“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy” .
Yes, apparently gray and white matters as you will find out in one of today’s selection of unusual facts.
Hope you enjoy the others as well. .
. During the production of the video game Deus Ex,
one of the artists forgot to add
the Twin Towers to New York City.
His mistake was explained by
way of a terrorist attack.
The year was 2000.
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Switzerland has
208 mountains over 3,000 meters high
and 24 over 4,000 meters.
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The male brain contains more gray matter
whereas the female brain contains more white matter.
White matter basically increases the speed
of transmission of all nerve signals,
which ultimately allows women to process thoughts
more rapidly than their male counterparts.
Don’t fret guys, you’ll get this
in another nano second or two.
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Genghis Kahn wanted the location
of his grave to be unknown
(somewhere in present day Mongolia)
so his funeral escort killed everyone they met
along the way and he even demanded that
a river be diverted to run across his grave
so it could never be disturbed.
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Although their civilization has declined and been conquered,
in many rural parts of Mexico and Guatemala
Mayan language and culture perseveres.
In fact, there are an estimated 7 million Maya
still living in and around the Yucatan Peninsula.
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The modern chainsaw was invented by Scottish
doctors to help with Symphysiotomy.
This is a surgical procedure that widens the
pelvis in order to assist in childbirth.
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China is among the countries with
the highest air pollution in the world.
Breathing air in Beijing, the country´s capital,
increases the risk of lung cancer in the same way
as smoking 21 cigarettes a day.
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In 1883 Sir Hiram Maxim created the Maxim gun.
The world’s first machine gun would go on to
revolutionize warfare and was used in both World Wars.
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Some rich people in Moscow buy
ambulances and use them to drive around
because the traffic is so bad.
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Operation Mockingbird was a secret campaign
begun in the 1950s by the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
to influence media.
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After being frustrated by the service
he was receiving at Bank of America,
Dalton Chiscolm sued them
for $1.7 billion trillion.
During the trial a professor of mathematics
was even called in to testify about
how big the number was.
To give you an idea,
Earth’s total combined GDP was $60 trillion that year.
Movies, math and mud do feature, as do many other topics.
Is it easy? Is it difficult? Depends on how many answers you know.
But don’t worry, if you get stuck you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating.
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: What is the official language of the United States of America?
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Q. 2: What bird has only two toes on each foot?
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Q. 3: On which river are the Victoria Falls to be found?
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Q. 4: What city is known as ‘Muddy York’ ?
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Q. 5: What type of creature is a Devil’s Coachhorse?
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Q. 6: The Lakota call it the Battle of the Greasy Grass. What do we know it better as?
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Q. 7: What town is also known worldwide as the “home of golf” ?
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Q. 8: The Bennet family appear in which famous Jane Austen novel?
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Q. 9: What is the mathematical series that starts 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21 called?
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Q. 10: ‘Alopecia’ is a condition causing the loss of what from the body?
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Q. 11: What is the device, used mainly nowadays on small engines like those found on lawnmowers, that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine called?
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Q. 12: What is the usual color of copper sulphate?
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Q. 13: Which form of cloud has an anvil shape and is associated with heavy showers and storms?
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Q. 14: What is defined as “Any rock or soil material that has remained below 0°C continuously for two or more years” ?
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Q. 15: Which insect found in Africa is the host for the parasitic organism that causes sleeping sickness?
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Q. 16: An Astronomical Unit is the mean distance between which two bodies?
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Q. 17: How is the fossilized resin of coniferous trees from the Middle Tertiary period better known?
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Q. 18: Which son of a weaver was a major benefactor of public libraries throughout the UK and US?
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Q. 19: Where would you be in if you were at the Cresta Run? (A point each for correctly naming the town and the country.)
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Q. 20: In which movie did Humphrey Bogart say, “We’ll always have Paris” ?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What is the official language of the United States of America?
A. 1: A bit of a trick question to start with, the United States has no official language.
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Q. 2: What bird has only two toes on each foot?
A. 2: An Ostrich.
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Q. 3: On which river are the Victoria Falls to be found?
A. 3: The Zambezi.
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Q. 4: What city is known as ‘Muddy York’ ?
A. 4: Toronto.
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Q. 5: What type of creature is a Devil’s Coachhorse?
A. 5: It is a Beetle.
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Q. 6: The Lakota call it the Battle of the Greasy Grass. What do we know it better as?
A. 6: We know it better as the Battle of Little Big Horn.
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Q. 7: What town is also known worldwide as the “home of golf” ?
A. 7: St. Andrews, Scotland.
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Q. 8: The Bennet family appear in which famous Jane Austen novel?
A. 8: Pride & Prejudice.
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Q. 9: What is the mathematical series that starts 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21 called?
A. 9: A Fibonacci Series.
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Q. 10: ‘Alopecia’ is a condition causing the loss of what from the body?
A. 10: Hair.
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Q. 11: What is the device, used mainly nowadays on small engines like those found on lawnmowers, that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine called?
