BH131: Lyrics for Inspiration
Yet again, the critical, op-ed stuff is still brewing (or so he says). In the meantime, here's another quiz I wrote possibly years ago, or perhaps yesterday. Who knows? It's a mystery ... all my life has been a mystery. Then again, I have an ailing heart and am telling many a criminal lie.
1 In 287, St Crispin and his brother St Crispinian were martyred by being thrown into what?
2 Whose book, The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904) sparked antitrust reform?
3 Which sea once separated Laurasia from Gondwanaland, but closed up to become the Mediterranean, the Black, the Caspian and the Aral seas?
4 Probably born in Syracuse, which Greek poet (c.310-c.250BC) spent much of his life in Alexandria under the Ptolemies and wrote the Idylls, models for later pastoral poetry?
5 Hugues Aubriot was the first person to be confined in which building?
6 Which branch of electronics deals with the emission of electrons from matter under the influence of heat?
7 Which French author (1900-44) wrote the autobiographical Vol de nuit/Night Flight (1931) and Terre des hommes/Wind, Sand, and Stars (1939)?
8 Charlestown is the largest town on which Caribbean island, part of a country that styles itself as a "Federation"?
9 Thought to be the highest road in the world, which road links the Indian town of Leg with the high altitude military outpost on the Siechen Glacier at an altitude of 5401m/17730 ft in the Karakorams?
10 Named after a French chemist (1839-92), what primary electric cell consists of a carbon cathode covered with manganese dioxide, all in a porous pot, and a zinc anode dipping into ammonium chloride solution?
11 The name of which Irish political party translates as "Warriors of Destiny"?
12 From the Old Norse for "hole" or "opening", what word for a narrow passage between sandbanks or a strait can also be slang for a gun?
13 From the Persian for "charge holder", what word describes a sergeant of an Indian regiment of infantry?
14 What word for the part of the body between the ribs and the thigh comes from the Low German for "hind leg of a horse"?
15 On an insect or crustacean, what sort of organ is a "haustellum"?
16 What word for a non-European official, formerly employed in Anglo-Indian courts, comes from the Arabic word for "superintendent" itself derived from the word for "vision"?
17 What word, now used to describe something dropping quickly, comes from a weight that was attached to a line used for sounding?
18 From the Greek "to strike", what instrument is used as a hammer to examine the chest by mediate percussion?
19 Derived from the Latin for "wood", what is a tropical rain forest in the Amazon basin called?
20 Meaning "to use force", what Italian musical term is used to denote the direction, emphatically, with sudden vigour?
21 Meaning "two and a half" in Latin, what ancient Roman silver (afterwards bronze) coin and money of account was worth 2 1/2 asses or 1/4 denarius?
22 Which fish of the genus Raja is distinguished by having a long pointed snout?
23 Which three-handed card game resembling piquet takes its name from the Italian for "cards laid aside"?
24 To which order of mammals do the seal and walrus belong?
25 Where would you find concentrations of dense material named mascons just below the surface?
26 Which boxer was married to the Austro-Hungarian-born film actress Anny Ondra, also known as Anna Sophie Ondrakova, for 54 years?
27 Demirkazik Summit in Nigde Province is the highest peak in which mountain range?
28 Calo, originally Zincalo, is a Romani dialect spoken in which country?
29 Which poker player from Madison, Wisconsin, holds the record for most bracelets won at the World Series of Poker, a total of 11?
30 Which cricketer from Pakistan is the current youngest Test cricket debutant at 14 years and 227 days?
31 What is Shaquille O'Neal's US shoe size?
32 Which Canadian socio-political thinker's latest book is The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism?
33 Pamela Des Barres, Cynthia Albritton, Jenny Fabian and Bebe Buell were all famous for being what during the 60s and 70s?
34 Which car company's new flagship car, the F430 Scuderia, will cost £150,000?
35 In which semi-autobiographical Emile Zola novel follows the travails of a gifted young painter called Claude Lantier, who runs with the emergent Impressionist crowd during the 1860s and 1870s?
36 Who is credited with inventing modern robotics thanks to his inventing the first programmable robot - the Ultimate - in 1954, which was put to work on the General Motors assembly line?
37 Which composer's almost too perfect last words were "Friends applaud, the comedy is finished"?
38 The Spanish scientist Ramon Y Cajal (1852-1934) made his name in which branch of medicine?
39 Adapted into a film starring Will Smith and Donald Sutherland, the play Six Degrees of Separation was written by whom?
40 What are the two Alsatian departements of France?
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1 Molten lead 2 Ida Tarbell 3 Tethys Sea 4 Theocritus 5 The Bastille 6 Thermionics 7 Antoine Marie Roger de Saint-Exupery 8 Nevis 9 Khardung Pass 10 Leclanche cell 11 Fianna Fail 12 Gat 13 Havildar 14 Haunch 15 Sucking organ 16 Nazir 17 Plummet 18 Plexor 19 Selva 20 Sforzando 21 Sesterce 22 Skate 23 Skat 24 Pinnipedia 25 The moon 26 Max Schmeling 27 Taurus Mountains 28 Spain 29 Phillip J. Hellmuth Jr. 30 Hasan Raza 31 Twenty-three 32 Naomi Klein 33 Music groupies 34 Ferrari 35 The Masterpiece 36 George Devol 37 Beethoven 38 Neuroscience 39 John Guare 40 Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin
1 In 287, St Crispin and his brother St Crispinian were martyred by being thrown into what?
2 Whose book, The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904) sparked antitrust reform?
3 Which sea once separated Laurasia from Gondwanaland, but closed up to become the Mediterranean, the Black, the Caspian and the Aral seas?
