“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Don’t worry Ujiji is just part of a question in today’s selection, you don’t have to know where it is to score a point. Although if you do, give yourself a bonus.
The rest of the questions are easy, difficult and some somewhere in between.
But you won’t find out unless you give them a try.
And, as always, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
So enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: In which country is the Province of Lapland to be found?
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Q. 2: An ‘Anemometer’ measures what?
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Q. 3: What are baby beavers called?
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Q. 4: What is the name of the smallest and southernmost region of mainland Portugal, known primarily for tourism?
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Q. 5: What quantity is measured in ‘Amperes’ ?
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Q. 6: In the human body what is the more common name for the ‘clavicle’ ?
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Q. 7: What is the name of the main airport, one of the busiest in the world, that serves the city of Chicago?
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Q. 8: What color is the innermost zone in an archery target?
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Q. 9: What vegetable is used if a dish is cooked ‘Florentine’ ?
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Q. 10: How many compartments does a cow’s stomach have?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
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Q. 11: Who said “Dr Livingstone, I presume?” at Ujiji?
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Q. 12: Which novel is the story of the gentle knight and his servant Sancho Panza?
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Q. 13: Where would you find the ‘Sea of Tranquility’ ?
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Q. 14: How many British MPs are there currently in the House of Commons?
a) 450 b) 550 c) 650 d) 750
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Q. 15: And a related question, the ‘Storting’ is the parliament of which country?
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Q. 16: Which field sport involves teams of 10 for men and 12 for women each carrying a netted stick with which a ball is caught, carried or thrown?
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Q. 17: Who flew ‘Spirit of St Louis’ across the Atlantic to make the first solo flight across that ocean in 1927?
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Q. 18: Who wrote ‘The Day of the Jackal’, a story about an assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle?
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Q. 19: Which French king built the Palace of Versailles?
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Q. 20: True or false, Miley Cyrus is the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: In which country is the Province of Lapland to be found?
A. 1: Finland.
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Q. 2: An ‘Anemometer’ measures what?
A. 2: It measures wind speed.
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Q. 3: What are baby beavers called?
A. 3: They are called ‘Kits’.
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Q. 4: What is the name of the smallest and southernmost region of mainland Portugal, known primarily for tourism?
A. 4: It is known as the ‘Algarve’.
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Q. 5: What quantity is measured in ‘Amperes’ ?
A. 5: Electric current.
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Q. 6: In the human body what is the more common name for the ‘clavicle’ ?
A. 6: The collarbone.
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Q. 7: What is the name of the main airport, one of the busiest in the world, that serves the city of Chicago?
A. 7: It is known as ‘O’Hare Airport’.
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Q. 8: What color is the innermost zone in an archery target?
A. 8: Gold.
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Q. 9: What vegetable is used if a dish is cooked ‘Florentine’ ?
A. 9: Popeye’s favorite, ‘Spinach’.
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Q. 10: How many compartments does a cow’s stomach have?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8
A. 10: The correct answer is b) 4.
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Q. 11: Who said “Dr Livingstone, I presume?” at Ujiji?
A. 11: (Henry Morton) Stanley. (You get the point for ‘Stanley’.)
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Q. 12: Which novel is the story of the gentle knight and his servant Sancho Panza?
A. 12: Don Quixote.
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Q. 13: Where would you find the ‘Sea of Tranquility’ ?
A. 13: On the Moon.
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Q. 14: How many British MPs are there currently in the House of Commons?
a) 450 b) 550 c) 650 d) 750
A. 14: The correct answer is c) 650.
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Q. 15: And a related question, the ‘Storting’ is the parliament of which country?
A. 15: Norway.
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Q. 16: Which field sport involves teams of 10 for men and 12 for women each carrying a netted stick with which a ball is caught, carried or thrown?
A. 16: Lacrosse.
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Q. 17: Who flew ‘Spirit of St Louis’ across the Atlantic to make the first solo flight across that ocean in 1927?
A. 17: Charles Lindbergh.
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Q. 18: Who wrote ‘The Day of the Jackal’, a story about an assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle?
A. 18: Frederick Forsythe.
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Q. 19: Which French king built the Palace of Versailles?
A. 19: Louis XIV.
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Q. 20: True or false, Miley Cyrus is the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus?
A. 20: True. Here she is with her Wrecking Ball….
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