Quiz 42 Flashcards
In Norse mythology, Baldur, the son of Odin, was killed by which plant?
Mistletoe
The 1970 Top Ten hit Up the Ladder to the Roof was significant in the career of The Supremes for what particular reason?
First without Diana Ross
The Cambridge landmark The Bridge of Sighs, built across the River Cam in 1831, belongs to which college?
St Johns
In computing, what does the acronym MIPS stand for?
Millions of Instructions Per Second
Ike’s Pond and the Eisenhower Tree, both named after the 34th President of the United States, are notable features of which major American golf course?
Augusta
Marie Laveau, who died in 1881, was a hairdresser with a salon in New Orleans. But what other, more sinister role did she play in the life of the city?
Voodoo priestess
In 1876, Sir Henry Wickham brought seeds from the Amazon to Kew Gardens that subsequently were shipped to Sri Lanka and Malaysia to establish plantations producing which crop?
Rubber
A progestogen is any of a group of steroid hormones that can maintain which condition in humans and other mammals?
Pregnancy
In simple terms, if an object is described as Quaquaversal, in which direction does it point?
Every direction
Samphire, also known as glasswort, pickleweed, marsh or rock samphire among the other names, has a name in French that associates it with which saint?
St Peter
Which Hebridean island has three distinctly-shaped rocky mountains rising from its western side, known as The Paps?
Jura
Who was the father of Henry IV of England?
John of Gaunt
Although the first of the official Carry On series of movies was Carry On Sergeant in 1958, a year earlier a British comedy film with a nautical theme had appeared with the words Carry On in the title, featuring David Tomlinson, Ronald Shiner and Joan Sims. What was it called?
Carry on Admiral
Following the break-up of the USSR, which city in Belarus was designated as the administrative centre of the alliance of twelve former Soviet republics known as the Commonwealth of Independent States?
Minsk
Captain Bill Turner was the last captain of which vessel?
Lusitania
Which Latin term is used to refer to that form of logical fallacy when an argument is attacked or rebutted essentially on the grounds of some perceived personal flaw or circumstance of its proponent?
Ad Hominem
Which fishing village in eastern Germany was the location for German rocket development under Werner von Braun during World War II?
Peenemunde
The works of which Victorian artist, confined for much of his life to asylums, include The Fairy Feller’s Masterpiece?
Richard Dadd
The pair of giant sculptures by Andy Scott at Falkirk in Scotland, The Kelpies, were inspired by water spirits in Scottish folklore reputed to haunt rivers and lakes - and taking the form of which creature?
Horses
Which grey-white metal, discovered in 1803 by the English chemist Smithson Tennant, is the densest naturally occurring element?
Osmium
Which snooker player, one of the two brothers who dominated the game from 1927 until 1956, won the World Billiards Championship in 1980 and 1981 in his late 60s?
Fred Davis
Which present day African capital city was named Fort Salisbury by the British, after the Prime Minister who was in office when it was founded?
Harare
Which practice - sometimes used in alternative medicine to induce analgesia - was given its modern name by the British physician and surgeon James Braid in the mid 19th century?
Hypnotism
Known variously as the Little Magician and the Sly Fox, among other nicknames, who was the first US President to be born a citizen of the United States?
Van Buren