4 Probably born in Syracuse, which Greek poet (c.310-c.250BC) spent much of his life in Alexandria under the Ptolemies and wrote the Idylls, models for later pastoral poetry?
5 Hugues Aubriot was the first person to be confined in which building?
6 Which branch of electronics deals with the emission of electrons from matter under the influence of heat?
7 Which French author (1900-44) wrote the autobiographical Vol de nuit/Night Flight (1931) and Terre des hommes/Wind, Sand, and Stars (1939)?
8 Charlestown is the largest town on which Caribbean island, part of a country that styles itself as a "Federation"?
9 Thought to be the highest road in the world, which road links the Indian town of Leg with the high altitude military outpost on the Siechen Glacier at an altitude of 5401m/17730 ft in the Karakorams?
10 Named after a French chemist (1839-92), what primary electric cell consists of a carbon cathode covered with manganese dioxide, all in a porous pot, and a zinc anode dipping into ammonium chloride solution?
11 The name of which Irish political party translates as "Warriors of Destiny"?
12 From the Old Norse for "hole" or "opening", what word for a narrow passage between sandbanks or a strait can also be slang for a gun?
13 From the Persian for "charge holder", what word describes a sergeant of an Indian regiment of infantry?
14 What word for the part of the body between the ribs and the thigh comes from the Low German for "hind leg of a horse"?
15 On an insect or crustacean, what sort of organ is a "haustellum"?
16 What word for a non-European official, formerly employed in Anglo-Indian courts, comes from the Arabic word for "superintendent" itself derived from the word for "vision"?
17 What word, now used to describe something dropping quickly, comes from a weight that was attached to a line used for sounding?
18 From the Greek "to strike", what instrument is used as a hammer to examine the chest by mediate percussion?
19 Derived from the Latin for "wood", what is a tropical rain forest in the Amazon basin called?
20 Meaning "to use force", what Italian musical term is used to denote the direction, emphatically, with sudden vigour?
21 Meaning "two and a half" in Latin, what ancient Roman silver (afterwards bronze) coin and money of account was worth 2 1/2 asses or 1/4 denarius?
22 Which fish of the genus Raja is distinguished by having a long pointed snout?
23 Which three-handed card game resembling piquet takes its name from the Italian for "cards laid aside"?
24 To which order of mammals do the seal and walrus belong?
25 Where would you find concentrations of dense material named mascons just below the surface?
26 Which boxer was married to the Austro-Hungarian-born film actress Anny Ondra, also known as Anna Sophie Ondrakova, for 54 years?
27 Demirkazik Summit in Nigde Province is the highest peak in which mountain range?
28 Calo, originally Zincalo, is a Romani dialect spoken in which country?
29 Which poker player from Madison, Wisconsin, holds the record for most bracelets won at the World Series of Poker, a total of 11?
30 Which cricketer from Pakistan is the current youngest Test cricket debutant at 14 years and 227 days?
31 What is Shaquille O'Neal's US shoe size?
32 Which Canadian socio-political thinker's latest book is The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism?
33 Pamela Des Barres, Cynthia Albritton, Jenny Fabian and Bebe Buell were all famous for being what during the 60s and 70s?
34 Which car company's new flagship car, the F430 Scuderia, will cost £150,000?
35 In which semi-autobiographical Emile Zola novel follows the travails of a gifted young painter called Claude Lantier, who runs with the emergent Impressionist crowd during the 1860s and 1870s?
36 Who is credited with inventing modern robotics thanks to his inventing the first programmable robot - the Ultimate - in 1954, which was put to work on the General Motors assembly line?
37 Which composer's almost too perfect last words were "Friends applaud, the comedy is finished"?
38 The Spanish scientist Ramon Y Cajal (1852-1934) made his name in which branch of medicine?
39 Adapted into a film starring Will Smith and Donald Sutherland, the play Six Degrees of Separation was written by whom?
40 What are the two Alsatian departements of France?
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Answers to BH131
1 Molten lead 2 Ida Tarbell 3 Tethys Sea 4 Theocritus 5 The Bastille 6 Thermionics 7 Antoine Marie Roger de Saint-Exupery 8 Nevis 9 Khardung Pass 10 Leclanche cell 11 Fianna Fail 12 Gat 13 Havildar 14 Haunch 15 Sucking organ 16 Nazir 17 Plummet 18 Plexor 19 Selva 20 Sforzando 21 Sesterce 22 Skate 23 Skat 24 Pinnipedia 25 The moon 26 Max Schmeling 27 Taurus Mountains 28 Spain 29 Phillip J. Hellmuth Jr. 30 Hasan Raza 31 Twenty-three 32 Naomi Klein 33 Music groupies 34 Ferrari 35 The Masterpiece 36 George Devol 37 Beethoven 38 Neuroscience 39 John Guare 40 Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin
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