GK 1 Flashcards
(200 cards)
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What surname links the man who succeeded Richard Nixon as president of the United States the only man to win four Academy Awards for Best Director and an actor who starred in the Indiana Jones and Star Wars film franchises?
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FORD
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Admiral Horatio Nelson was killed by enemy fire on the HMS Victory during which famous sea battle on 21 October 1805?
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TRAFALGAR
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Jimi Hendrix Janis Joplin Jim Morrison Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse all died at what age?
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27
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Which well-known board game originated in ancient India and was designed to represent a player’s journey through life being complicated by virtues (ups) and vices (downs)?
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SNAKES AND LADDERS
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In a contest for the WBA Heavyweight Championship in Las Vegas in 1997 who was disqualified for biting off part of Evander Holyfield’s ear?
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Mike TYSON
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The lead singers of the groups Kingdom Come (Arthur) Hot Chocolate (Errol) and The Stone Roses (Ian) all share which ‘colourful’ surname?
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BROWN
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Miley Cyrus played the title character in which American teen sitcom which ran on Disney Channel from 2006 to 2011?
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HANNAH MONTANA
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Who wrote the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud which is commonly known as Daffodils?
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William WORDSWORTH
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The Ghan passenger train takes 54 hours to travel between Darwin and which city in South Australia?
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ADELAIDE
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Which Scandinavian dance-pop group had UK number 1 hits in 1997/1998 with Barbie Girl Doctor Jones and Turn Back Time?
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AQUA
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His father who was Jewish came to Britain from Czechoslovakia in 1938. Married to Brazilian marketing executive Erika Rey which Cabinet minister has been MP for Esher and Walton since 2010?
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Dominic RAAB
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Taskmaster Hypothetical and Judge Romesh are original programmes produced for which television channel owned by UKTV?
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DAVE
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A quizzer in Singapore was recently denied $10000 by a radio station which claimed he had pronounced the name of which pop singer incorrectly but changed their minds and awarded the money after the singer sent a video endorsing the pronunciation?
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Tony HADLEY
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Which children’s television series that originally aired on Saturday mornings from 1974 to 1982 was presented by Chris Tarrant Sally James and Lenny Henry?
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TISWAS
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What is the name of this flightless bird that is native to New Zealand?
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KIWI (Apteryx)
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Which supermarket chain began as an egg and butter stall in Rawson Market Bradford in 1899?
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MORRISONS
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Although he died in England which Belgian in 1975 became the only fictitious person to have been given an obituary in the New York Times?
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Hercule POIROT
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Which song from a poem by William Blake set to music by Hubert Parry was first performed on 28 March 1916 at a Fight for Right campaign rally at Queen’s Hall as a morale boosting anthem?
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JERUSALEM
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On this day in 2005 Vanity Fair revealed that which FBI agent was the anonymous source known as ‘Deep Throat’ who provided The Washington Post with information about the Watergate scandal?
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Mark FELT
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What name is shared by a battle fought in 1704 and a country house situated in Woodstock Oxfordshire?
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BLENHEIM
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Directed by Sam Taylor-Wood Nowhere Boy is a 2009 film which tells the story of the teenage years of which pop star played by Aaron Johnson?
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John LENNON
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Even though he was not present on any of the journeys what epithet (or nickname) was later given to Prince Henry of Portugal (1394-1460) because of his sponsorship of many voyages of discovery into the Atlantic and down the West Coast of Africa?
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THE NAVIGATOR
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Which team were top of the Dutch football league (the Eredivisie) when it was declared void in April 2020 preventing them being champions for the 35th time although they will be playing in the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League?
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AJAX
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Which 1811 novel by Jane Austen portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters Elinor and Marianne?
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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
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One method of saving changes to a file in Microsoft Word is to click on the Quick Access Toolbar icon that is an image of which obsolete storage device?
FLOPPY DISK
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The last of which model of car rolled off the Ford assembly line after a production run of more than 15 million vehicles on 31 May 1927?
MODEL T
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Named after a French physician the Mantoux test is used to diagnose which infectious disease?
