Download Gowan Scott Final 2016 Questions A

QUESTIONS A
ROUND 1
A1.
In which country is the world’s largest active volcano?
USA (Mauna Loa – Hawaii)
A2.
In 1960 Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and which other country formed the Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
KUWAIT
A3.
A note from what instrument is used by an orchestra to tune up?
OBOE
A4.
Which famous painting by Rembrandt was slashed and damaged in Amsterdam in 1975?
The NIGHT WATCH
(or The Shooting Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch)
ROUND 2
A5.
Which British Overseas Territory was ceded to Britain as part of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713?
GIBRALTAR
A6.
The song Dance, Little Lady comes from the 1928 Revue This Year of Grace, with book, lyrics and
music by which English composer, born in 1899?
Noel COWARD
A7.
Who is the Secretary of State for Defence in the present government?
Michael FALLON
A8.
What was the colourful name given to the escaped slaves in Jamaica who rebelled against English rule
in the 18th century from their hideouts in the remote interior of the island – the name deriving from the
Spanish word cimarrones meaning ‘living on mountains’?
MAROONS
ROUND 3
A9.
At just over 3 per 100,000, which European country has the World’s highest number of chess
Grandmasters per capita?
ICELAND
A10.
Which Tory politician was publicly described by his wife in 1992 as a “S, H, one, T” following tabloid
headlines about his affair with the wife and two daughters of a South African barrister.
Alan CLARK
A11.
Which American sleuth was created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer and ghostwritten by various
authors under the collective pseudonym of Carolyn Keene?
Nancy DREW
A12.
A beewolf is neither a bee nor a wolf but what type of insect?
WASP
ROUND 4
A13.
What name is given to a North African stew of meat or fish and is also the name of the distinctively
shaped dish in which it is cooked?
TAGINE
A14.
The nineteen locks known as Neptune’s Staircase are part of which British canal?
CALEDONIAN
A15.
Which US state was admitted to the Union in 1876, hence its nickname of 'the Centennial State'?
COLORADO
A16.
The news site Gawker.com closed down in 2016 as a result of a bankruptcy action after it lost a privacy
lawsuit of $140 million taken out by which sportsman?
Hulk HOGAN
ROUND 5
A17.
Which scientist and theologian was driven from his home during the Birmingham Riots because he had
expressed support for the American and French revolutions?
Joseph PRIESTLEY
A18.
On board a ship what is the name given to the rope or cable used to pull the movable corner of a sail?
A SHEET
A19.
Which piece of sporting equipment is typically 5.94 metres high, weighs 79 kilograms and is made of
larch?
A CABER
A20.
What type of which fish is an albacore?
TUNA
ROUND 6
A21.
In which film did Brigadier General Chuck Yeager play Fred the bartender and Sam Shepard play
Chuck Yeager?
THE RIGHT STUFF
A22.
What name is given to the outdoor recreational activity in which participants use GPS or mobile device
and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers?
GEOCACHING
A23.
Which breed of sheep appears on signs for the Yorkshire Dales National Park?
SWALEDALE
A24.
Which notorious mineral, a hydrated magnesium silicate, comes in blue, white, green and brown forms?
ASBESTOS
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