Could you please identify the English singer-songwriter and actress?
Answer: Pixie Lott
Pixie Lott is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. Her debut album, Turn It Up, reached number six on the UK Albums Chart and spawned six consecutive top twenty singles.
Which of the following was a 16th-century Scottish battle: Perkie, Pinkie, or Porkie?
Answer: Pinkie
The Battle of Pinkie (aka Battle of Pinkie Cleugh), fought on 10 September 1547 near Musselburgh, Scotland, was the last pitched battle between Scotland and England before the Union of the Crowns. The battle, part of the Rough Wooing conflict, resulted in a catastrophic defeat for Scotland, known as “Black Saturday”.
Heather Moyse, multi-sport athlete and Olympic Gold Medalist, serves as Brand Ambassador for Prince Edward Island Potatoes. Image Wikipedia
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Which crop is Prince Edward Island the largest producer of in Canada?
Answer: Potato
Prince Edward Island is the largest potato-producing province in Canada, with the industry contributing over a billion dollars annually. The potatoes are grown for three markets: table, processing, and seed, with 60% destined for processing. Varieties include russets, whites, reds, and yellows, each with unique characteristics and uses.
The 1964 films Dr Strangelove and A Shot in the Dark starred the same actor. Who was it?
Answer: Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers, born Richard Henry Sellers, was an English actor and comedian known for his roles in The Goon Show and films like The Pink Panther series, including A Shot in the Dark. He showcased his versatility in films like Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, and Being There, often portraying multiple characters. Despite his success, Sellers struggled with depression and erratic behaviour, dying from a heart attack at 54.
Was The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe a poem or a play?
Answer: Poem
The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe is a heavily onomatopoeic poem that uses the word “bells” to evoke different emotions. The poem, divided into four parts, progresses from light-hearted to dark, reflecting the changing sounds and meanings of bells.
The Bells
Edgar Allan Poe
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Hear the sledges with the bells— Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars, that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort if Runic rhyme, To the tintinabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells,— From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
II.
Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells! Through the balmy air of night How they ring out their delight! From the molten golden-notes, And all in tune, What a liquid ditty floats To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats On the moon! Oh, from out the sounding cells, What a gush of euphony voluminously wells! How it swells! How it dwells On the Future! how it tells Of the rapture that impels To the swinging and the ringing Of the bells, bells, bells, Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells!
The Bells
III.
Hear the loud alarum bells— Brazen bells! What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright! Too much horrified to speak They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire, Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavour. Now—now to sit or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon. Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror tells Of Despair! How they clang, and clash, and roar! What a horror they outpour On the bosom of the palpitating air! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows: Yet the ear distinctly tells, In the jangling, And the wrangling, How the danger sinks and swells, By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells— Of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— In the clamour and the clangour of the bells!
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Hear the tolling of the bells— Iron bells! What a world of solemn thought their monody compels! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan. And the people—ah, the people— They that dwell up in the steeple, All alone, And who, tolling, tolling, tolling, In that muffled monotone, Feel a glory in so rolling On the human heart a stone— They are neither man nor woman— They are neither brute nor human— They are Ghouls: And their king it is who tolls; And he rolls, rolls, rolls, Rolls A paean from the bells! And his merry bosom swells With the paean of the bells! And he dances, and he yells; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the paean of the bells— Of the bells: Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the throbbing of the bells Of the bells, bells, bells— To the sobbing of the bells; Keeping time, time, time, As he knells, knells, knells, In a happy Runic rhyme, To the rolling of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells: To the tolling of the bells, Of the bells, bells, bells, bells— Bells, bells, bells— To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.
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The three fictional superstates of the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four are Oceania (black), Eurasia (red) and Eastasia (yellow). Areas shown in grey are ‘disputed’. Image Wikipedia
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The map above depicts the three fictional superstates from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, along with disputed territories (in grey). The black-coloured state encompassing the Americas, Australia and the United Kingdom, among others, is known by what name?
