BH quiz #44
This is the first of a few big quizzes I am going to do before I dance with the devil by the pale moonlight, or more truthfully have that sensitive and invasive surgical procedure, and take that week off from, well, life basically. Last time I read ten novels in seven days. It was a reading spree that gave me the kind of happiness that gives you a smile just thinking about it. The nostalgia of bedrest and never having to care for the present.
1 Which record label head assembled the collective of producers and songwriters known as The Corporation?
2 What is the French three-word name of the law that is currently inciting youths to riot in France?
3 Which international organisation, aimed at helping in conflicts all over the world, has the initials CPT?
4 Which legendary Buddhist monk founded the Chan school of Buddhism (known as Zen elsewhere) and the Shaolin school of martial arts?
5 The United Democratic Front for Change (FUC) is a rebel alliance in which country?
6 What is the largest Russian company and the biggest biggest natural gas extractor in the world?
7 Darius III, who was defeated by Alexander the Great, was the last ruler of which Persian dynasty?
8 Which Persian dynasty preceded the Pahlavi, ruling from 1781 to 1925?
9 What is the currency of Uzbekistan?
10 In which capital is the Commonwealth of Independent States headquartered?
11 What proteins in the human body can be monoclonal or polyconal?
12 What in Moscow are the Lyublinskaya, the Kakhovskaya, the Zamoskvoretskaya and the Koltsevaya?
13 Which organisation's name is formed by the acronym which corresponds to an Arabic word meaning "enthusiasm, fire, ardour, fervour, zeal, fanaticism"?
14 Who commanded US naval forces at the Battle of Midway and led the Fifth Fleet in the central Pacific and Okinawa?
15 Which American naval officer was the first programmer of the Mark I Calculator and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language?
16 Famed for its participation in the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862, what was the first US ironclad warship (with the first rotating turret)?
17 At just 19 metres, the shortest county boundary is shared by which two counties?
18 What does the conservation designation ESA stand for?
19 Which species of goose, Anser anser, are famous for being the bird with which Konrad Lorenz first made his first major studies of imprinting?
20 The male of which small bird of prey, Accipiter nisus, was once called a musket, thus giving the gun its name?
21 The 1958 Disney nature film White Wilderness is said to be largely responsible for what belief?
22 Though largely black, which swimming bird and member of the rail and crake family have given rise to a common phrase due to their white facial shield?
23 Which large wading bird has had such folk names as barrel-maker, bog-trotter and butterbump and have a Latin name that refers to the bull?
24 Rising south of Dereham, which Norfolk river has the tributaries the Bure, Ant, Chet and Wensum?
25 Borrowed from Welsh to differentiate between this purely ethno-linguistic meaning and the word Briton, what term describes indigenous, pre-Roman, Celtic-speaking inhabitants of most of Great Britain, and their culture and language?
26 Which kingdom in Ireland that later extended to the western coast of Scotland reached its height under Aedan mac Gabrain, its expansion being checked at the Battle of Degsatan by Aethelfrith of Northumbria in 603AD?
27 In which county are the market towns of Aylsham, Holt, Swaffham and Wymondham?
28 Hailing from Sheringham, who was The Singing Postman, renowned for performing songs in his Norfolk dialect?
29 On which river is Barnsley?
30 Located in disused steel mill and winner of the 2001 Stirling Prize, the Magna Science Adventure Centre is an attraction in which town?
31 The Lobb Partnership won the first Stirling Prize in 1995 for which stadium?
32 Which architect designed the History Faculty of Cambridge University in 1968, Cornell University's Performing Arts Center and Stuttgart's Neue Staatsgalerie (1977-83)?
33 Founded by St Robert (of Molesme), which order are also called the Gimey or White Monks, from the colour of the habit over which a black apron is worn?
34 In older times, what item of clothing was known as vestis talaris?
35 The Bolivian surrealist painter Benjamin Mendoza y Amor Flores attempted to assassinate which Pope with a kris at Manila airport, evidence since suggesting the pontiff received a stab wound?
36 Legend has it that which castle's first fortifications were erected by Ethelfleda, daughter of Alfred the Great, in 914?
37 What battle might have been called the Battle of Redmore or Battle of Dadlington Field, as that is what the location was known at the time?