A. 11: A carburetor, or carburetor.
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Q. 12: What is the usual color of copper sulphate?
A. 12: Blue.
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Q. 13: Which form of cloud has an anvil shape and is associated with heavy showers and storms?
A. 13: Cumulonimbus.
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Q. 14: What is defined as “Any rock or soil material that has remained below 0°C continuously for two or more years” ?
A. 14: Permafrost.
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Q. 15: Which insect found in Africa is the host for the parasitic organism that causes sleeping sickness?
A. 15: The Tsetse fly.
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Q. 16: An Astronomical Unit is the mean distance between which two bodies?
A. 16: The earth and the sun.
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Q. 17: How is the fossilised resin of coniferous trees from the Middle Tertiary period better known?
A. 17: Amber.
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Q. 18: Which son of a weaver was a major benefactor of public libraries throughout the UK and US?
A. 18: Andrew Carnegie.
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Q. 19: Where would you be in if you were at the Cresta Run? (A point each for correctly naming the town and the country.)
A. 19: You would be in the winter sports town of St. Moritz, Switzerland.
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Q. 20: In which movie did Humphrey Bogart say, “We’ll always have Paris”?
A. 20: The line is from the fantastic movie ‘Casablanca’.
A good mixture of questions this week, some very easy and few that should sort out the serious quizzers from the casual players.
As usual if you get stuck the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: What does the ‘Q’ in ‘Q-tips’ stand for?
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Q. 2: How many curves are in a standard paper clip?
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Q. 3: In which river are the 1000 islands?
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Q. 4: The scene of a famous battle, the city of Montevideo is located at the mouth of which river?
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Q. 5: During World War II, the largest Japanese spy ring was located where?
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Q. 6: In which country was the “angel of the north” erected in 1998?
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Q. 7: What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell’s soup label? (A point for each.)
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Q. 8: She was the leader of the British movement for female suffrage and in 1903 founded the Women’s Political Union which agitated for votes for women, but died in 1928 just before full voting rights were granted. Who was she?
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Q. 9: On the United States “Stars and Stripes” flag, is the top stripe red or white?
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Q. 10: Which German leader was known as the ‘Iron Chancellor’?
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Q. 11: Name the character who said, “I do wish we could chat longer but I’m having an old friend for dinner” and the movie from which it comes? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 12: Which way do fans rotate?
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Q. 13: England’s King Henry VIII is infamous for having six wives and for having some of them executed by beheading. But how many of the six wives lost their heads?
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Q. 14: If ‘Lady’ is a pedigree spaniel what is the name of the mongrel?
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Q. 15: Whose face is on a dime?
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Q. 16: The now famous line “Show me the money” comes from what well known movie?
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Q. 17: Which country did Xerxes rule?
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Q. 18: Who is missing from this list?
Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc.
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Q. 19: Which actor in 1962 was the first to say the immortal line “The name is Bond – James Bond” and in which movie? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 20: Who sang about the ‘Witchita line man’?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What does the ‘Q’ in ‘Q-tips’ stand for?
A. 1: The ‘Q’ in ‘Q-tips’ stands for ‘quality’.
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Q. 2: How many curves are in a standard paper clip?
A. 2: There are 3 curves on a standard paper clip. (Did you have to look?)
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Q. 3: In which river are the 1000 islands?
A. 3: In the St Lawrence River.
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Q. 4: The scene of a famous battle, the city of Montevideo is located at the mouth of which river?
A. 4: The River Plate (Rio de la Plate).
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Q. 5: During World War II, the largest Japanese spy ring was located where?
A. 5: The largest Japanese spy ring during WWII was not in the U.S. but in Mexico, where it spied on the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
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Q. 6: In which country was the “angel of the north” erected in 1998?
A. 6: In England.
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Q. 7: What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell’s soup label? (A point for each.)
A. 7: Blue, red, white, yellow, black, and gold.
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Q. 8: She was the leader of the British movement for female suffrage and in 1903 founded the Women’s Political Union which agitated for votes for women, but died in 1928 just before full voting rights were granted. Who was she?
A. 8: Emmeline Pankhurst.
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Q. 9: On the United States “Stars and Stripes” flag, is the top stripe red or white?
A. 9: It is Red. (Again I hope you didn’t have to look!)
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Q. 10: Which German leader was known as the ‘Iron Chancellor’?
A. 10: Bismarck.
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Q. 11: Name the character who said, “I do wish we could chat longer but I’m having an old friend for dinner” and the movie from which it comes? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 11: Hannibal Lecter said it in the Silence of the Lambs.
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Q. 12: Which way do fans rotate?
A. 12: Clockwise as you look at it
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Q. 13: England’s King Henry VIII is infamous for having six wives and for having some of them executed by beheading. But how many of the six wives lost their heads?
A. 13: Only two, people usually think it is more.
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Q. 14: If ‘Lady’ is a pedigree spaniel what is the name of the mongrel?