TUBERCULOSIS
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Which recurring enemies of The Federation in the Star Trek television and film franchise will tell you that “resistance is futile”?
BORG
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In April 2020 which co-founder and CEO of Twitter announced that he was making $1 billion in his company Square available to fund global Covid-19 relief?
Jack DORSEY
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Which pretender to the English throne claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury Duke of York who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called Princes in the Tower but was probably a Fleming born in Tournai around 1474?
Perkin WARBECK
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The Zoological Society of London owns London Zoo and which other zoo which opened in Bedfordshire in 1931?
WHIPSNADE
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Launched in 1858 which of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s steamships played a significant role in laying the first lasting transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866?
GREAT EASTERN
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In the mid-1980s fans of the Beastie Boys stole badges from which make of car to wear as pendants and emulate Mike D who had appeared on television with a chrome badge attached to a chain-link necklace?
VOLKSWAGEN
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The early life of which blind and deaf child who later became an author and educator was depicted in the 1962 film The Miracle Worker? It earned Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke Academy Awards for best actress and supporting actress respectively.
Helen KELLER
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Six of the nine species of which tree with a distinctive swollen stem are native to Madagascar?
BAOBAB (Adansonia)
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In which Scottish city was a Victoria & Albert museum opened in 2018?
DUNDEE
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What is the name of the rite of passage in Amish communities where adolescents are allowed greater freedom and choose whether they wish to join the church or leave the community?
RUMSPRINGA
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In English law what two-word phrase means a time before legal history and beyond legal memory and in 1275 by the first Statute of Westminster was set as prior to 6 July 1189 the date of the Richard I’s accession?
TIME IMMEMORIAL
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Beyond a Boundary is a 1963 cricket memoir written by which historian and socialist who was born in Trinidad?
C L R JAMES
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In which Dutch city were treaties signed between April 1713 and September 1714 which brought an end to the War of the Spanish Succession?
UTRECHT
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On which temperature scale named after a French entomologist are the freezing and boiling points of water set to 0 and 80 degrees respectively?
REAUMUR
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From the French for deceive the eye which art technique demonstrated here uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions?
TROMPE L’OEIL
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The command module pilot for Apollo 15 who performed the first ‘deep space walk’ to retrieve film from the spacecraft's cameras during the homeward journey from the moon?
Alfred WORDEN
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Who is this young reality TV star seen here wearing her now popular extra-large bow which she says is more than just a hair accessory it is a symbol of power confidence and believing-ness?
Jojo SIWA
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With an elevation of 3145 metres which volcano in Chad is the highest mountain in the Sahara?
EMI KOUSSI
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Which actor (c. 1568-1619) was the first to take on the roles of Shakespeare’s Richard III Romeo Henry V Hamlet Macbeth Othello and King Lear?
Richard BURBAGE
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The Lightning Field which consists of 400 stainless steel poles arranged in a grid array is a land art work in New Mexico created by which American sculptor?
Walter DE MARIA
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Hanged at Tyburn on 24 May 1725 which London underworld figure was notable for operating on both sides of the law posing as a public-spirited crimefighter entitled the ‘Thief-Taker General’?
Jonathan WILD
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In December 2019 who was elected as the first female President of the Royal Academy of Arts in London in its 251-year history?
Rebecca SALTER
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Published in 1962 who wrote the novel The Drowned World set in 2145 where global warming has caused the majority of Earth to become uninhabitable?
J G BALLARD
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In what language did the philosophers al-Ghazali Avicenna and Averroes write? All three were part of the so-called 'Islamic Golden Age'.
Arabic
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Tollywood Kollywood and Bollywood are all film industries based in what country which is the world's largest by film output?
India
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La Bohème Madame Butterfly and Turandot are all operas by which Italian composer?
Giacomo Puccini
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Georgy Malenkov briefly held the position of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union following the death of which figure on the 5th of March 1953?
Joseph Stalin
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In which country are the Igbo Hausa and Yoruba languages primarily spoken?
