December 2nd–The Questions
All questions set by The Harrington Academicals
Vetted by Waters Green Phoenix and The Brewers
Specialist Questions
1 A Splash of Colour
2. Arts and Entertainment
3 Famous Belgians
4 Food and Drink
5. Geography
6 History
7Science
8 Sport
A Splash of Colour - all answers contain a colour
1 Defoliant used in Vietnam war
Agent Orange
2 Baseball team based in Boston
Boston Red Sox
3 fictional army of fierce, if buffoonish, music-hating creatures
Blue Meanies -from the Beatles Yellow Submarine
4 A type of LSD which reputedly gave the title to a Jimi Hendrix hit single
Purple Haze
5 The highest point in Cornwall
Brown Willy
6 The famous diamond in a Peter Sellars film
Pink Panther
7 British medium-range ballistic missile. The project was cancelled because it was too expensive
Blue Streak
8 Lead guitarist with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and Fleetwood Mac who became a recluse after drug and mental health problems
Peter Green
S1
Dye synthesised by German chemist Adolf von Baeyer and is widely used in manufacturing denim jeans
Indigo
S2
6th longest river in the world and title of a hit single
Yellow River
Arts and Entertainment - All the answers contain the word Night
1 The world's longest-running orchestral live music programme on radio, featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra. Started in 1952 and still running(if that is quite the right word)
Friday night is music night
2 Van Gogh painting in the New York Museum of Modern Art, subject of a hit single
Starry Night
3 1934 film, directed by Frank Capra, starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert that won all 5 major Oscars
It happened one night
4 Comedy band doing pop song parodies from early 60’s to late 90’s and probably beyond the grave
Barron Knights
5 Track from Moody Blues concept album, “Days of Future Passed”, released as a single several times
Nights in white satin
6 Criminal ex husband of Barbara Windsor
Ronnie Knight
7 Popular name for the Rembrandt painting “The Company of captain Frans Banning Cocq and lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch preparing to march out”
The Nightwatch
8 American TV series starring David Hasselhof which ran from 82 to 86 and which was revived in 2008
Knight Rider
S1 Bruce Springsteen song recorded by Patti Smith on the album Easter
Because the night
S2 song written by Tony Joe White in 1962 and popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970. Covered many times and ranked #498 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
Rainy night in Georgia
Famous Belgians
Identify the famous Belgians from the description
1 The surrealist artist, whose pictures include “The Son of Man”, which depicts a man in a bowler hat with an apple in front of his face
Rene Magritte
2 Possibly the greatest cyclist who ever lived – he won the Tour de France 5 times
Eddie Merckx
3 Tennis player who won 41 WTA singles titles, including Wimbledon in 2003
Kim Clijsters
4 Olympic Yachtsman who served as president of the IOC from 2001 to 2013, replacing the notoriously corrupt Juan Antonio Samaranch
Jacques Rogge
5 Author who claimed to have had sex with 10,000 women and still had time to write the Maigret novels
Georges Simenon
6 Baroque painter, born 1577 noted for his portrayal of well nourished ladies wearing not many clothes
Peter Paul Reubens
7 The actress who was born in Brussels in 1931, but spent much of her childhood in England and starred in Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Audrey Hepburn
8 The fictional character who dies in “The Final Curtain”
Hercule Poirot
S1 Creator of Tintin
Herge (George Remi)
S2 The king who turned his "Congo Free State" into a massive labour camp, made a fortune for himself from the harvest of its wild rubber, and contributed in a large way to the death of perhaps 10 million innocent people
Leopold II
Food and Drink
1 How does the Norwegian Lobster, Nephrops Norvegicus usually appear on a British menu
Scampi
2 Which English cheese is the inventor’s name spelled backwards
Yarg
3 What is the primary use of a Spurtle
Stirring porridge
4 The mnemonic “Michael Jackson really makes small boys nervous.” Refers to what?
Names of Champagne bottles: Magnum, Jeroboam, Rehoboam, Methuselah, Salamanazar, Balthazar, Nebuchadnezzar.”
