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Quiz I

  1. In musical composition, which name is given to the "work number" that is assigned to a composition to indicate the chronological order of the composer's works?
  2. In legend, what nickname was given to the 17th Century female highwayman Katherine Ferrers?
  3. The GIUK gap is a term often used in relation to military topics, what does the letter 'G' stand for in this acronym?
  4. Which 1967 film starred Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as Shakespeare's Kate and Petruchio?
  5. The Mighty Handful were five prominent 19th-century what?
  6. Pi Approximation Day, an annual celebration of the mathematical constant pi(π), is observed on which date?
  7. Artist Gilbert Baker sadly passed away in March 2017, he created his most famous design in 1978, what is it?
  8. 'The Lord is my Light' is the motto of which institution?
  9. Which two word Greek term is an expression that’s found only once in works of literature of which only one instance of use is recorded?
  10. How old was Marilyn Monroe when she died?
  11. Name the largest of the three waterfalls which collectively form Niagara Falls?
  12. In his first speech to the Commons as Prime Minister, Churchill said: "You ask, what is our aim? I can answer that in one word..." What word was this?
  13. Name the early-18th-century frigate famously used as the flagship of the pirate Blackbeard?
  14. What is the first name of the landlady Mrs. Hudson, in the Sherlock Holmes books?
  15. Which Swedish novelist created detective Inspector Kurt Wallender?



Answers:

  1. Opus Number
  2. The Wicked Lady
  3. Greenland (the acronym is Greenland, Iceland, and the UK, it's a naval choke point in the North Atlantic)
  4. The Taming of the Shrew
  5. Russian composers
  6. 22nd of July (22/7 in the day/month date format, since the fraction ​22/7 is a common approximation of pi)
  7. The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag
  8. Oxford University
  9. Hapax legomenon (made famous in a 2015 question on University Challenge)
  10. 36 (in 1962)
  11. Horseshoe Falls or Canadian Falls (note: the other two falls are called the American Falls and the Bridal Veil Falls)
  12. Victory
  13. Queen Anne's Revenge
  14. Martha
  15. Henning Mankell



Impossible Quiz II

  1. The Preseli Hills are mostly within which UK national park?
  2. Launched in 1866, in Union Street, Bristol, which chocolate bar was the first to be mass-produced?
  3. What name is given to a pair of stars orbiting a common centre of gravity?
  4. Which King of England was taken prisoner in a battle at Lincoln in 1141?
  5. Name the Space Shuttle that completed the last ever Shuttle flight, in July 2011?
  6. What game, in which the 'Collegers' play the 'Oppidans', takes place on St Andrew's Day?
  7. Which British Prime Minister's wife sold 75,000 copies of her Selected Poems?
  8. Anastasia Dobromyslova is a champion in which sport?
  9. Where are we most likely to encounter the skin irritant capsaicin?
  10. A Surah is the term for a chapter of the Quran; how many Surahs are there in the Quran?
  11. Victorinox is best known for manufacturing which product?
  12. The Parthenon in Greece is dedicated to which goddess?
  13. The term 'guerrilla warfare' became popular during which war?
  14. Valium Aelium is the Latin name for what?
  15. Which year was the last time a Summer Olympics Games was not held on a leap year?

Answers:

  1. Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
  2. Fry's Chocolate Cream
  3. Binary stars
  4. Stephen
  5. Atlantis
  6. Eton Wall Game
  7. Mary Wilson
  8. Ladies Darts
  9. In the seeds of chilli peppers
  10. 114 Surahs
  11. Swiss Army Knife
  12. Athena
  13. The Peninsular War (the Spanish term usually translates as 'little war')
  14. Hadrian's Wall
  15. 1900 (leap years are multiples of four except for years divisible by 100 but not by 400, hence, 2000 was a leap year but 1900 was not.)



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