Nigeria
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Which painter of the Mexicayotl movement depicted herself in a series of self-portraits with monkeys with herself and as a wounded deer among others all featuring her prominent monobrow?
Frida Kahlo
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Who is this person? Born Temüjin they grew up as the song of a local chieftain and by their death in 1227 ruled an empire stretching from the Korean Peninsula to the Black Sea.
Genghis Khan
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Following a right-wing coup against Evo Morales in November 2019 Jeanine Áñez is the current interim president of which South American nation?
Bolivia
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The Dreamtime' is the period of creation central to the beliefs of which broad group of people? Along with the Torres Strait Islanders they make up the 'First Nations' of Australia.
Aboriginals
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Soft dumplings usually made of potato though they can be made out of another vegetable semolina or cheese is a type of pasta given what name? Regional variants include malfati and gnudi.
Gnocchi
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The Lusiads written by Luis Vaz de Comões are the national epic of which nation? The poem describes the discovery of a sea route to India by Vasco da Gama.
Portugal
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Which reggaeton song originally performed by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee had a remix that overtook Gangnam Style and See You Again to become the most viewed video on YouTube?
Despacito
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The 1773 play Berlichingen is perhaps best known today for the line in translation Tell him he can lick me in the arse. In 1782 the line was adapted into a canon in B-flat major entitled 'Lick Me In The Arse'. Give either the German author or Austrian composer of these works both among the most eminent in their fields.
Goethe or Mozart
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Suhoor is eaten before sunrise and iftar is eaten after sundown during which ninth month of the Islamic calendar that precedes Eid-al-fitr?
Ramadan
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Which element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie and named for Marie's homeland has atomic number 84 and the symbol Po?
Polonium
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Arctic tibetan sand and fennec are all species of what type of animal with genus vulpes?
Fox
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Which figure of the Mexican Revolution who was assassinated by supporters of Venustiano Carranza in 1919 led the peasant revolt in Morelos and formulated the 'Plan of Ayala' land-distribution scheme? They give their name to a modern anarcho-communistic movement that governs much of the state of Chiapas.
Emiliano Zapata
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Which purple-hatted counterpart to a green hatted plumber was the subject of a Washington Post Opinion piece titled '[this character] was robbed and humiliated' after it was revealed they would not be appearing in Super Smash Bros Ultimate? The article was subtitled 'WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH'.
Waluigi
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In which capital city is the 77-metre-high pyramid known as the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation located? It was built from 2004-2006 by the then-president of its country after whom the city is now named.
Nur-Sultan
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Ne Me Quitte Pas' and 'Amsterdam' are songs by which acclaimed Belgian singer-songwriter?
Jacques Brel
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Depicting Jesus and his disciples eating a national delicacy of rodent meat The Last Supper by Marcos Zapata is a work from which country?
Peru
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This is the logo of which app developed by Tencent that is used for both messaging and electronic payment?
WeChat
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The most successful team in Euroleague basketball history is Real Madrid who won in 2017-18 with their MVP Luka Dončić. In 2019 however they only reached the semi-finals; which Russian team succeeded them as champions? They also share their name with a successful football team.
CSKA Moscow
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Name either of the African nations for which the cocktail Turbo (made of white wine Sprite gin and lager) the honey wine tej and the bread injera are all part of the national cuisine?
Ethiopia or Eritrea
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What type of event or occasion links: pastry in 1838-39; a stray dog in 1925; and sand in 1963?
Wars
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Which Sri Lankan bowler known for their sling-like action became the first cricket player to take 4 wickets in 4 balls in an ODI during the 2007 World Cup?
Lasith Malinga
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In classical Latin six noun cases are given in most paradigms: nominative vocative accusative genitive dative and ablative. Which of these denoting a movement of 'by with or from' is absent in classical Ancient Greek?
Ablative
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Recently made available on streaming service MUBI Haifaa al-Mansour's 2013 film Wadjda was the first film directed by a woman to come out of which country?
Saudi Arabia
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What single-word name is given to the statements or questions used in Zen Buddhism to elicit doubt or a suspension of certitude in students? A common example for Western audiences is 'what is the sound of one hand clapping?'.