5 Which major brewery is located in Southwold
Adnams
6 What is a scotch Bonnet
A very hot chilli
7 On an Indian menu, what is a Dhosa
A pancake (made with ground fermented lentils)
8 Name either of the restaurants or the chefs aiming for a Michelin star in the tv programme “Restaurant Wars”
Midland French – Simon Rogan or Manchester House – Aiden Byrne
S1 Picasso, Dali Warhol and Cocteau have provided the artwork for which product
Chateau Mouton Rothschild
S2 What is a carpet bag steak stuffed with
Oysters
S3 What meat is used to make the Italian antipasti Bresaola
Beef
1 Which European capital is named after the two towns on either side of its main river?
Budapest
2 What is the name of the dam on the Zambia/Zimbabwe border?
Kariba
3 What is the proper name for the Southern Lights?
Aurora Australis
4 In Geology, what is a drumlin?
A small hill (caused by glaciation)
5 What is the only mobile National Monument in the USA?
San Francisco Trams
6 In which US state is Fort Knox?
Kentucky
7 Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola are part of which island group?
Greater Antilles
Accept Antilles
8 In which country would you find the ancient settlement of Machu Pichu?
Peru
S1 In which county is Glastonbury?
Somerset
S2 Ulan Bator is the capital of which country?
Mongolia
History
Identify the following military leaders from their nicknames
1 Stonewall, American Civil War Confederate general,
Thomas Jackson
2 Hammer of the Scots, English King
Edward I
3 Old Blood and Guts, American 2nd World War General
George S Patton
4 Stormin Norman, US Gulf War General
Norman Schwarzkopf
5 Old Hickory, U.S. general and President
Andrew Jackson
6 Bomber, British WW2 Air Chief Marshall
Arthur Harris
7 Tin Legs, WWII RAF Ace
Sir Douglas Bader
8 The little corporal, 19th century French Field Marshall
Napoleon Bonaparte
S1 The Red Baron, 1st World War German fighter ace
Manfred von Richtofen
S2 The Desert Fox, German 2nd World War General
Irwin Rommel – in case anyone forgot from last week
S3 Shagger, the highest scoring Western Allied fighter ace against the German Luftwaffe
Johnny Johnstone
Science
1 What are the molecules called which catalyse biochemical reactions?
Enzymes
2 Where in the body would you find an astrocyte?
The Brain
3 Name of layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth's surface
Troposphere
4 Who is known as the father of geometry?
5 What kind of an animal is a taipan?
Snake
6 What does the S stand for in an SD card
Secure (digital)
7 Which chemical element is named after the moon?
Selenium
8 A floating body displaces its own weight of liquid. Whose principle is this?
Archimedes
S1 What is the sum of the internal angles of a hexagon?
720
S2 Four chemical elements are named after a Swedish village. What is its name?
Ytterby (they are, Ytterbium, Terbium, Yttrium and Erbium
1 Who qualified for the London ATP Tour Finals by winning the US Open
Marin Cilic
2 In what sport is Payton Manning an all time record holder
American football – record touchdown throws
3 Laura Massaro, who went to school in the north west is world champion in which sport
Squash
4 The Coronation cup is run at which horse racing track
Epsom
5 Which city will host the start of the 2015 Tour de France
Utrecht
6 The Monza racetrack is outside which city
Milan
7 The honours board at the Oval lists all batsmen who have made test centuries there. Name either the first or the last on the list
W G Grace or Joe Root
8 Dennis Kimetto recently broke which athletics world record
the men's marathon record with 2.02:57 in Berlin in September
S1 A Rabona by Eric Lamela has been viewed over 2.3 million times on youtube. What is a Rabona
a method of kicking the football whereby the kicking leg is wrapped around the back of the standing leg – no points for an amusing demonstration
S2 Which famous Belgian was regarded as the worst signing of David Moyes reign at Old Trafford – until he signed Mata
Marouane Fellaini
S3 The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players. In which sport was it initially used
Chess – now used in footballers, baseball, American football etc
General Knowledge
1
The 2012 documentary “Crossfire Hurricane is about which band
Rolling Stones
2
Who rode the horse Shadowfax
Gandalf
3
How many bones are there in the little toe
3
4
Which war is the background for the film “Jarhead”
Gulf war
5
In which island group is Richard Branson’s holiday retreat, Necker Island
British Virgin Islands
6
Which poet died fighting in the Greek war of independence
Lord Byron
7
At the time he was awarded his wings in 1943, which future US president was the youngest naval aviator
George Bush Senior
8
Charles Darwin noticed that each Galapagos island had a different sub species of which reptile
Giant tortoise
Accept tortoise
9
“I need art like I need God” was the title of an exhibition by which artist
Tracy Emin
10
The Oscar winning director James Cameron was married to an Oscar winning director. Who was she?
