BH quiz #30
Not forgetting from the Aftermath: I feel compelled to garland Kevin's performance, which came at us from the unusual position of number one, with praise. 24 points in such a tight game. What a performance from the finest quizzer we know.
1. In The Godfather trilogy, what was the name of the legitimate company that Vito Corleone set up once he had settled in America?
2.Which commentator famously said at the 1976 Summer Olympics: "Juantorena opens his legs and shows his class"?
3. According to Frank Kermode's 1975 book The Classic, which 2nd century Roman was the first writer to use the term 'classic' to describe a work in the great canon of literature?
4. Which city's new Major League Soccer franchise has had to change its name from 1836 to another due to it being the year 630 Mexicans were massacred in the local area?
5. What term describes those little adverts on Channel 4 where the station's stars tell you what their favourite food is, or what age they lost their virginity at?
6. Pope Benedict XVI recently dropped which of his nine official titles?
7. In 1953, members of the Politburo were summoned to which dacha of Stalin's to be informed that their leader was dying of a stroke?
8. Which author recounted the time he served as a second lieutenant in an artillery regiment during the Crimean War in his book Sevastopol Sketches?
9. In love with the theatre from childhood, Anton Chekhov first attended a theatrical performance when he saw whose operetta Elena the Beautiful at Taganrog City Theatre on October 4, 1873?
10. Which Allied operation was geared towards the capture of such Axis nuclear scientists as Werner Heisenberg at the end of World War Two?
11. A pioneer in the field of radioactivity famed for his work with Lisa Meitner, who received the 1944 Nobel for Physics and discovered radioactinium while working under Ernest Rutherford at McGill University?
12. Drafted by the above scientist with Max Born, which appeal against the use of nuclear weapons was circulated at a conference of Nobel laureates in Lindau, Germany, on July 15, 1955, and was signed by 18 participants and 52 Nobel winners within the year?
13 Which Cadiz-born actor's first role in a sound picture was that of a villain in the 1931 low-budget William Boyd western The Painted Desert?
14 Considered by many to be the best match racer in the world, which New Zealand-born sailor controversially left his country's twice-America's Cup winning team to sail for the eventually victorious Ernesto Bertarelli 's Alinghi syndicate?
15 Which next-generation optical disc format for the storage of high-definition video and high-density data is abbreviated BD and gets its name from the shorter wavelength (405 nm) of laser that allows it to store far more than DVD?
16 What is the study of the dependence of physical quantities on frequency and has three main types: absorption, scattering and emission?
17 Fought between 1864 and 1870, what is also known as the Paraguayan War?
18 Taking its name from the Guarani for "river of the painted birds", which country has the motto Libertad o Muerte (Liberty or Death)?
19 Suriname is the smallest independent South American country, but what is smallest political entity on the South American mainland?
20 Which French novelist also wrote the poetry volumes, Les Contemplations and La Legender des siecles, his 1826 collection Odes et Ballades revealing him to be a master of lyric and creative song?
21 Which Hungarian national poet and a key figure in his country's revolution of 1848 wrote Nemzeti Dal ("National Song"): "On the God of the Hungarians/ We vow, / We vow, that we will be slaves/ No longer", as well as 1842's A borozo (The Pub)?
22 Born in Calgary in 1957, which WWF wrestler was known for his finishing move The Sharpshooter and was also nicknamed The Execution of Excellence?
23 In 1904 the Canadian George Lyon took the gold for which since discontinued Olympic sport and apparently walked on his hands all the way to the podium for the awards ceremony?
24 What ancient rite of passage for young Spartan men who had completed their formal education involved them patrolling the countryside naked and armed with a knife in search of revolts and misdeeds?
25 Including such members as Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz, which select group of 130 influential movers and shakers meet once a year at an invitation-only conference and take their name from the hotel in the Netherlands where they first gathered in 1954?
26 Believed by many to have evolved into the Sicilian mafia, which secretive society flourished during the 1600s and according to legend were made up of intellectuals and nobles who belonged to a congretation in Sicily and was formed to combat rampant abuse of authority?
27 Including such members as former Brazilian president Fernando Cardoso, which global think-tank have met regularly since 1968 to discuss "the world problematique" and aims to act as "a global catalyst of change that is free of any political, ideological or business interest", though many believe this translates as wanting to overthrow America?
28 Constructed of alternating copper and zinc discs and saltwater-soaked cloth, what invention of Alessandro Volta was the forerunner of the modern electric battery?
29 Owner of such nicknames as Mad Hatter and Lord High Executioner, which Murder Incorporated hitman was gunned down in a barbershop 1957 on the orders of Carlo Gambino having become leader of the Luciano family?
30 Which American boxer became lightweight champion of the world when he beat Lou Ambers in 1940 and had such vivid nicknames as The Living Death and the Sweetswatter from Sweetwater?
(What can I say? Perhaps all quizzers have a thing from nicknames. They help us remember)
Answers to BH #29
1 Bettino Craxi 2 Josephson junction 3 Joaquin Des Prez 4 Locust (Tree) 5 Flash Lock 6 Locus 7 Characteristic 8 Angrboda 9 Pleura 10 Compton Acres 11 Taedong 12 Pun 13 Pygmalion (with Galatea) 14 Office for National Statistics 15 Retinol or A 16 Frankfurt Parliament 17 New York Islanders 18 George Hardwick 19 John Regis 20 Randy Barnes 21 Frank Swift 22 Tenby 23 Ian Woosnam 24 Known Fact 25 Ikkyu 26 William and Arthur 27 Drag racing 28 Jack Harrison 29 Leicester 30 Alinghi 31 John Higgins 32 Table Tennis 33 Volleyball 34 Water Polo
1. In The Godfather trilogy, what was the name of the legitimate company that Vito Corleone set up once he had settled in America?
