1. 100 years ago on August 17, 1908, the first animated film was premiered. Name the film and its maker.
Fantasmagorie, Émile Cohl
2. What commodity does the index Live-ex 100 track?
Wine
3. Name the hormone responsible for stimulation of milk secretion during lactation and uterine contraction during birth, and which is released during orgasm
Oxytocin
4. What term describes the method of purchasing wine 12 – 18 months before it is actually bottled, while still in a barrel?
En primeur
5. Standing next to the grave of the poet John Keats in Rome is that of his painter friend who nursed him during his final months. Name this painter, whose letters are the definitive account of Keats’ final months.
Joseph Severn
6. What movement did Marc Kelly Smith, a construction worker turned poet, create during November 1984 in Chicago?
Poetry Slam, a competition in which poets recite their original work, which is then judged on a numeric scale by pre-selected members of the audience
7. If the hormone Ghrelin increases the appetite, name the hormone that suppresses it
Leptin
8. Name the dining society in London, that took its name after Christopher Cat, the owner of the inn where the diners met, that flourished for a couple of decades beginning 1690 with a strong leaning towards Whig policies.
The Kit-Cat Club
9. Its original name in Arabic is Jabal Tāriq meaning "mountain of Tariq". By what name do we know this place today?
Gibraltar
10. The Orange Revolution happened in Ukraine. Where did the Rose Revolution take place?
Georgia
Fantasmagorie, Émile Cohl
2. What commodity does the index Live-ex 100 track?
Wine
3. Name the hormone responsible for stimulation of milk secretion during lactation and uterine contraction during birth, and which is released during orgasm
Oxytocin
4. What term describes the method of purchasing wine 12 – 18 months before it is actually bottled, while still in a barrel?
En primeur
5. Standing next to the grave of the poet John Keats in Rome is that of his painter friend who nursed him during his final months. Name this painter, whose letters are the definitive account of Keats’ final months.
Joseph Severn
6. What movement did Marc Kelly Smith, a construction worker turned poet, create during November 1984 in Chicago?
Poetry Slam, a competition in which poets recite their original work, which is then judged on a numeric scale by pre-selected members of the audience
7. If the hormone Ghrelin increases the appetite, name the hormone that suppresses it
Leptin
8. Name the dining society in London, that took its name after Christopher Cat, the owner of the inn where the diners met, that flourished for a couple of decades beginning 1690 with a strong leaning towards Whig policies.
The Kit-Cat Club
9. Its original name in Arabic is Jabal Tāriq meaning "mountain of Tariq". By what name do we know this place today?
Gibraltar
10. The Orange Revolution happened in Ukraine. Where did the Rose Revolution take place?
Georgia
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