegas.
Which European country has the longest coastline?
Norway.
In which year did Yuri Gagarin become the first human to travel into space?
1961.
First dog in space was called?
Laika.
What is a falchion?
A type of sword.
What is the national currency of Romania?
Romanian Leu.
Harvey Weinstein founded this movie company with his brother.
Miramax.
Last book of the Old Testament?
Malachi.
A cube has how many edges?
12.
The ‘Durand Line’ is a border between which two countries?
Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Where on the body would you wear a mantilla?
Over the head (and shoulders – a type of silk scarf, mostly worn in Spain).
Who created the cartoon cat Garfield?
Jim Davis.
When did UK join the EU?
1973.
Left in 2020.
Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus.
What is the collective noun for a group of buzzards?
Wake.
In slang terms, how much money is a (a) “pony”? (b) “ton”? (c) “monkey”? (d) “score”? (e) “bullseye”?
Pony = £25
Ton = £100
Monkey £500
Score = £20
Bullseye = £50
How many cartoon images does each player have on their board in a game of “Guess Who?”
24.
Who is on the (a) $1 bill (b) $2 bill (c) $5 bill (d) $10 bill (e) $20 bill (f) $50 bill (g) $100?
$1 = George Washington.
$2 = Thomas Jefferson.
$5 = Abraham Lincoln.
$10 = Alexander Hamilton.
$20 = Andrew Jackson.
$50 = Ulysses S. Grant.
$100 = Benjamin Franklin.
What is the name of the highest rank in the Royal Navy?
Admiral of the Fleet.
What are the two main ingredients of colcannon?
Mashed potatoes and cabbage/kale.
To which country do the Faroe Islands belong?
Denmark.
How often does a “vicennial” event occur?
Every 20 years.
Who wrote “Rip Van Winkle”?
Washington Irving.
How many spots (pips) are on a die?
21.