38 Which battle is the only instance in which a Prince of Wales has died on a battlefield?
39 In which mountains does the river Severn rise?
40 In which inlet are the islands of Steep Holm and Flat Holm?
41 RDX, PETN and HMX are secondary types of what?
42 Kashkaval and Sirene cheeses come from which European country?
43 Believed to have been first made between Lodi and Abbiategrasso, the name of which Italian cheese is said to be derived from either the Spanish for 'better than good', a milk product made the whey of stracchino or aged cheese, or from the local dialect for ricotta?
44 One of the oldest soft cheeses, which Italian cheese was described as the art of the Orobbi (ancent inhabitants of Bergamo) in Roman times and is matured in the caves of Valsassina, getting its current name during the 20th century from its location in Lombardy?
45 From the French "to scrape", what is both a type of Franco-Swiss cheese and a fondue-like dish featuring the cheese?
46 Normally divided into hydrolyzable and condensed types, what term describes astringent, bitter-tasting plant polyphenols that bind and precipitate proteins?
47 Which Asian capital is officially not a city but a province with special status as its nation's capital, and is therefore headedd by a governor not a mayor, and is therefore divided into five kota (city) each headed by a walikota (mayor) and one regency head by a bupati (regent)?
48 Which weekly female columnist for the Spanish paper La Vanguardia, and former literary critic for El Pais, has written the novels The Last Sunday in London (1997) and Love or Whatever It Is (2005)?
49 Still under investigation for safety and efficiency reasons, what alternative to liposuction sees fluids injected just under the skin to break down and dissolve fat?
50 Possibly the most successful music directors of the nineties, which Bollywood duo got together after they met at a function in 1972 and have the surnames Saifi and Rathod?
Answers to BH #43
1 Ernest Barlach 2 Nicholas Vansittart 3 Sawflies 4 Duntroon 5 Goat 6 Abigail 7 Sparta 8 Danielle Steele 9 Agate (marble = an aggie) 10 Vendee Globe 11 Cribbage 12 Chardonnay 13 Jane Burden 14 Joan Miro 15 Sir Thomas Lawrence 16 George Boole 17 Paul Whiteman 18 In the Mood 19 Tommy Dorsey 20 The Andrews Sisters
1 Which record label head assembled the collective of producers and songwriters known as The Corporation?
2 What is the French three-word name of the law that is currently inciting youths to riot in France?
3 Which international organisation, aimed at helping in conflicts all over the world, has the initials CPT?
4 Which legendary Buddhist monk founded the Chan school of Buddhism (known as Zen elsewhere) and the Shaolin school of martial arts?
5 The United Democratic Front for Change (FUC) is a rebel alliance in which country?
6 What is the largest Russian company and the biggest biggest natural gas extractor in the world?
7 Darius III, who was defeated by Alexander the Great, was the last ruler of which Persian dynasty?
8 Which Persian dynasty preceded the Pahlavi, ruling from 1781 to 1925?
9 What is the currency of Uzbekistan?
10 In which capital is the Commonwealth of Independent States headquartered?
11 What proteins in the human body can be monoclonal or polyconal?
12 What in Moscow are the Lyublinskaya, the Kakhovskaya, the Zamoskvoretskaya and the Koltsevaya?
13 Which organisation's name is formed by the acronym which corresponds to an Arabic word meaning "enthusiasm, fire, ardour, fervour, zeal, fanaticism"?
14 Who commanded US naval forces at the Battle of Midway and led the Fifth Fleet in the central Pacific and Okinawa?
15 Which American naval officer was the first programmer of the Mark I Calculator and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language?
16 Famed for its participation in the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862, what was the first US ironclad warship (with the first rotating turret)?
17 At just 19 metres, the shortest county boundary is shared by which two counties?
18 What does the conservation designation ESA stand for?
19 Which species of goose, Anser anser, are famous for being the bird with which Konrad Lorenz first made his first major studies of imprinting?
20 The male of which small bird of prey, Accipiter nisus, was once called a musket, thus giving the gun its name?
21 The 1958 Disney nature film White Wilderness is said to be largely responsible for what belief?
22 Though largely black, which swimming bird and member of the rail and crake family have given rise to a common phrase due to their white facial shield?
23 Which large wading bird has had such folk names as barrel-maker, bog-trotter and butterbump and have a Latin name that refers to the bull?