Kōan
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An important building in the Soviet Modernist style this is a picture of the headquarters of the National Bank of which country? The building was designed by George Chakhava and Zurab Jalaghania.
Georgia
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Which leader of Palmyra then technically a vassal state to Rome annexed swathes of Roman territory across Egypt and the Levant before declaring independence in 271? They were ultimately defeated in 274 but remain a national hero in Syria.
Zenobia
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Jean-Claude Pelletier Piero Morini Manuel Espinoza and Liz Norton are all scholars of the author Benno von Archimboldi in what exceedingly long Roberto Bolaño novel?
2666
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Known as the 'Father of Paleontology' which French naturalist and geologist proved the extinction of past species in his Essay on the Theory of the Earth in which he also expounded his idea of catastrophism?
George Cuvier
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SIngaporean director Yeo Sieuw Hua's 2018 Golden Leopard-winning A Land Imagined concerns the disappearance of a worker in which construction-adjacent industry whose usage accounts for the existence of Marina Centre and Marina South as well as the planned expansion of Singapore by a further 8%?
Land reclamation
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I am I and my circumstances - these are the words of which student of Husserl and theorist of 'ratiovitalism' who also wrote Revolt of the Masses known as one of their country's greatest modern philosophers but elsewhere rarely read?
José Ortega y Gasset
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Which post-rock group sing in a made-up language called 'hopelandic' on the album () though the group may be better known for the song 'Hopipolla' on the album Takk?
Sigur Ros
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It describes a courtier who fled Egypt for Syria following the death of Amenemhat I in the 20th century BC and deals with questions of divine providence familial bonds and Egyptian identity. What is this ancient work of Egyptian literature written some time before 1800 BC? The single-word name of its titular figure will suffice.
Story of Sinuhe
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After increasingly daunting scores were put up by Zou Kai and Fabian Hambüchen who scored a 16.533 to win the men's horizontal bar at the 2012 London Olympics? Nicknamed 'The Flying Dutchman' he was the first man to win the event at three separate world championships.
Epke Zonderland
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What single-word Sanskrit name meaning 'that which is heard' is given to the four Vedas as the canonical texts of Hinduism?
Sruti
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Which popular K-Pop boy group debuted in 2006 with Lies but would see greater success with later memetic hits such as Bad Boy and Fantastic Baby? The members of the group are G-Dragon T.O.P Daesung Taeyang and Seungri.
BIGBANG
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What two-word descriptive name is given to this geographical feature in Pakistan found at the head of the Biafo glacier in the Karakoram Mountains? It spans ten miles across and is up to one mile deep.
Snow Lake (or Lukpe Lawo)
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Which French literary critic advocated the creation of 'écriture féminine' to allow women writers to break free from the patriarchal structures of writing as it stood in her essay The Laugh of the Medusa?
Hélène Cixous
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What name is given to the indigenous people living in the Amazon rainforest around the Brazil-Venezuela border of whom a group was massacred in 1993 at the village of Haximu by illegal gold miners wanting their land?
Yanomami
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In a short story in Hassan Blasim's The Iraqi Christ a creator of what kind of thing discovers that his creation of them predicts the locations of carbombs? These things also feature heavily in the metatextual structure of Milorad Pavić's Landscape Painted With Tea.
Crosswords
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Sitting across the Mississippi River from modern-day St. Louis Missouri but itself located in Illinois what is the largest pre-Columbian city found north of Mexico? It was the centre of the Mississippi culture with a population of up to 40000 at its peak.
Cahokia
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Directed by Chen Kaige what 1984 film about a soldier attempting to collect cheerful folk songs is considered to be the first film of China's 'Fifth Generation' denoting a group of filmmakers who were the first to go to film school after the Cultural Revolution?
Yellow Earth
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What is this site called in the San Juan Province of northwestern Argentina? It is paired with Talampaya as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Two possible names are acceptable.
Ischigualasto / Valle de la Luna
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Which Pakistani Tekken player secured a historic victory at EVO Japan 2019 undermining Korean dominance in the game and showing Pakistan to be a hub of world-class Tekken players?