Answer: Oceania
In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, the world is divided into three superstates—Oceania (black on map), Eurasia (red) and Eastasia (yellow)—engaged in a perpetual war. The origins of these states, which may not even exist, are unclear, emerging from nuclear warfare and civil unrest between 1945 and 1965. In this post-war world, totalitarian ideologies such as English Socialism, Neo-Bolshevism and Obliteration of the Self dominate.
Ogden Nash and Dagmar from the television game show Masquerade Party, 1955 Image Wikipedia
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Some tortures are physical and some are mental, but the one that is both is dental.
The above quote was originally made by which American humorist and poet?
Answer: Ogden Nash
Frederic Ogden Nash, an American humorist, wrote over 500 pieces of light verse, including 20 volumes of poetry and lyrics for musicals and children’s books.
A competitive sport in which runners have to find their way across rough country with the aid of a map and compass. – Oxford English Dictionary
What sport is being defined above?
Answer: Orienteering
Orienteering is a sport involving map and compass navigation through unfamiliar terrain. Participants use specially prepared maps to locate control points, with foot orienteering being the oldest and most popular variation. Orienteering features in the programs of global sporting events, such as the World Games and the World Police and Fire Games.
Oberammergau Passion Play 1860 Production. Image Wikipedia
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A Passion Play, depicting the final phase of the life of Jesus Christ, has taken place in a Bavarian village once every ten years (barring a few exceptions) since the 17 century. What is the village name?
Answer: Oberammergau
The Oberammergauer Passionsspiele, a passion play performed by the inhabitants of Oberammergau, Germany, depicts Jesus’ final days from His visit to Jerusalem to His crucifixion. The play, composed by several individuals and the village inhabitants, is the earliest surviving continuous vernacular drama of the Christian era.
Librarian of the Unseen University, Ankh-Morpork. Image Pinterest
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What one creature answers both the following – In The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett, the university librarian is accidentally turned into one of these – One is featured in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Answer: Orangutan (or orangutang)
In The Light Fantastic, the second instalment in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld fantasy novel series, the Librarian of the Unseen University undergoes an unexpected transformation into a sentient orangutan. This transformation persists throughout the series, and he actively resists any attempts to revert him to his original state. The Murders in the Rue Morgue tell how a sailor’s orangutan, imitating him shaving, runs off with his straight razor and later kills a woman and her daughter. The sailor, attempting to catch it, was heard arguing with the animal. The orangutan fled, leaving the sailor to sell it and the police to release their suspect, Le Bon.
The map above depicts the three fictional superstates from George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, along with disputed territories (in grey). The black-coloured state encompassing the Americas, Australia and the United Kingdom, among others, is known by what name?
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Some tortures are physical and some are mental, but the one that is both is dental.
The above quote was originally made by which American humorist and poet?
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A competitive sport in which runners have to find their way across rough country with the aid of a map and compass. – Oxford English Dictionary
What sport is being defined above?
Four
A Passion Play, depicting the final phase of the life of Jesus Christ, has taken place in a Bavarian village once every ten years (barring a few exceptions) since the 17 century. What is the village name?
Five
What one creature answers both the following – In The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett, the university librarian is accidentally turned into one of these – One is featured in Edgar Allan Poe’s short story The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). Image WikipediaVladimir Putin, 2024. Image Wikipedia
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The politician pictured above was born in what city?
Leningrad
Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer, has served as President of Russia since 2012, with previous terms from 2000 to 2008. His rule has been marked by economic growth, conflicts in Chechnya, Georgia, Ukraine and Syria, and authoritarian tendencies, including corruption, human rights abuses, and suppression of political opposition. Putin’s actions have led to international sanctions and an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court.
Rydal Mount, near Ambleside in the English Lake District was the home of the poet William Wordsworth from 1813 to his death in 1850. It is currently a museum. Image Wikipedia
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The poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey and William Wordsworth were collectivelyknown as the _ poets. What word is missing?
