Quiz 25 Flashcards
Knockaloe, the site of a major British internment camp for enemy alien civilians living in the UK during both world wars was established in which island off the coast of Britain?
Isle of Man
The Edgware Road in London lies along the route of which ancient Roman road?
Watling Street
In Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, whom does Figaro marry?
Susannah
The Central Lobby at the heart of the Palace of Westminster, the Globe Theatre erected around 1599 at London’s Bankside and the centrepiece observatory of Wren’s Flamstead House at Greenwich share what unusual architectural distinction?
Octagonal
Wild Life in Suburbia, an LP record released in 1959 consisting of the monologues of Edna and Sandy Stone, two philistine inhabitants of the Australian suburbs, is an early work by which humorist and writer?
Barry Humphries
What do the letters EM stand for in the name of EM Forster, the author of the novels A Passage to India and A Room With A View?
Edward Morgan
Stingray Bay was the original name of which location on the eastern coast of Australia?
Botany Bay
What is the name of the stiff, full, white skirt traditionally worn by men in Albania and parts of Greece?
Fustanella
The 2015 film Spotlight is about a real-life investigation conducted by the Boston Chronicle newspaper into what issue?
Child abuse in the Catholic church
Which beautiful youth of Greek legend provided the title of a poem by John Keats and also an 1880 novel by Benjamin Disraeli?
Endymion
What is the literal meaning of the Urdu word “halal”, often encountered in connection with Islam?
Lawful
Which chain of British comedy clubs takes its name from that of a type of medieval wandering minstrel?
Jongleurs
In 1724, as part of the Hanoverian programme to make the still potentially volatile Highlands easier to control, which field marshal and MP for Bath went there to supervise the construction of numerous bridges and metalled roads?
George Wade
Which two French terms are used to describe the seizures characteristic of both the severe and the less severe forms of epilepsy
Grand Mal/Petit Mal
The lamb is a symbol of which female saint, often placed at her side in religious paintings?
Agnes of Rome
Which American horse breed gets its name from its ability to outdistance other breeds of horses in races of 440 yards or less?
Quarter Horse
Shakespeare’s Sonnets, first published together as a sequence in 1609, comprise how many poems?
154
Still Crazy After All These Years, in 1976, and Fate For Breakfast, in 1979, are among the solo albums of which former singing duo?
Simon and Garfunkel
What title was first given to the chief minister of the Abbasid caliphs, subsequently to the chief minister of the Turkish sultan and later to those of other Muslim states?
Vizier
At a height of around 330 metres, Cleeve Cloud is the highest point in which English county?
Gloucestershire
Which crank-turned instrument, originally used to teach music in cloisters or monastic schools, can be referred to as a wheel fiddle or vielle a roue?
Hurdy Gurdy
Which novel by Robert Tressell, first published in an abridged form in 1918, has been called the Workers’ Bible and is often said to have provided inspiration for the early Labour movement and the establishment of the welfare state?
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist
The Queen has two Christian names apart from Elizabeth. What are they?
Alexandra Mary
Which cricket ground, named after the Hampshire fast bowler who leased the land on which its pitches were established in the 1840s, is used to stage home matches played by the students of Cambridge University?
Fenner’s
