Who wrote The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831)?
15 What is a male pig called?
16 Pernod® has what flavour?
17 What term is given to a mound of stones used as a memorial or landmark?
18 Who sang Livin’ La Vida Loca in 1999?
19 The Tiber river runs through which European capital city?
20 Armando Iannucci co-wrote and directed which film released in 2017?
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QUIZ 138 – Architects and Architecture
1 Doric, Ionian and which other style make up the three orders of Greek architecture?
2 What shape is a gable?
3 On which part of a building would you find a cupola?
4 Which cathedral sits on Ludgate Hill?
5 For what purpose did Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan build the Taj Mahal?
6 What type of feature is a transom?
7 In which city is the Bird’s Nest Olympic stadium?
8 Which Hungarian architect’s surname did Ian Fleming borrow for a Bond villain?
9 Which French engineer designed the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty?
10 On which type of building might you find bartizans and a portcullis?
11 Of what material is the London Shard made?
12 Who designed the Millennium Dome?
13 What shape is a rotunda?
14 Of which surprising material is the dome of the Roman Pantheon constructed?
15 For what purpose is rock wool used in a building?
16 Which Glaswegian architect and designer created several Art Nouveau buildings in his home city?
17 What term is given to a small floor built between two main floors of a building?
18 In which New Zealand city is the Cardboard Cathedral, created after a 2011 earthquake?
19 Who designed London’s Cenotaph?
20 What name is given to a sun-dried building brick?
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1 Which gardening implement has Dutch and draw varieties?
2 Hotel California was a 1970s hit for which group?
3 Which French word means a very thin pancake?
4 What is the study of history through excavation?
5 Which citrus fruit takes its name from a Moroccan port?
6 Which Latin phrase means “for a specific purpose only”?
7 On University Challenge, which category of question is worth ten points?
8 In which county are the Lost Gardens of Heligan?
9 Peter Sellers played which military scientist in a 1964 Stanley Kubrick film?
10 What name is given to the area between about 23° north and south of the Equator?
11 What armoured vehicle was first used on the Somme in 1916?
12 Which London Underground line terminates at Elephant and Castle?
13 The agave plant is the source of which distilled Mexican spirit?
14 Which kind of state has a president rather than a monarch?
15 Which Beatles song includes the line “cos I don’t care too much for money”?
16 What is the sign of BSI approval?
17 What name is given to a gathering of witches?
18 The TV series Lovejoy starred which actor in the title role?
19 How many lives is a cat said to have?
20 Which flower is the national emblem of Japan?
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1 Which two summer months were named after Roman emperors?
2 What term is used to describe a year with 29 days in February?
3 Who starred as Ron Kovic in the 1989 film Born on the Fourth of July?
4 Who played Betty Draper in Mad Men?
5 What, according to TS Eliot, is “the cruellest month”?
6 What is the state capital of Maine, USA?
7 Who sang January February in 1982?
8 Who played Edina’s mother in Absolutely Fabulous?
9 June is Bustin’ Out All Over is a song from which musical?
10 Which song was the only UK no.1 single for The Four Seasons?
11 Which “mad” animal is associated with the month of March?
12 The Oktoberfest takes place in which European city?
13 Who recorded the 1971 song Maggie May?
14 March is named after which Roman god?
15 Which month represents a consonant in the radio phonetic alphabet?
16 Who played April in the TV series Parks and Recreation?
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