BH120: You're just another quiz...
1 Famed for her 80s hits, which American female singer's real name is Yvette Marie Stevens?
2 Which chemical element takes its name from the Greek for "ray"?
3 Sir Willoughby Patterne, a conceited aristocrat who cannot understand why he is jilted by a succession of women, is the title character of which 1879 George Meredith novel?
4 Which nymph of Mount Ida was the wife of Paris before he abducted Helen of Troy?
5 What was the name of the Queen's first racehorse, which she raced in the National Hunt, before it broke its leg in 1950?
6 Eventually ransomed when Edward III paid £16 for his release, Geoffrey Chaucer was taken prisoner by the French at which siege in 1360?
7 The Cyclades are named for circling which island, the legendary birthplace of Apollo?
8 What is the heaviest of the halogens?
9 What title was given to the ruler of Bahrain until 2002 when it was replaced with King?
10 Which European capital features the Freedom Monument/Brivibas bulvaris, which was erected in 1935 and is a bronze female statute representing liberty holding up three stars facing west, each representing one of the three regions of the country?
11 Which former military fortress in the Usti nad Labem region of the Czech Republic was built in 1780 at the confluence of the Labe and Ohre rivers to keep the Prussians out, but was used by the Nazis as a holding station for Jews bound for the extermination camps?
12 The 1713 Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of Spanish Succession and recognised whom as king?
13 Which British composer wrote Variations on a Theme of Hindemith?
14 Which car company's Rapide model is due to be produced in 2009?
15 Which Polish city was once called Stalinogrod?
16 The unfinished 1,099 ft high Rogun Dam - the highest in the world - is in which country?
17 Which cuneiform alphabet possesses 27 consonants and three vowels?
18 Later developed by Enrico Forlanini in 1898, which vehicle did Comte de Lambert invent the year before?
19 The historical part of which Russian city, located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl, is designated a World Heritage Site, while the city also boasts the oldest theatre in Russia, the Volkov Theater (1750) and is home to the Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Monastery?
20 Taking place on May 8, 1846, where was the first clash of the Mexican War in which Zachary Taylor's US troops defeated Mariano Arista's Mexican army?
21 In world currency, 100 Agorot makes one what?
22 What was the first name of the Star Trek character Sulu?
23 Created in 1889 by Aime Guerlain, what was the first so-called "modern" perfume?
24 In the Old Testament, which maid did Leah give to Jacob to take as a wife, and who bore him Gad and Asher?
25 As in the car rental firm, what does AVIS stand for?
26 A stela discovered at Susa in 1901 - now housed in the Louvre - contains the only extant description of what?
27 Also the name of The Lord High Executioner in The Mikado, which 1945 Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie recording is said to have done more to spread the new bebop style than any other record?
28 Which 326 BC battle, also called Jhelum, was the last of Alexander the Great's major battles and saw him overthrew the Indian king Porus?*
29 Who was famous for her Eight Hour Cream?
30 What word did English comedian Arthur Roberts coin for a type of parody by imitation?
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Chris Jones has noted: "Not quite. Alexander made Porus an ally (Satrap) after this battle. Porus retained his crown etc. and was actually given additional, conquered territory after providing Alexander with military assistance. Accordingly, "overthrew" is not quite the right word."
Many thanks, Chris.
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Answers to BH120
1 Chaka Khan 2 Actinium 3 The Egoist 4 Oenone 5 Monaveen 6 Reims 7 Delos 8 Astatine (At) 9 Emir 10 Riga 11 Terezin 12 Philip V 13 William Walton 14 Aston Martin 15 Katowice 16 Tajikistan 17 Ugaritic 18 Hydrofoil 19 Yaroslavl 20 Palo Alto 21 Shekel 22 Hikaru 23 Jicky 24 Zilpah 25 All Vehicles Instantly Supplied 26 Code of Hammurabi 27 Koko 28 Hydaspes River 29 Elizabeth Arden 30 Spoof
2 Which chemical element takes its name from the Greek for "ray"?
3 Sir Willoughby Patterne, a conceited aristocrat who cannot understand why he is jilted by a succession of women, is the title character of which 1879 George Meredith novel?
