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IQuiz 2
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dutch author of Under The Skin (2000) and The Crimson Petal and the White (2002) | Michel Faber |
| US author of American Rust (2009) and The Son (2013) | Philipp Meyer |
| Chinese admiral and explorer (1371 - 1433) who led a series of treasure voyages from China to east Africa | Zheng He |
| Ethiopian-born British explorer (1910 - 2003) known for travelling through Arabia and Eastern Africa, author of 1959 work Arabian Sands | Wilfred Thesiger |
| Famous red cup created by Leo Hulseman in 1930s, seen at US parties | Solo Cup |
| Trees of genus Agathis, particularly known for their gum in NZ | Kauri |
| Dynasty that ruled Georgia from Middle Ages until the early 19th century | Bagrationi dynasty |
| Kina in New Zealand is a species of this creature | Sea urchin |
| Island in Maddalena Archipelago near Sardinia where Garibaldi spent his last 27 years | Caprera |
| Last Byzantine Emperor (1449 to 1453) | Constantine XI Palaiologos |
| Major Oxford riot and year it occurred | St Scholastica’s Day, 1355 |
| Proper name for Persian New Year (or Iranian New Year) - occurs in March | Nowruz |
| Italian equivalent of Art Nouveau | Stile Liberty |
| Single-handed yacht race held every four years since 1978, from France to Guadalupe | Route du Rhum |
| Hong Kong-based Chinese actor who played the villain Han in 1973 film Enter The Dragon | Shih Kien |
| Genre of Chinese fiction about martial arts, also film genre etc - means “martial heroes” | Wuxia |
| First President of Laos (1975 to 1991) | Souphanouvong |
| Vientiane’s international airport | Wattay |
| Kathmandu’s international airport | Tribhuvan |
| Zagreb’s international airport | Franjo Tudman |
| Real-life Scotsman on whom the novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is based | William Brodie |
| Major South Korean news agency | Yonhap |
| Berber tribesmen nicknamed “the Blue Men” due to their indigo-dyed robes that also stain their skin | Tuareg |
| British geologist who identified P-waves and S-waves of earthquakes, also confirmed that Earth has a central core | Richard Dixon Oldham |
| Japanese period (300 - 538 AD) following Yayoi period and are known for their keyhole-shaped burial mounds | Kofun period |
| Monumental complex in Peru known for its Thirteen Towers solar observatory | Chanquillo |
| Name of the three shapes that appear on Paralympic flag | Agito |
| German prosthetics company - long serving partner of Paralympic Games | Ottobock |
| First opera by Rimsky-Korsakov | The Maid of Pskov |
| Term for worship of one God while conceding that other gods exist too | Henotheism |
| Proper name for Vitamin K1 | Phylloquinone |
| Caribbean leaf vegetable stew originating in West Africa - main ingredient usually amaranth | Callaloo |
| Two ingredients of a Slippery Nipple | Sambuca and Baileys Irish Cream |
| Luxembourg-born photographer who directed 1944 Oscar-winning documentary The Fighting Lady | Edward Steichen |
| Term for gilded bronze - ie. gilding a gold-mercury amalgam to bronze | Ormolu |
| Half-brother of William the Conqueror, became Earl of Kent | Odo |
| Alouette is French for this bird | Lark |
| Played John Wilkes Booth in Birth of a Nation and went on to become a director | Raoul Walsh |
| Final novel (2007) by Norman Mailer - about Hitler’s childhood | The Castle in the Forest |
| Subtitle of Aaron Copland ballet Rodeo | The Courting At Burnt Ranch |
| First single by Bauhaus, considered the first gothic rock record | Bela Lugosi’s Dead |
| Horse breed that is a national emblem of Turkmenistan | Akhal-Teke |
| A chemical system in equilibrium will respond to any change to form a new equilibrium - also known as this | Le Chatelier’s principle |
| Skeletal figure who is the mascot of Megadeth | Vic Rattlehead |
| Egyptian soccer club that is the most successful in Africa | Al Ahly Sporting Club |
| Explorer and Cossack who started the Russian conquest of Siberia in the 16th century | Yermak Timofeyevich |
| Name of short-lived Russian settlement in Djibouti during the Scramble for Africa | Sagallo |
| Painting genre created to describe works by Antoine Watteau, literally means “courtship party” | Fete galante |
| Opening line of Wilfred Owen’s Anthem for Doomed Youth | What passing-bells for these who die as cattle |
| The three kingdoms that made up Korea | Baekje, Silla, Goguryeo |
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