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Quiz Unknowns 6.1
Pages 6 to 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the practice of using a domain name whose traffic relies on misspellings by internet users called? | Typo-squatting |
| Which dinosaur, whose name means “wounding tooth”, is often said to be the most intelligent of all dinosaurs? | Troodon |
| What is the common name of Halichoerus grypus, the larger of the two seal species found in the UK? | Grey seal |
| By what name are the elements making up group 16 of the periodic table often known? | Chalcogens |
| Which probe, built by the European Space Agency, crash landed on Comet 67P in September 2016? | Rosetta |
| Who is the author of the 2016 novel Swing Time? | Zadie Smith |
| The Odes, The Epodes and The Epistles are all works of which 1st century BC Roman author? | Horace |
| The Kitchen, staged by the National Theatre in 2011, was the first work of which British dramatist? | Arnold Wesker |
| Which 1990 Booker Prize-winning novel centres around a love affair between two fictional Victorian poets called Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel LaMotte? | Possession |
| The Partido Popular, or People’s Party, is a mainstream conservative political party in which country? | Spain |
| Who delivered the withering put-down, “Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy”, in a 1988 vice presidential debate? | Lloyd Bentsen |
| According to the saying, what does a rising tide lift? | All boats |
| Satchel Paige was a famous figure in which US sport? | Baseball |
| Natasha Khan is the real name of which English singer? | Bat for Lashes |
| Shout Out To My Ex was a UK No 1 single for which group in 2016? | Little Mix |
| Who had a hit in 2016 with the song Still Falling For You, which featured on the soundtrack to the film Bridget Jones’s Baby? | Ellie Goulding |
| Who had a 2016 hit with Side To Side? | Ariana Grande |
| Who has had UK Top 40 hits with Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, and Behind The Mask? | Eric Clapton |
| The 2013 film Filth, starring James McAvoy, is based on a novel by which writer? | Irvine Welsh |
| Which British-born actor played the role of Prince Michael of Moldavia in the TV soap Dynasty? | Michael Praed |
| Shamus is a slang term for a what? | Private investigator |
| Which poet wrote the line “audentes fortuna yuvat”, which is often translated as “fortune favours the brave”? | Virgil |
| The Asian mammal called the gaur has which alternative name? | Indian bison |
| In 1966, what became the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the Moon? | Luna 9 |
| In 40 matches between 1905 and 2015, on how many occasions did the England rugby union team defeat the All Blacks? | Seven |
| Since the 1960s, which Italian football match has become known as the Derby d’Italia? | Juventus vs Internazionale |
| Roundhay Park is a large open space in which English city? | Leeds |
| Craiova, the largest city in the region of Oltenia, is in which country? | Romania |
| What is the name of Mark Knopfler’s guitarist brother, who was a co-founder of Dire Straits? | David |
| What dish was created at the restaurant Antoine’s in New Orleans in the late 1890s, consisting of oysters cooked with a buttery sauce containing green vegetables? | Oysters Rockfeller |
| Which cut of beef is often used in the classic dish of steak frites? | Onglet |
| Which drink is often warmed in a ceramic decanter called a tokkuri? | Sake |
| In bakery, in its basic form, what is a dacquoise? | Nut meringue |
| Sam Quek and Maddie Hinch won Olympic gold medals in which sport at the 2016 Rio Olympics? | Women's hockey |
| In The Mikado, which three characters mainly sing “Three little maids from school are we”? | Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo, Pitti-Sing |
| Who plays the Queen in the 2016 film The BFG? | Penelope Wilton |
| Dunfermline Palace, the birthplace of Charles I, is in which area of Scotland? | Fife |
| The ballerina known as Alicia Markova was born in which city? | London |
| The national beauty spot called Devil’s Dyke is accessible by which National Trail? | South Downs Way |
| Aylesbury is the county town of which historic English county? | Buckinghamshire |
| What was the name of John Thaw’s character in the 1970s TV drama The Sweeney? | Jack Regan |
