Rosebery #6 Flashcards
(88 cards)
Stainless steel is an alloy of iron with up to 30% of which metallic element?
chromium
What is the name given to the anonymous English street artist whose graffiti is executed in a distinctive stenciling technique and who also directed the documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop?”
Banksy
Calculate the sine of 30 degrees minus the cosine of 60 degrees.
zero
Who was Prisoner 24601 in Victor Hugo’s novel “Les Misérables?”
(Jean) Valjean
Which Anglo-Saxon king of England was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066?
(King) Harold (II or Godwinson)
Which king was known as “Lackland” because as the youngest of five sons, he was not initially expected to inherit very much?
(King) John
Which king of England led his troops into battle, even engaging in hand-to-hand fighting, at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415?
(King) Henry V
From the Ancient Greek for “indivisible,” what is the smallest unit of ordinary matter that has the properties of a chemical element?
atom
The discovery of the dense and positively charged nucleus was the result of experiments measuring how alpha particle beams were scattered by a thin foil of which material?
gold
Which atomic physicist was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics, for which Carlsberg, a long-time supporter of his work, gave him a house next to the brewery with free beer on tap?
(Niels) Bohr
Sir James Chadwick was a British physicist who was awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics for what 1932 discovery?
neutron
The national teams of which two countries compete in the Ashes, a Test series held since the 19th century and named for the ashes of the cricket ball purportedly contained in the trophy?
England and Australia
Which Star Trek antagonists are linked in a hive mind and are associated with the phrase, “Resistance is futile?”
Borg
The Cylons are a cybernetic civilization at war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity in which science fiction franchise, begun in 1978 and rebooted in 2004?
Battlestar Galactica
Which Doctor Who antagonists resemble human-sized salt shakers with a single mechanical eyestalk and are often heard to give the order to “Exterminate?”
Dalek(s)
In which short-lived space Western drama are the Reavers the seldom-seen but much feared antagonists?
Firefly
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Arrivederci?”
Italian
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Sayōnara?”
Japanese
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Do svidaniya?”
Russian
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Tot ziens (tut-ZEENS)?”
Dutch (accept the similar-sounding Afrikaans)
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Auf Wiedersehen (owf-VEE-der-zayn)?”
German
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Shalom?”
Hebrew
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Zài jiàn (tzai-JIEN)?”
Mandarin (accept Chinese or Cantonese)
In which language do people say “goodbye” by saying, “Hejdå (HEY-doh)?”
Swedish
