Читать книгу The Times Quiz Book: 4000 challenging general knowledge questions - Olav Bjortomt - Страница 97
Оглавление1 Pediophobia is the fear of which toys?
2 Which South African president ordered Nelson Mandela’s release from prison?
3 Which Steven Spielberg film is based on the story of conman Frank Abagnale Jr.?
4 Which English dramatist (b.1968) wrote the plays No Boys Cricket Club, Sing Yer Heart Out for the Lads and Sucker Punch?
5 In 1987, Robert Brozin and Fernando Duarte founded which Mozambican-Portuguese-themed restaurant chain in the Johannesburg suburb Rosettenville?
6 Mark Billingham introduced which Detective Inspector, played on TV by David Morrissey, in the 2001 novel Sleepyhead?
7 Which Flemish artist painted the 24-picture Marie de’ Médici cycle?
8 Which academic press is the world’s oldest printer and publisher?
9 Trinidad Turn, Orchid Turn and Balboa Reach are points on which canal?
10 Vincenzo Bellini’s final opera I Puritani is set during which war?
11 Pigeon drop, Pig in a poke and the Spanish Prisoner are types of what?
12 The “Venice of the Pacific”, Nan Madol is a ruined city in which country?
13 Outperforming spider silk, what is the strongest biological material ever tested?
14 Which 1857 symphony by Franz Liszt was inspired by Goethe’s namesake drama?
15 Corresponding to a medicine man, the angakkuq is a spiritual figure among which people?
16 Sir Henry Bessemer gave his name to a process for the manufacture of which alloy?
17 Which former NASA roboticist began the webcomic xkcd in 2005?
18 Which England bowler (1865–1901) holds the record for lowest strike rate in all Test history?
19 Who won the 1989 Tour de France by just eight seconds from Laurent Fignon?
20 Name the bombard gun in the picture –