Kathryn Bigelow
11
In which country is the easternmost point of the Horn of Africa
Somalia
12
Which railway station has a plaque commemorating the writing of the Simon and Garfunkel song, “Homeward Bound”
Widnes
13
The title character of which novel was a foundling, taken in by Squire Allworthy
Tom Jones
14
In the Monty Python dead parrot sketch, what was the Norwegian Blue pining for
The fjords
15
Which country is bordered to the south by Italy and Slovenia
Austria
16
During which monarch’s reign was the first act of supremacy passed
Henry VIII
17
During which war was the term “Thin red line” reputedly coined
Crimean war
(Battle of Balaclava)
18
The figure in a toby jug traditionally holds a pot of beer in one hand, and what in the other
A pipe
19
Which monarch ordered the construction of Westminster Abbey
Henry III
20
Which country originated Manga comics
Japan
21
What is the largest native British butterfly
Swallowtail
22
The Lizzie Bennett Diaries are a sequel to which novel
Pride and Prejudice
23
What spice is represented on the flag of Grenada
Nutmeg
24
Who circumnavigated the world in Gypsy Moth IV
Francis Chichester
25
The Jam maker, Wilkin and sons are based in which Essex town
Tiptree
26
What do the French call the English Channel
La Manche
27
Who was the author of the Pallister novels, who is also credited with the introduction of the pillar box.
Anthony Trollope
28
Flora and Miles are children in which Henry James ghost story
The Turn of the Screw
29
Malorie Blackman succeeded Julia Donaldson in which role
Children’s Laureate
30
Who completed the first triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus
Julius Caesar
31
The most famous work by Thomas Malory concerns which king
Arthur
(le mort d’Arthur)
32
What word completes the phrase used by Private Eye to suggest drunkenness: Tired and..
Emotional
Originally referred to George Brown allegedly
33
Which country has the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy
Japan
34
What type of scissors make a zig zag cut
Pinking Shears
35
Who dies at the end of Moby Dick
Captain Ahab
36
Who wrote “The Hunt for Red October”
Tom Clancy
37
What type of seaweed did Richard Burton describe as Welshman’s caviar
Laverbread
38
What was the title of the open letter to the president by Emile Zola about the Dreyfus affair, printed on the first page of a Paris daily newspaper
J’Accuse
39
Near which city is the Schoenbrunn Palace
Vienna
40
Hamburg is on which river
Elbe
41
Madonna was directed by her then husband in “Swept Away”. Who was he
Guy Ritchie
42
Pupillage is the final stage of qualification for which specific profession
Bar (ie to become a Barrister)
43
Why has Paul Cummins been in the news recently
He is the artist responsible for the ceramic poppies at the Tower of London
44
Who is the subject of the 2014 film, “The Imitation Game”
Alan Turing
45
Which musician wrote the book “In his own Write”?
John Lennon
46
Powell and Pressburger were a renowned partnership in which industry
Film
47
How many opera did Beethoven and Brahms have published in total
1 – Fidelio by Beethoven
48
Billy Connelly defined an intellectual as someone who could listen to which piece of music without thinking of the Lone Ranger
William Tell Overture
49
The Lombard League was a 12th century alliance to oppose what?
The Holy Roman Empire
50
What was the profession of Václav Havel before he became prime minister of Czechoslovakia
Playwright
51
What colour cape does Robin wear in the Batman cartoons and films
Yellow
52
A cellist with the Scottish Youth Orchestra later played bass on Pretty Flamingo with Manfred Mann. He was better known for playing with with Cream. Who was he
Jack Bruce
53
In which city did a Picasso museum reopen this year amid controversy over the €52m (£42.7m). cost and 3 year delay to the project
Paris
54
The Murder of Gonzago is a play within which Shakespreare play
Hamlet
55
The title character of which novel was murdered by Maxim de Winter
Rebecca
56
In the decoration KCMG, what does the G stand for
George – Knight Commander of the order of St Michael and St George
(Not Kindly call me God)
57
Formerly a holiday home of the Queen Mother, what is the most northerly castle on the British mainland
Castle of Mey
58
Which European capital city is situated on the Meseta Central plateau
Madrid
59
Michael Palin, David Bowie and Telly Savalas have all played which Biblical character
Pontius Pilate
60
Heath Ledger, Jack Nicholson, Cesar Romero have all played which villain
The Joker
61
For what crime was Silvio Berlusconi sentenced to prison in 2013
Tax fraud
62
At 1834 feet, which hill is the highest point in Cheshire?