Lake
The Lake Poets, a group of English poets including Wordsworth, Coleridge[[[[]]]] and Southey, lived in the Lake District in the early 19th century. The name “Lake Poet School” was initially derogatory and a misnomer.
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Donald Sutherland as Homer Simpson in The Day of the Locust Image NathanRabin.com
Homer Simpson, portrayed by Donald Sutherland, was a character in a 1975 American satirical film based on a 1939 Nathanael West novel of the same name. The title was The Day of the _
Locust
The Day of the Locust is a film set in Hollywood before World War II. The film depicts the alienation and desperation of a group of people whose dreams of success do not come true.
T.E. Lawrence is commonly known by what other name?
Lawrence of Arabia
Thomas Edward Lawrence, known as Lawrence of Arabia, was a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat, and writer. He is famous for his role in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I, where he served as a liaison to Emir Faisal. After the war, he worked for the Foreign Office and later served in the Army and RAF, publishing his experiences in Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
The hybrid cross of a male lion and a tigress is known as a…
Liger
Ligers, the offspring of male lions and female tigers, are larger than either parent due to the absence of growth-limiting genes from the tiger. Tigons, the offspring of male tigers and female lions, are smaller due to the presence of growth-limiting genes from both parents.
The politician pictured above was born in what city?
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The poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey and William Wordsworth were collectivelyknown as the _ poets. What word is missing?
Three
Homer Simpson, portrayed by Donald Sutherland, was a character in a 1975 American satirical film based on a 1939 Nathanael West novel of the same name. The title was The Day of the _
Four
T.E. Lawrence is commonly known by what other name?
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The hybrid cross of a male lion and a tigress is known as a…
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Tourists at London King’s Cross Platform 9¾ in July 2016. Image Wikipedia
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Which London railway station has a marker indicating the location of Platform 9¾?
King’s Cross
King’s Cross is the starting point of the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter books. The film crew used the brick roof-support arches between platforms 4 and 5 to represent the fictional Platform 9¾.
In April 2024, Forbes named which country’s dinar as the highest valued currency in the world?
Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD)
The Kuwaiti dinar, the strongest currency globally, is pegged to an undisclosed basket of currencies. Kuwait, a leading oil exporter, introduced the dinar in the 1960s.
What bird has the biggest egg of any bird species relative to its size?
Kiwi
The brown kiwi (Apteryx australis) of New Zealand lays the largest eggs relative to its body size. One female kiwi weighing 1.7 kg (3 lb 12 oz) laid an egg weighing 406 g (14 oz), which is almost one quarter of her total body mass, and weights of up to 510 g (1 lb) have been reliably reported for other kiwi eggs. — Guinness World Records https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/83111-largest-bird-egg-relative-to-body-size
Who is the oldest male tennis player to win a major singles title in the Open Era?
Ken Rosewall
The oldest tennis Grand Slam singles winner (male, open era) is Ken Rosewall (Australia, b. 2 November 1934), who was aged 37 years 62 days when he won the 1972 Australian Open at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on 3 January 1972. Rosewall defeated Malcolm Anderson 7–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the final match of the tournament.
In the opening verse of Queen’s Killer Queen, both a United States President and a Soviet Premier are named. Please provide the surnames of these individuals?
Khrushchev and Kennedy
The lyrics are written below. Killer Queen is a song by Queen about a high-class call girl. It was written by Freddie Mercury and reached number two in the UK Singles Chart and number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100.
Killer Queen
She keeps Moët et Chandon In her pretty cabinet “Let them eat cake,” she says Just like Marie Antoinette A built-in remedy For Khrushchev and Kennedy (Ooh, ooh) At anytime an invitation You can’t decline (Ooh, ooh)
Caviar and cigarettes Well versed in etiquette Extraordinarily nice
She’s a killer queen Gunpowder, gelatin Dynamite with a laser beam Guaranteed to blow your mind (Pa-pa-pa-pa) Anytime Ooh Recommended at the price Insatiable an appetite Wanna try?