2.Which commentator famously said at the 1976 Summer Olympics: "Juantorena opens his legs and shows his class"?
3. According to Frank Kermode's 1975 book The Classic, which 2nd century Roman was the first writer to use the term 'classic' to describe a work in the great canon of literature?
4. Which city's new Major League Soccer franchise has had to change its name from 1836 to another due to it being the year 630 Mexicans were massacred in the local area?
5. What term describes those little adverts on Channel 4 where the station's stars tell you what their favourite food is, or what age they lost their virginity at?
6. Pope Benedict XVI recently dropped which of his nine official titles?
7. In 1953, members of the Politburo were summoned to which dacha of Stalin's to be informed that their leader was dying of a stroke?
8. Which author recounted the time he served as a second lieutenant in an artillery regiment during the Crimean War in his book Sevastopol Sketches?
9. In love with the theatre from childhood, Anton Chekhov first attended a theatrical performance when he saw whose operetta Elena the Beautiful at Taganrog City Theatre on October 4, 1873?
10. Which Allied operation was geared towards the capture of such Axis nuclear scientists as Werner Heisenberg at the end of World War Two?
11. A pioneer in the field of radioactivity famed for his work with Lisa Meitner, who received the 1944 Nobel for Physics and discovered radioactinium while working under Ernest Rutherford at McGill University?
12. Drafted by the above scientist with Max Born, which appeal against the use of nuclear weapons was circulated at a conference of Nobel laureates in Lindau, Germany, on July 15, 1955, and was signed by 18 participants and 52 Nobel winners within the year?
13 Which Cadiz-born actor's first role in a sound picture was that of a villain in the 1931 low-budget William Boyd western The Painted Desert?
14 Considered by many to be the best match racer in the world, which New Zealand-born sailor controversially left his country's twice-America's Cup winning team to sail for the eventually victorious Ernesto Bertarelli 's Alinghi syndicate?
15 Which next-generation optical disc format for the storage of high-definition video and high-density data is abbreviated BD and gets its name from the shorter wavelength (405 nm) of laser that allows it to store far more than DVD?
16 What is the study of the dependence of physical quantities on frequency and has three main types: absorption, scattering and emission?
17 Fought between 1864 and 1870, what is also known as the Paraguayan War?
18 Taking its name from the Guarani for "river of the painted birds", which country has the motto Libertad o Muerte (Liberty or Death)?
19 Suriname is the smallest independent South American country, but what is smallest political entity on the South American mainland?
20 Which French novelist also wrote the poetry volumes, Les Contemplations and La Legender des siecles, his 1826 collection Odes et Ballades revealing him to be a master of lyric and creative song?
21 Which Hungarian national poet and a key figure in his country's revolution of 1848 wrote Nemzeti Dal ("National Song"): "On the God of the Hungarians/ We vow, / We vow, that we will be slaves/ No longer", as well as 1842's A borozo (The Pub)?
22 Born in Calgary in 1957, which WWF wrestler was known for his finishing move The Sharpshooter and was also nicknamed The Execution of Excellence?
23 In 1904 the Canadian George Lyon took the gold for which since discontinued Olympic sport and apparently walked on his hands all the way to the podium for the awards ceremony?
24 What ancient rite of passage for young Spartan men who had completed their formal education involved them patrolling the countryside naked and armed with a knife in search of revolts and misdeeds?
25 Including such members as Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz, which select group of 130 influential movers and shakers meet once a year at an invitation-only conference and take their name from the hotel in the Netherlands where they first gathered in 1954?
26 Believed by many to have evolved into the Sicilian mafia, which secretive society flourished during the 1600s and according to legend were made up of intellectuals and nobles who belonged to a congretation in Sicily and was formed to combat rampant abuse of authority?
27 Including such members as former Brazilian president Fernando Cardoso, which global think-tank have met regularly since 1968 to discuss "the world problematique" and aims to act as "a global catalyst of change that is free of any political, ideological or business interest", though many believe this translates as wanting to overthrow America?
28 Constructed of alternating copper and zinc discs and saltwater-soaked cloth, what invention of Alessandro Volta was the forerunner of the modern electric battery?
29 Owner of such nicknames as Mad Hatter and Lord High Executioner, which Murder Incorporated hitman was gunned down in a barbershop 1957 on the orders of Carlo Gambino having become leader of the Luciano family?
30 Which American boxer became lightweight champion of the world when he beat Lou Ambers in 1940 and had such vivid nicknames as The Living Death and the Sweetswatter from Sweetwater?
(What can I say? Perhaps all quizzers have a thing from nicknames. They help us remember)
Answers to BH #29
1 Bettino Craxi 2 Josephson junction 3 Joaquin Des Prez 4 Locust (Tree) 5 Flash Lock 6 Locus 7 Characteristic 8 Angrboda 9 Pleura 10 Compton Acres 11 Taedong 12 Pun 13 Pygmalion (with Galatea) 14 Office for National Statistics 15 Retinol or A 16 Frankfurt Parliament 17 New York Islanders 18 George Hardwick 19 John Regis 20 Randy Barnes 21 Frank Swift 22 Tenby 23 Ian Woosnam 24 Known Fact 25 Ikkyu 26 William and Arthur 27 Drag racing 28 Jack Harrison 29 Leicester 30 Alinghi 31 John Higgins 32 Table Tennis 33 Volleyball 34 Water Polo
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