Arslan Ash
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By what mononym is the 20th-century murderer sometimes prayed to on Réunion known? Born Simicoudza Simicourba they collected and drank the blood of multiple victims before their execution in 1911 and have since become the centre of a cult of witchcraft.
Sitarane
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Which Norwegian activist and philosopher coined the term 'deep ecology' to describe a way of thinking about the environment that did not make the philosophical assumption that humans are at the centre of their environments? Their philosophical outlook is described as a form of self-actualisation known as 'ecosophy T'.
Arne Næss
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Who is the current Home Secretary?
Priti Patel
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From which country does Lego originate?
Denmark
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Which Old Testament character is seen as the father of the three religions (Judaism Christianity and Islam)?
Abraham
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In terms of area what is the largest Spanish-speaking country?
Argentina
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What is the fastest land animal on two legs?
Ostrich
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What is the most common metallic element in the human body?
Calcium
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The Turkish drink Rakı the Greek drink Ouzo and the French drink Pastis are flavoured with what?
Aniseed
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According to legend which ancient king allegedly sat on the beach at Bosham and commanded the tide to go out?
Canute
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What unit is defined as the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree celsius?
Calorie
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Which actress played Susan Harper in the sitcom 'My Family' and Rolanda Hooch flying instructor and Quidditch referee in the Harry Potter films?
Zoë Wanamaker
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Apsley House at Hyde Park Corner the former address of which was simply ‘No1 London’ was the home of which historical figure?
The Duke of Wellington
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What was the name of Martin Crane’s English healthcare worker played by Jane Leeves in ‘Frasier’?
Daphne Moon
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Which is the only English county with two coastlines?
Devon
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Which world-famous sports team started in New York in 1926 as the Savoy Big Five?
Harlem Globetrotters
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What is the main ingredient of the Indian dish Tarka Dhal? (hint: it’s not otter!)
Lentils
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Which Cadbury's chocolate bar launched in 1970 was advertised on TV in a series of commercials featuring Terry Scott as a schoolboy using the slogan 'Outchews everything for 3p'?
Curly Wurly
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What name is given to the area of Northern Scandinavian in the Southern Artic Circle that includes parts of Northern Norway Sweden and Finland?
Lapland
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On which island was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
Corsica
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By what name is Patrick Clifton who lives at Forge Cottage Greendale with his wife Sara and young son Julian better known?
Postman Pat
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Which famous popular music duo recorded the song 'Hey Schoolgirl' in 1957 under the name Tom & Jerry?
Simon & Garfunkel
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The South American vicuña is the wild ancestor of which domesticated mammal which is farmed for its wool?
Alpaca
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Which comic is Eric Clapton reading on the cover of the the 1966 album Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton?
The Beano
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In 1963 who became the first person to be murdered during a live TV broadcast?
Lee Harvey Oswald
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In pre-decimal currency how many pennies were in a guinea?
252
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In which area of Woodland in East Sussex would you find the Winnie the Pooh Visitor Centre and the actual Pooh Bridge?
Ashdown Forest
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Of the 16 historical figures who have appeared on Bank of England banknotes since 1970 who is the only one who was not born in the British Isles?
Florence Nightingale
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In tennis what gives clay courts their traditional orange/red colour?
Crushed house-bricks
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Which word for a state of euphoria brought on by abnormal idolisation was first coined by the Daily Mirror on 2nd November 1963?
Beatlemania
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What was the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega?
Zorro
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The highest-rated hurdler in horse-racing history (who was twice winner of the Champion Hurdle) shared his name with a leading cold and flu remedy as well as a 1982 hit single by reggae singer Gregory Isaacs? What was his name?
Night Nurse
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Which Uruguayan port was the site of a huge meat-canning factory that was originally used to supply the food for soldiers in the trenches in World War One and whose name still appears on canned meat today?
Fray Bentos
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Who played the role of Virgil Tibbs in the 1967 film 'In the Heat of the Night'?