| Who plays the human lead role in the 2016 film A Street Cat Named Bob? | Luke Treadaway |
| Which large shark is named after its habit of swimming or floating near the surface of the sea? | Basking shark |
| Which word is now commonly used to describe a lecture presented over the Internet? | Webinar |
| Which type of plant found growing in the UK is also known as shaggy moss? | Electrified Cat's Tail Moss |
| Which British scientist is the co-author of the 2010 book The Grand Design? | Stephen Hawking |
| Defeated by the French in the 1890s, Behanzin was the last monarch of which historical African kingdom? | Dahomey |
| The Gerousia was the name for the council of elders in which ancient city state? | Sparta |
| Which English king issued a proclamation known as the Coronation Charter, or Charter of Liberties, upon his succession? | Henry I |
| In which royal palace was Elizabeth I born in 1533? | Palace of Placentia (Greenwich) |
| In what year was the humorous magazine Viz first published? | 1979 |
| In which film are Bill Murray’s closing lines “It’s so beautiful, let’s live here. We’ll rent to start.”? | Groundhog Day |
| Which Italian word is often used to describe the golden froth on top of an espresso coffee? | Crema |
| What is a whimbrel? | Wading bird in curlew family |
| The Italian scientist Marcello Malpighi is credited with being a pioneer in the use of what scientific instrument? | Microscope |
| Elmer Ambrose Sperry and Herman Anschutz-Kaempfe were both early inventors of what instrument? | Gyroscope |
| Named for a Parisian theatre, Grand Guignol is often used as a general term for what genre? | Graphic horror |
| Which character in The Merchant of Venice has a daughter called Jessica? | Shylock |
| Published in 2016, Keeping On Keeping On is a volume of diaries by which writer? | Alan Bennett |
| Gomme is the French word for what item? | Eraser |
| St Stephen’s Green is a park located in the centre of which major city? | Dublin |
| What name is given to the ball-shaped sweet made principally of flour and sugar that is popular in Indian cuisine? | Ladoo |
| Opus 74, entitled Four Psalms, was the final work of which composer born in 1843? | Edvard Grieg |
| Which British soldier and administrator was described as a heaven-born general by Pitt the Elder? | Robert Clive |
| What type of weapon was the medieval petrary? | Catapault |
| Amy Robsart, who supposedly died from falling down the stairs at her home, was the first wife of which of Elizabeth I’s favourites? | Robert Dudley |
| Which John Betjeman poem features the lines “Come, bombs, and blow to smithereens, those air-conditioned bright canteens, tinned fruits, tinned meat, tinned milk, tinned beans”? | Slough |
| The historical region of Kafiristan is the setting for which 1888 work by Rudyard Kipling? | The Man Who Would Be King |
| Which British slang word for a prison comes from the Hindi for a shed or lock-up? | Chokey |
| Which actor played the role of Steve Wozniak in the Danny Boyle film Steve Jobs? | Seth Rogen |
| Which Caribbean country celebrated the 50th anniversary of its independence from the UK in 2016? | Barbados |
| What name is given to the microscopic openings in the epidermis of leaves or young stems? | Stomata |
| What nickname was given to the World War II bomber the Handley Page Hampton? | Flying Suitcase |
| Britain’s only venomous snake, the adder, is a member of which family? | Viper |
| In which year were canaries finally phased out of British coal mines as an early warning protection against poisonous gases? | 1986 |
| What type of bird is the garganey, an occasional visitor to the UK? | Duck |
| In football, what name is given to the technique of kicking the ball with the kicking foot wrapped behind the standing foot? | Rabona |
| Which NBA basketball player set a record in November 2016 with 13 three-point baskets in a single match? | Stephen Curry |
| Which boxer, born in 1883 and nicknamed the Boston Terror, earned a reputation as the greatest boxer never to win a world title? | Sam Langford |
| What is the English translation of Zhujiang in the local name of a major Chinese river? | Pearl |
| Nuages, Fetes and Sirenes are the three movements of an orchestral composition called Nocturnes by which composer born in 1862? | Debussy |
| Andre Courreges, who died in 2016, was best known as a designer of which items? | Clothes |
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