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Fleece Pub Quiz

March 2013

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General Knowledge

PJR March 2013

1. Is the Pope Catholic?

He's still alive

741AD

2. Which British city was known by the Romans as Eboracum?

York

3. What is the cube root of 27?

3 4. Who was Henry the VIII's right hand man, architect of the English reformation?

Thomas Cromwell

5. When did Michelangelo paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Between 1508 and 1512

6. How many sides does a dodecahedron have?

12 7. Who was the world's first computer programmer?

Ada Lovelace

8. When a glacier retreats, what is the name for the rock deposited behind?

Moraine

9. Modern energy efficient lighting uses LEDs. What does LED stand for?

Light Emitting Diode

10. Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?

At the Theatre

11. Perfectly cooked pasta is said to be Al Dente. What is the literal translation of Al Dente?

"to the tooth"

12. In the early 20th Century, what was Dada?

An Art Movement

13. In the West, Thirteen is regarded as unlucky. But which number is unlucky in Japan?

4

"shi" death

9

"ku" agony/torture

14. What year was Dr Who first broadcast?

1963

15. In geology, what is the layered feature called, that marks the extinction of the dinosaurs 60m years ago?

K-T boundary

or Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary

16. The 2nd law of thermodynamics says: Things always get more untidy. What thermodynamic property is the measure of tidiness?

Entropy

17. Name one of the two native British carnivorous plants?

Bladderwort

(Utricularia)

Sundew

(Drosera)

18. What is the name for the cells that make up the Central Nervous System?

Neuron

19. Who invented modern AC electricity generation?

Nikola Tesla

20. In no more than 2000 words, discuss the patriarchal society in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice of 1813?

Regency

Fleece Pub Quiz

General Knowledge

1. Is the Pope Catholic?

1. When did the last non- European Pope die?

He's still alive

741AD

2. Which British city was known by the Romans as Eboracum?

York

3. What is the cube root of 27?

3

4. Who was Henry the VIII's right hand man, architect of the English reformation?

Thomas Cromwell

5. When did Michelangelo paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Between 1508 and 1512

6. How many sides does a dodecahedron have?

12

7. Who was the world's first computer programmer?

Ada Lovelace

8. When a glacier retreats, what is the name for the rock deposited behind?

Moraine

9. Modern energy efficient lighting uses LEDs. What does LED stand for?

Light Emitting Diode

10. Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?

At the Theatre

11. Perfectly cooked pasta is said to be Al Dente. What is the literal translation of Al Dente?

"to the tooth"

12. In the early 20th Century, what was Dada?

An Art Movement

13. In the West, Thirteen is regarded as unlucky. But which number is unlucky in Japan?

4

"shi" death

9

"ku" agony/torture

14. What year was Dr Who first broadcast?

1963

15. In geology, what is the layered feature called, that marks the extinction of the dinosaurs 60m years ago?

K-T boundary

or Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary

16. The 2nd law of thermodynamics says: Things always get more untidy. What thermodynamic property is the measure of tidiness?

Entropy

17. Name one of the two native British carnivorous plants?

Bladderwort

(Utricularia)

Sundew

(Drosera)

18. What is the name for the cells that make up the Central Nervous System?

Neuron

19. Who invented modern AC electricity generation?

Nikola Tesla

20. In no more than 2000 words, discuss the patriarchal society in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice of 1813?

20. What is the historical period 1811-1820 known as?

Regency