Shining Tor
63
Who is the Culture Secretary, who recently fell out with his predecessor, Maria Miller
Sajid Javid
64
What was the name of the childhood home of James Bond
Skyfall
65
What is the more common name for calcium sulphate hemihydrate
Plaster of Paris
66
In 1802 William Wordsworth wrote “Earth has
not anything to show more fair” - more fair than
what?
The view (of London) from
Westminster Bridge
67
In which 2013 Academy award winning film does Anna make an epic journey in search of her estranged sister Elsa?
Frozen
68
Which parliamentary constituency is Boris
Johnson hoping to represent after the 2015
general election?
Uxbridge & South Ruislip
Accept Uxbridge
69
Which Australian state capital lies on the Swan
River?
Perth
70
Who plays House in the American hospital series of that name?
Hugh Laurie
71
Which politician was the recipient of the
contents of a bucket of water from a member of
pop band Chumbawamba at the 1998 Brit Awards?
John Prescott
72
When Grayson Perry wears a dress what is the name of his alter ego
Claire (Perry)
73
The opera Orpheus & Eurydice was produced at this year’s Buxton Festival. Who was the
composer?
Christoph Willibald Gluck
74
Harry Wheatcroft was a renowned breeder of
what?
Roses
75
The Panmunjom talks ended which war?
Korean
76
Who wrote “Short Ride in a Fast Machine”,
famously pulled from the Last Night of the Proms twice, after Diana's death and 9/11?
John Adams
77
Where are James the 'Old Pretender' and his
son 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' buried?
St Peter's,Rome
78
Who will Great Britain play in the first round of the Davis Cup in 2015
USA
79
Which piece of classical music is dedicated to “My friends pictured within”?
Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations
80
What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot?
Captain Flint
81
What rank in the British Army is signified by a single crown?
Major
82
What is manufactured by the Haber process?
Ammonia
83
Which 1971 Stanley Kubrick film was based on a novel by Anthony Burgess?
A Clockwork Orange
84
In Arthurian legend the vacant seat at the Round Table, reserved by Merlin for the finder of the Holy Grail, is known by what name?
Siege Perilous or The Perilous Seat
85
In his long career John Wayne won only one Oscar. For which film?
Best actor in True Grit
86
Which philosopher considered the natural state of mankind to be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish,
and short?”
Thomas Hobbes
87
What is the name of Kate Bush’s son who appeared on stage with her and has a song named for
him on her 2005 album Aerial?
Bertie Mackintosh Bush
Accept Bertie
88
Which Wagner opera features a Cornish knight and an Irish princess
Tristan und Isolde
89
What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?
Port of Spain
89
Name the group who topped the charts in 1996 with the singles "Breathe" and "Firestarter"?
The Prodigy
90
Who wrote "The Dance of the Knights" for a ballet that premiered in 1938, and which now provides the introduction to the BBC's The Apprentice?
Sergei Prokofiev.
91
On what island is the Malaysian capital, Jakarta sited
Java
92
What river flows from the sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea
Jordan
93
How many players are there in an ice hockey team
6
94
In the Shakespeare play, who was the husband of Desdemona
Othello
95
East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet is the first line of a poem by whom
Rudyard Kipling
96
The Plymouth Rock is a breed of what animal?
Chicken
S1
Crisis committees for the UK Government are often referred to by the acronym "Cobra". What does the B stand for?
Briefing - Cabinet Office Briefing Room A
S2
What name is given to the wealthier half of the South Korean capital Seoul, lying south of the River Han?
Gangnam
S3
The Catholic office known officially as the Promoter of the Faith was established in 1587 and abolished by Pope John Paul II in 1983. The holder's role was to argue against the canonization of new Catholic saints. What was the more common name of the post?
Devil's Advocate
posted by Nick at
9:10 AM
1 Comments:
Jakarta = Indonesia. Otherwise, an interesting set of questions with a bit of a "culture vulture" bias in the GK?
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