24 Rising south of Dereham, which Norfolk river has the tributaries the Bure, Ant, Chet and Wensum?
25 Borrowed from Welsh to differentiate between this purely ethno-linguistic meaning and the word Briton, what term describes indigenous, pre-Roman, Celtic-speaking inhabitants of most of Great Britain, and their culture and language?
26 Which kingdom in Ireland that later extended to the western coast of Scotland reached its height under Aedan mac Gabrain, its expansion being checked at the Battle of Degsatan by Aethelfrith of Northumbria in 603AD?
27 In which county are the market towns of Aylsham, Holt, Swaffham and Wymondham?
28 Hailing from Sheringham, who was The Singing Postman, renowned for performing songs in his Norfolk dialect?
29 On which river is Barnsley?
30 Located in disused steel mill and winner of the 2001 Stirling Prize, the Magna Science Adventure Centre is an attraction in which town?
31 The Lobb Partnership won the first Stirling Prize in 1995 for which stadium?
32 Which architect designed the History Faculty of Cambridge University in 1968, Cornell University's Performing Arts Center and Stuttgart's Neue Staatsgalerie (1977-83)?
33 Founded by St Robert (of Molesme), which order are also called the Gimey or White Monks, from the colour of the habit over which a black apron is worn?
34 In older times, what item of clothing was known as vestis talaris?
35 The Bolivian surrealist painter Benjamin Mendoza y Amor Flores attempted to assassinate which Pope with a kris at Manila airport, evidence since suggesting the pontiff received a stab wound?
36 Legend has it that which castle's first fortifications were erected by Ethelfleda, daughter of Alfred the Great, in 914?
37 What battle might have been called the Battle of Redmore or Battle of Dadlington Field, as that is what the location was known at the time?
38 Which battle is the only instance in which a Prince of Wales has died on a battlefield?
39 In which mountains does the river Severn rise?
40 In which inlet are the islands of Steep Holm and Flat Holm?
41 RDX, PETN and HMX are secondary types of what?
42 Kashkaval and Sirene cheeses come from which European country?
43 Believed to have been first made between Lodi and Abbiategrasso, the name of which Italian cheese is said to be derived from either the Spanish for 'better than good', a milk product made the whey of stracchino or aged cheese, or from the local dialect for ricotta?
44 One of the oldest soft cheeses, which Italian cheese was described as the art of the Orobbi (ancent inhabitants of Bergamo) in Roman times and is matured in the caves of Valsassina, getting its current name during the 20th century from its location in Lombardy?
45 From the French "to scrape", what is both a type of Franco-Swiss cheese and a fondue-like dish featuring the cheese?
46 Normally divided into hydrolyzable and condensed types, what term describes astringent, bitter-tasting plant polyphenols that bind and precipitate proteins?
47 Which Asian capital is officially not a city but a province with special status as its nation's capital, and is therefore headedd by a governor not a mayor, and is therefore divided into five kota (city) each headed by a walikota (mayor) and one regency head by a bupati (regent)?
48 Which weekly female columnist for the Spanish paper La Vanguardia, and former literary critic for El Pais, has written the novels The Last Sunday in London (1997) and Love or Whatever It Is (2005)?
49 Still under investigation for safety and efficiency reasons, what alternative to liposuction sees fluids injected just under the skin to break down and dissolve fat?
50 Possibly the most successful music directors of the nineties, which Bollywood duo got together after they met at a function in 1972 and have the surnames Saifi and Rathod?
Answers to BH #43
1 Ernest Barlach 2 Nicholas Vansittart 3 Sawflies 4 Duntroon 5 Goat 6 Abigail 7 Sparta 8 Danielle Steele 9 Agate (marble = an aggie) 10 Vendee Globe 11 Cribbage 12 Chardonnay 13 Jane Burden 14 Joan Miro 15 Sir Thomas Lawrence 16 George Boole 17 Paul Whiteman 18 In the Mood 19 Tommy Dorsey 20 The Andrews Sisters
posted by That Quiz Guy at 1:17 PM
2 Comments:
A question for you, to distract from your medical indignities:
What prestigious position was held by a monkey in 1892, a plum in 1903, and a shrimp in 1909?
Er, England cricket captain? Obviously, I'm rubbish at subtle and clever questions I haven't written.
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