Sidney Poitier
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The liqueur Creme de Cassis is made from which fruit?
Blackcurrant
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What food product found in the tombs of the Pharaohs was discovered to be still edible?
Honey
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The mandrill is the world’s largest example of which creature?
Monkey
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Who was romantically linked with an Australian surfer named Blaine during a split from her long-term boyfriend Ken Carson in 2004?
Barbie
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What name connects an iconic 1953 jazz album featuring saxophonists Paul Gonsalves Ben Webster and Don Byas and a million-selling operatic male vocal trio formed in the early 90s?
The Three Tenors
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Since 1994 Remembrance Day poppies have had the words ‘Poppy Appeal’ imprinted on the black centre button. What two words previously appeared there?
Haig Fund
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In the Star Wars prequel films what colour light sabre did Mace Windu use?
Purple
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Which museum of art founded in 1764 by a famous female historical figure is the second largest museum in the world after the Louvre?
The Hermitage
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The last two players to score four goals in a game for the England men's football team both did so against the same opponents during the qualifying campaign for the 1994 World Cup in the USA; the two players would later be teammates in a team that won the League and FA Cup double. Who were they?
Ian Wright and David Platt
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Which actor played the role of Kenneth Hutchinson in a popular 1970s’ US TV series?
David Soul
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What iconic London record label established in 1968 takes its name from a Croydon motor company which built the truck used by Jamaican Ska record producer Duke Reid to transport his enormous sound system to and from gigs?
Trojan
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Who succeeded Hugh Dalton as Chancellor of the Exchequer in November 1947?
Stafford Cripps
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What is the name of the fruit of the Brazilian grapetree (Plinia Cauliflora) which can be eaten raw or used to make jam juice or wine?
Jabuticaba
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If someone had the initials MRCVS after his name what would his job be?
Vet
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What name is shared by Wales’s Grand Slam winning captain of 2005 and the only England footballer to score in four consecutive tournaments?
Michael Owen
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About which war did British Commander Sam Wild say: “The British battalion is prepared to carry on the work begun here to see that our 500 comrades who sleep beneath the soil shall serve as an example to the entire British people in the struggle against Fascism.”
The Spanish Civil War
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What general term meaning bizarre in French is used for music composed between 1600 and 1750 spanning the period between Monteverdi and Handl?
Baroque
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What is the name of the African country previously known as the Upper Volta?
Burkina Faso
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This term for hidden content was first coined when programmer Warren Robinett secreted his name in the Atari 2600 game Adventure; it was discoverable by moving over the so-called 'grey dot'. In another context these things would be made of chocolate and wrapped in foil.
Easter egg
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This area is named after a short-lived monument to King George IV. A railway station in this place offers services to Inverness Peterborough Sunderland and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
King's Cross
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Which town in Alaska describes itself as the Halibut Fishing Capital of the World? It shares its name with the poet of the Iliad and Odyssey.
Homer
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In 1986 Diego Maradona said erroneously that a goal had been scored A little with the head and a little bit with... - what supernatural appendage?
The Hand of God
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Of which part of Cleopatra's body did Blaise Pascal say Had it been shorter the whole face of the world would have changed?
Nose
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Mattie Ross is the narrator and protagonist of which 1968 novel by Charles Portis in which she seeks revenge for the murder of her father despite being only 14 years old. The novel introduced the character of Rooster Cogburn; in the two film versions of this book he has been played by John Wayne and Jeff Bridges.
True Grit
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What specific sort of spirit with a name meaning 'noisy ghost' in German is Peeves who appears in the Harry Potter books? Although Rik Mayall filmed scenes for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone they were cut from the final release and the character did not appear in any of the films.
Poltergeist
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Which magazine became in April the first in the world to publish its 10000th issue? Former editors include Iain Macleod Nigel Lawson and Boris Johnson.
The Spectator
159
The Testarossa F40 and Enzo are classic road models made by which Italian sportscar manufacturer?
Ferrari
160
The record time for which race is 2 minutes 40.43 seconds set by Devonport on the so-called last run in 1999? It was inspired by the Relief of Ladysmith when guns from HMS Terror and HMS Powerful were landed for use against the Boer forces.
