BH quiz #43
Here's the Friday quiz. They're all off-cuts from other setting that overshot the allotted space. Heavy on the jazz at the end, but it's something I've always wanted to know more about...
1 Labelled a "degenerate artist" by the Nazis, which German expressionist sculptor was famous for such works as Die Krautpfluckenin (The Herb Plucker; 1894), Der Racher (The Avenger; 1914), Der Geistkampfer (The Ghost Fighter; 1928) and the 1929 Magdeburg cenotaph at Magdeburg Cathedral?
2 Gordon Brown is the longest continously serving Chancellor since which man, who held the post from 1812-1823?
3 The Symphata, an group of insects and taxonomic suborder of Hymenoptera, are commonly referred to by what name?
4 What is the less formal name of Australia's Royal Military College, taken from the property it is situated on in Canberra?
5 Kiko, Fainting and Boer are domesticated breeds of which animal, reared specially for their meat?
6 With a name meaning "her Father's joy" or "fountain of joy", which female Biblical character is described as the wife of Nabal the Carmelite, whose life she saves when David wishes to kill him, and on whose death she becomes the third wife of David, according to Samuel and bores him a son called Chileab or possibly Daniel? l
7 The Agiad and Eurypontid dynasties ruled which city-state until 221BC?
8 Which bestselling author wrote the nonfiction books Having a Baby and His Bright Light, the latter centring on the life her son, the punk rock singer Nicholas Traina who killed himself aged 19?
9 What is a fine-grained, fibrous variety of chalcedony, a playing marble made of the material or a glass imitation ot it and, in printing, a type size that is approximately 5and1/2 points?
10 Which round-the-world, single-handed yacht race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989?
11 What is the only card game that can legally be played for a wager in pubs?
12 What green-skinned grape is also called Aubaine, Beaunois and Melon Blanc?
13 Who married William Morris in 1859 and became Dante Gabriel Rossetti's mistress?
14 Which Spanish artist said he created Harlequin's Carnival while hallucinating due to lack of food?
15 Which English artist and knight painted the portrait "Master Lambton" for Lord Durham for a fee of 600 guineas?
16 Which Lincolnshire-born mathematician and philsopher gave his name to the algebra that is the basis of all modern computer arithmetic?
17 Which bandleader, who billed himself as "The King of Jazz" during the 20s and 30s, commissioned George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue?
18 Composed by Joe Garland and Andy Razaf, what signature tune of Glenn Miller's was played at the funeral of actor Peter Sellers in 1980?
19 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You was which jazz trombonist and bandleader's best known song, and just one of 137 Billboard chart hits?
20 Named LaVerne, Maxene and Patti, which singing sisters were born to a Norwegian-American mother and Greek immigrant Father in Minnesota between 1911 and 1918, and had hit records with Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (1941) and Rum and Coca-Cola (1944)?
Answers to BH #41
1 Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash 2 McLaren 3 The Cross Sums 4 The Design Museum 5 Blackpool 6 Adele Bloch Bauer 7 Cyclone Larry 8 Tod's 9 Aviva 10 Her uncle Osama bin Laden 11 Sir David Gerrard 12 Arms 13 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 14 Gastro-esophageal reflux 15 The Old Country 16 Lariat bag 17 650 18 Atherstone 19 Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkmenistan 20 Jil Sander 21 B-52 22 Alexadner Marnier-Lapostolle, Cordon Rouge (Red Label) 23 Bandai 24 Dave Hemingway and Sean Welch 25 Red Guitars, Everything But the Girl, The Gargoyles 26 Beats International 27 Douglas Mawson 28 Matthew Flinders (Flinders Ranges) 29 Plutons 30 Cleavage 31 Earl of Winton 32 Gozo 33 Four Great Characteristic Melodies 34 Harz 35 Tallest living woman in the world at 7ft7,1/4in 36 Falmouth 37 Benjamin Franklin 38 Tea and coffee 39 Figueres 40 Grattage 41 Exquisite corpse (or exquisite cadaver or rotating corpse) 42 Chayanne 43 Great Western Railway 44 Box Tunnel 45 Charlie Girl 46 Mervyn Noote 47 Sam Snead 48 Rennes 49 Boxing 50 Vespasian 51 Batavian rebellion
1 Labelled a "degenerate artist" by the Nazis, which German expressionist sculptor was famous for such works as Die Krautpfluckenin (The Herb Plucker; 1894), Der Racher (The Avenger; 1914), Der Geistkampfer (The Ghost Fighter; 1928) and the 1929 Magdeburg cenotaph at Magdeburg Cathedral?