To avoid complications She never kept the same address In conversation She spoke just like a baroness Met a man from China Went down to Geisha Minah (Ooh, ooh) (Killer, killer, she’s a killer queen) Then again incidentally If you’re that way inclined
Perfume came naturally from Paris (Naturally) For cars, she couldn’t care less Fastidious and precise
She’s a killer queen Gunpowder, gelatin Dynamite with a laser beam Guaranteed to blow your mind (Pa-pa-pa-pa) Anytime
Drop of a hat she’s as willing as Playful as a pussycat (Ooh) Then momentarily out of action (Ooh) Temporarily out of gas (Ta-taaa) To absolutely drive you wild, wild She’s out to get you
She’s a killer queen Gunpowder, gelatin Dynamite with a laser beam (Pa-pa-pa-ra) Guaranteed to blow your mind Anytime Ooh Recommended at the price Insatiable an appetite Wanna try? You wanna try
Which London railway station has a marker indicating the location of Platform 9¾?
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In April 2024, Forbes named which country’s dinar as the highest valued currency in the world?
Three
What bird has the biggest egg of any bird species relative to its size?
Four
Who is the oldest male tennis player to win a major singles title in the Open Era?
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In the opening verse of Queen’s Killer Queen, both a United States President and a Soviet Premier are named. Please provide the surnames of these individuals?
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Europa, as imaged by the Juno spacecraft, September 2022. Image Wikipedia
Which moon of Jupiter is pictured?
Europa—Europa, one of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, is an icy moon with a smooth surface, possibly due to a subsurface ocean. It is believed to have an iron-nickel core and a water-ice shell, with a thin atmosphere composed primarily of oxygen. Europa was discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 and named after Europa, a lover of Zeus in Greek mythology.
Discworld supported by four giant elephants on the back of Great A’Tuin, the Giant Star Turtle. Image Pinterest
In Terry Pratchett’s Discworld what are Berilia, Tubul, Great T’Phon and Jerakeen?
Elephants—Great A’Tuin is the Giant Star Turtle (of the fictional species Chelys galactica) who travels through the Discworld universe’s space, carrying four giant elephants, named Berilia, Tubul, Great T’Phon and Jerakeen, who in turn carry the Discworld.
Alligator in a cypress dome, Everglades National Park. Image Wikipedia
The largest remaining subtropical wilderness in the continental USA is which National Park?
Everglades National Park—Established in 1947, Everglades National Park protects 1.5 million acres of wetland, forest, and marine habitats, providing drinking water and recreational opportunities.
Jane Austen. Portrait by Cassandra Austen, c. 1810. Image Wikipedia
Name a Jane Austen novel, published in 1816, which is set in the village of Highbury?
Emma—a novel by Jane Austen, is set in the fictional village of Highbury and explores the relationships of its inhabitants. The story follows Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy and intelligent young woman who meddles in the love lives of others, leading to humorous misadventures.
Which part of a newt is mentioned as a potion ingredient by the second witch in Shakespeare’s Macbeth?
Eye—see quote below from Macbeth Act 4, Scene 1 (line 10)
In the poisones entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights has thirty-one Sweated venom sleeping got, Boil thou first in the charmed pot. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork and blindworm’s sting, Lizard’s leg and howlet’s wing. For charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and couldron bubble.
Scale of dragon,tooth of wolf, Witch’s mummy, maw and gulf Of the ravin’d salt-sea shark, Root of hemlock digg’d in the dark, Liver of blaspheming Jew; Gall of goat; and slips of yew silver’d in the moon’s eclipse; Nose of Turk, and Tartar’s lips; Finger of birth-strangled babe Ditch-deliver’d by the drab,- Make the gruel thick and slab: Add thereto a tiger’s chaudron, For ingredients of our cauldron. Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
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