The Field Gun competition
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Which figure has a long neck in a painting by Parmigiano; is holding a bunch of pink carnations in one by Raphael; and is fallen with the big boobies in a much-forged work by Van Clomp?
The Madonna
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What was the name of the advanced development programme at Lockheed-Martin which produced the U-2 the SR-71 Blackbird and the F-35? Bruce Dickinson released an album of this name in 1996.
Skunkworks
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Which soft drink often considered a type of root beer is made from the vine smilax ornata? The vine was once used as a treatment for syphilis.
Sarsaparilla
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Gram flour is made from which legume? Two varieties of this legume are the kabuli and desi.
Chickpeas
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Which island of Stockholm was previously known as Valmundsö its name changing after King John III designated it a royal game park? It is now home to the amusement park Gröna Lund and the open-air museum Skansen.
Kungliga Djurgården
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Which actor played Count Olaf in the recent Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events? In the episode The Horrible Hospital he tells Klaus Baudelaire (in disguise as 'Dr Faustus') You look very young for a doctor - a knowing reference to his own first major TV role.
Neil Patrick Harris
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Which baseball player beloved of sabermetricians was given the nickname 'The Greek God of Walks' and featured heavily in the Michael Lewis book Moneyball despite never playing for the Oakland As and still being in the minor leagues when it was published. He went on to win two World Series with the Boston Red Sox and to play in three All Star games.
Kevin Youkilis
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The central girders would not have given way And ninety lives would not have been taken away At least many sensible men do say Had they been supported on both sides with buttresses At least many sensible men confesses. Which disaster happen'd on the last Sabbath day of 1879 Which will be remember'd for a very long time?
The Tay Bridge Disaster
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Which cyclist who is still competing has won the Tour de France's Green Jersey a record seven times?
Peter Sagan
170
Which waxy substance is found in the head cavities of sperm whales? It is unclear what the whale uses it for though it may help with buoyancy control or echolocation. Human uses in the past included making candles; the official definition of one candlepower was fixed with reference to a candle made of this substance.
Spermaceti
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The Sicilian town of Modica is famous for which comestible? It is made using a traditional process of grinding the principal ingredient on a metate (curved volcanic rock) and then cold-pressing.
Chocolate
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Which financier was White House Communications Director for ten excitement-packed days in July 2017? I'll accept either his actual name or his nickname.
Anthony The Mooch Scaramucci
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Which English band's first three albums were It (1983) Freaks (1987) and Separations (1992)?
Pulp
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What two word term from Greek describes a word that appears only once in a given context (e.g. a work an author's entire oeuvre or the written record of an entire language)? This question is not the only time this phrase has been used in the context of quizzing.
Hapax legomenon
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On 16 June 1963 who announced It is I Seagull from Vostok 6? This person is currently a member of the State Duma representing Vladimir Putin's United Russia party.
Valentina Tereshkova
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According to Rudyard Kipling with what was the 'great grey-green greasy Limpopo River' all set about?
Fever trees
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The short-lived Nazi government after the suicide of Adolf Hitler is generally named for which port on the Baltic Sea? Grand Admiral Karl Donitz was the Reichsprasident and Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk the Leading Minister in it.
Flensburg
178
The architect Frank Matcham is best known for designing and refurbishing what sort of building? The oldest surviving dates from 1891 and is in Cheltenham.
Theatres
179
Which Indian-born writer's surname was adopted by his father in honour of the Muslim polymath better known in the West as Averroes?
Salman Rushdie
180
The mass production of which crop in El Salvador contributed significantly to the social inequalities and poor working conditions that led to La Matanza a 1932 period of violence in which the military killed as many as 40000 people many from the Pipil ethnic group?
Coffee
181
Which famous horse is said to be buried close to the town of Jalalpur Sharif near the River Jhelum in Pakistan's Punjab Province?
Bucephalus
182
Which watchmaker produced the famous Tank watches inspired by the new weapons on the Western Front of World War I? The prototype was presented to General John Pershing.