2 Gordon Brown is the longest continously serving Chancellor since which man, who held the post from 1812-1823?
3 The Symphata, an group of insects and taxonomic suborder of Hymenoptera, are commonly referred to by what name?
4 What is the less formal name of Australia's Royal Military College, taken from the property it is situated on in Canberra?
5 Kiko, Fainting and Boer are domesticated breeds of which animal, reared specially for their meat?
6 With a name meaning "her Father's joy" or "fountain of joy", which female Biblical character is described as the wife of Nabal the Carmelite, whose life she saves when David wishes to kill him, and on whose death she becomes the third wife of David, according to Samuel and bores him a son called Chileab or possibly Daniel? l
7 The Agiad and Eurypontid dynasties ruled which city-state until 221BC?
8 Which bestselling author wrote the nonfiction books Having a Baby and His Bright Light, the latter centring on the life her son, the punk rock singer Nicholas Traina who killed himself aged 19?
9 What is a fine-grained, fibrous variety of chalcedony, a playing marble made of the material or a glass imitation ot it and, in printing, a type size that is approximately 5and1/2 points?
10 Which round-the-world, single-handed yacht race was founded by Philippe Jeantot in 1989?
11 What is the only card game that can legally be played for a wager in pubs?
12 What green-skinned grape is also called Aubaine, Beaunois and Melon Blanc?
13 Who married William Morris in 1859 and became Dante Gabriel Rossetti's mistress?
14 Which Spanish artist said he created Harlequin's Carnival while hallucinating due to lack of food?
15 Which English artist and knight painted the portrait "Master Lambton" for Lord Durham for a fee of 600 guineas?
16 Which Lincolnshire-born mathematician and philsopher gave his name to the algebra that is the basis of all modern computer arithmetic?
17 Which bandleader, who billed himself as "The King of Jazz" during the 20s and 30s, commissioned George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue?
18 Composed by Joe Garland and Andy Razaf, what signature tune of Glenn Miller's was played at the funeral of actor Peter Sellers in 1980?
19 I'm Getting Sentimental Over You was which jazz trombonist and bandleader's best known song, and just one of 137 Billboard chart hits?
20 Named LaVerne, Maxene and Patti, which singing sisters were born to a Norwegian-American mother and Greek immigrant Father in Minnesota between 1911 and 1918, and had hit records with Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (1941) and Rum and Coca-Cola (1944)?
Answers to BH #41
1 Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash 2 McLaren 3 The Cross Sums 4 The Design Museum 5 Blackpool 6 Adele Bloch Bauer 7 Cyclone Larry 8 Tod's 9 Aviva 10 Her uncle Osama bin Laden 11 Sir David Gerrard 12 Arms 13 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 14 Gastro-esophageal reflux 15 The Old Country 16 Lariat bag 17 650 18 Atherstone 19 Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkmenistan 20 Jil Sander 21 B-52 22 Alexadner Marnier-Lapostolle, Cordon Rouge (Red Label) 23 Bandai 24 Dave Hemingway and Sean Welch 25 Red Guitars, Everything But the Girl, The Gargoyles 26 Beats International 27 Douglas Mawson 28 Matthew Flinders (Flinders Ranges) 29 Plutons 30 Cleavage 31 Earl of Winton 32 Gozo 33 Four Great Characteristic Melodies 34 Harz 35 Tallest living woman in the world at 7ft7,1/4in 36 Falmouth 37 Benjamin Franklin 38 Tea and coffee 39 Figueres 40 Grattage 41 Exquisite corpse (or exquisite cadaver or rotating corpse) 42 Chayanne 43 Great Western Railway 44 Box Tunnel 45 Charlie Girl 46 Mervyn Noote 47 Sam Snead 48 Rennes 49 Boxing 50 Vespasian 51 Batavian rebellion
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