4 Which nymph of Mount Ida was the wife of Paris before he abducted Helen of Troy?
5 What was the name of the Queen's first racehorse, which she raced in the National Hunt, before it broke its leg in 1950?
6 Eventually ransomed when Edward III paid £16 for his release, Geoffrey Chaucer was taken prisoner by the French at which siege in 1360?
7 The Cyclades are named for circling which island, the legendary birthplace of Apollo?
8 What is the heaviest of the halogens?
9 What title was given to the ruler of Bahrain until 2002 when it was replaced with King?
10 Which European capital features the Freedom Monument/Brivibas bulvaris, which was erected in 1935 and is a bronze female statute representing liberty holding up three stars facing west, each representing one of the three regions of the country?
11 Which former military fortress in the Usti nad Labem region of the Czech Republic was built in 1780 at the confluence of the Labe and Ohre rivers to keep the Prussians out, but was used by the Nazis as a holding station for Jews bound for the extermination camps?
12 The 1713 Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of Spanish Succession and recognised whom as king?
13 Which British composer wrote Variations on a Theme of Hindemith?
14 Which car company's Rapide model is due to be produced in 2009?
15 Which Polish city was once called Stalinogrod?
16 The unfinished 1,099 ft high Rogun Dam - the highest in the world - is in which country?
17 Which cuneiform alphabet possesses 27 consonants and three vowels?
18 Later developed by Enrico Forlanini in 1898, which vehicle did Comte de Lambert invent the year before?
19 The historical part of which Russian city, located at the confluence of the Volga and the Kotorosl, is designated a World Heritage Site, while the city also boasts the oldest theatre in Russia, the Volkov Theater (1750) and is home to the Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Monastery?
20 Taking place on May 8, 1846, where was the first clash of the Mexican War in which Zachary Taylor's US troops defeated Mariano Arista's Mexican army?
21 In world currency, 100 Agorot makes one what?
22 What was the first name of the Star Trek character Sulu?
23 Created in 1889 by Aime Guerlain, what was the first so-called "modern" perfume?
24 In the Old Testament, which maid did Leah give to Jacob to take as a wife, and who bore him Gad and Asher?
25 As in the car rental firm, what does AVIS stand for?
26 A stela discovered at Susa in 1901 - now housed in the Louvre - contains the only extant description of what?
27 Also the name of The Lord High Executioner in The Mikado, which 1945 Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie recording is said to have done more to spread the new bebop style than any other record?
28 Which 326 BC battle, also called Jhelum, was the last of Alexander the Great's major battles and saw him overthrew the Indian king Porus?*
29 Who was famous for her Eight Hour Cream?
30 What word did English comedian Arthur Roberts coin for a type of parody by imitation?
30*
Chris Jones has noted: "Not quite. Alexander made Porus an ally (Satrap) after this battle. Porus retained his crown etc. and was actually given additional, conquered territory after providing Alexander with military assistance. Accordingly, "overthrew" is not quite the right word."
Many thanks, Chris.
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Answers to BH120
1 Chaka Khan 2 Actinium 3 The Egoist 4 Oenone 5 Monaveen 6 Reims 7 Delos 8 Astatine (At) 9 Emir 10 Riga 11 Terezin 12 Philip V 13 William Walton 14 Aston Martin 15 Katowice 16 Tajikistan 17 Ugaritic 18 Hydrofoil 19 Yaroslavl 20 Palo Alto 21 Shekel 22 Hikaru 23 Jicky 24 Zilpah 25 All Vehicles Instantly Supplied 26 Code of Hammurabi 27 Koko 28 Hydaspes River 29 Elizabeth Arden 30 Spoof
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