Louis Cartier
183
To which French President did Emile Zola address his open letter J'Accuse...! in 1898?
Felix Faure
184
Which jack is this? A diminishing number of vessels is entitled to fly it including the Sundowner Medway Queen and Bluebird of Chelsea.
Dunkirk Jack
185
For what purpose is network port 666 reserved according to the official list maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority?
Doom
186
Which text on parliamentary procedure is named after the Clerk to the House of Commons who produced the first version in 1844?
Erskine May
187
Which brand of rabbit-fur hat has become metonymous with Australian bush hats? They supply slouch hats to the Australian Army and one of their sombrero hats is famously worn by 'Bush-Tucker Man' Les Hiddins.
Akubra
188
Which king led a charge of approximately 18000 cavalrymen at 1683's Battle of Vienna which is believed to be the biggest cavalry charge in history? It is also believed to have been the inspiration for the charge of the Rohirrim in The Lord of the Rings. [Christian name and ruling house or Christian name and regnal number please.]
Jan III Sobieski
189
Which Maltese investigative journalist was killed by a car bomb in 2017 (remarkably this was the sixth in the country in the space of two years)? She had reported extensively on political corruption in the country including in relation to the Panama Papers. The press room at the European Parliament building has been renamed in her honour.
Daphne Caruana Galizia
190
Heysan Hopsan' is the favourite greeting of which character created by Astrid Lindgren? This character claims to be the world's greatest steam train driver motor mechanic stunt flyer and various other things.
Karlsson-on-the-roof
191
Whilst the title of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel Il Gattopardo is almost always translated into English as The Leopard the word may actually denote which smaller member of the cat family (pictured)? Commonly found in sub-Saharan Africa one of their few northern ranges is near Lampedusa and they have been kept as pets on Sicily.
Serval
192
Which American general resigned as Commander of US Forces in Afghanistan in 2010? This followed the publication of a Rolling Stone article in which various of his staff were highly critical of members of Barack Obama's administration especially then Vice-President Joe Biden.
Stanley McChrystal
193
What surname is shared by the mother and daughter novelists who have been Booker shortlisted four times between them? The mother has racked up three nominations including for Clear Light of Day whilst the daughter won the prize in 2006 for The Inheritance of Loss.
Desai
194
Which independent trader operating from his parents' house in Hounslow was prosecuted for initiating the 2010 'Flash Crash' in which the Dow Jones lost 9% of its value in a matter of minutes?
Navinder Sarao
195
Which eighth-largest moon of Jupiter is named for which daughter of King Orchomenus who bore the giant Tityos after an encounter with Zeus? It's mentioned in the lyrics of Far Out by Blur if that helps.
Elara
196
Which language programme was developed in the 1970s by Margaret Walker Katharine Johnston and Tony Cornforth to help people with a range of learning disabilities communication impairments or neurological disorders to communicate? It is used in the CBeebies programme Something Special.
Makaton
197
George Bernard Shaw wrote The Doctor's Dilemma following a conversation with which eminent bacteriologist and based the character Sir Colenso Ridgeon on him? This man developed an inoculation against typhoid. He was also a vigorous campaigner against women's suffrage.
Sir Almroth Wright
198
By what English name is necora puber the largest swimming crab found in British waters known? It has red eyes is an excellent swimmer and is noticeably more aggressive than other British crab species. Your setter was once approached by a Breton gentleman who tried to buy one he had just caught as they are apparently considered a delicacy in Brittany on a par with lobster. [More than one answer acceptable; no animals were harmed in the writing of this question I put it back in the sea].
Devil crab/velvet crab/velvet swimming crab
199
David Haig wrote and starred in the 2014 play Pressure which focused on the role of weather forecasting in preparation for the D-Day landings. Which Scottish forecaster who persuaded Eisenhower to delay the landings until the 6th of June is its central character?
James Stagg
200
Typically made of a single large steel or aluminium ring and otherwise known as a monowheel or simple wheel which item of circus equipment is named after the Canadian performer who popularised it in the 1990s?
Cyr Wheel