A. 14: His name is ‘Tramp’, from the animated feature ‘Lady and the Tramp’.
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Q. 15: Whose face is on a dime?
A. 15: US President Franklin D Roosevelt.
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Q. 16: The now famous line “Show me the money” comes from what well known movie?
A. 16: The movie was ‘Jerry Maguire’, starring Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Q. 17: Which country did Xerxes rule?
A. 17: Persia.
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Q. 18: Who is missing from this list?
Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc.
A. 18: Bashful is missing, he was afraid to appear.
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Q. 19: Which actor in 1962 was the first to say the immortal line “The name is Bond – James Bond” and in which movie? (A point for each correct answer.)
Middle of the month, start of the week – call it what you like….
It’s a quiz!
A few difficult ones this week and one of two easy as well.
And if you get stuck the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: What is the sum of the numbers on a roulette wheel? (And don’t forget the double zero!)
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Q. 2: What is the only borough of New York City that is not an island (or part of an island)?
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Q. 3: From famous movies like ‘Goldfinger’ it is well known that the United States government keeps its supply of gold at Fort Knox, but where does it keep its supply of silver?
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Q. 4: What does the ‘D’ in ‘D-Day’ stand for?
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Q. 5: Which state of the United States of America is bordered by more states than any other?
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Q. 6: What is the white part of your fingernail is called?
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Q. 7: What is the oldest still active Parliament in the world?
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Q. 8: On a standard traffic light, what color is on the bottom?
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Q. 9: In the epic movie ‘Gone With The Wind’, what is the name of the genteel family that owns the ‘Twelve Oaks’ plantation?
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Q. 10: What is the name of the highest waterfall in the world and in which country can it be found. (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 11: In which hand is the Statue of Liberty’s torch?
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Q. 12: What is the only European capital city not situated on a river?
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Q. 13: Which Disney movie released in 1942 was about a little fawn?
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Q. 14: With a recorded temperature of about 134 degrees Fahrenheit or nearly 57 degrees Celsius what part of the United States holds the title of ‘the hottest place on Earth’? (A point for the name of the place and the state in which it is located.)
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Q. 15: Without looking at your phone, what two numbers on the dial don’t have letters by them?
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Q. 16: Which 2007 movie, the third in a series, was the most expensive Hollywood film ever made? (A bonus point if you know the approximate cost.)
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Q. 17: Which country in the world generates the most electricity from hydroelectric power? (A point for the name of the country and a bonus point for the approximate percentage of electricity generated in this way.)
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Q. 18: In what 1999 movie did Sean Connery star alongside Mrs Douglas?
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Q. 19: How many holes does a Chinese checkerboard have?
a) 64 b) 81 c) 121 d) 144
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Q. 20: About whom did Roberta Flack write the well known song “Killing Me Softly”?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: What is the sum of the numbers on a roulette wheel? (And don’t forget the double zero!)
A. 1: The sum of the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666 and of course the double zero makes no difference at all to the total.
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Q. 2: What is the only borough of New York City that is not an island (or part of an island)?
A. 2: The only borough of New York City that isn’t an island (or part of an island) is the Bronx.
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Q. 3: From famous movies like ‘Goldfinger’ it is well known that the United States government keeps its supply of gold at Fort Knox, but where does it keep its supply of silver?
A. 3: The United States government keeps its supply of silver at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY.
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Q. 4: What does the ‘D’ in ‘D-Day’ stand for?
A. 4: The ‘D’ in ‘D-Day’ stands for ‘Day’, in other words, “Day-Day”
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Q. 5: Which state of the United States of America is bordered by more states than any other?
A. 5: Tennessee is bordered by more states than any other, by eight states, which are Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.
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Q. 6: What is the white part of your fingernail is called?
A. 6: The white part of your fingernail is called the ‘lunula’.
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Q. 7: What is the oldest still active Parliament in the world?
A. 7: The Parliament of Iceland is the oldest still active parliament in the world. It was established in 930.
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Q. 8: On a standard traffic light, what color is on the bottom?
A. 8: Green.
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Q. 9: In the epic movie ‘Gone With The Wind’, what is the name of the genteel family that owns the ‘Twelve Oaks’ plantation?
A. 9: They are the Wilkes family, Leslie Howard starring as ‘Ashley Wilkes’.
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Q. 10: What is the name of the highest waterfall in the world and in which country can it be found. (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 10: The highest waterfall in the world is Angel Falls in Venezuela. It is so high that water will sometimes evaporate before hitting the ground.
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Q. 11: In which hand is the Statue of Liberty’s torch?
A. 11: In her right hand.
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Q. 12: What is the only European capital city not situated on a river?
A. 12: The Spanish capital Madrid is the only European capital city not situated on a river.
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Q. 13: Which Disney movie released in 1942 was about a little fawn?
A. 13: Bambi.
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Q. 14: With a recorded temperature of about 134 degrees Fahrenheit or nearly 57 degrees Celsius what part of the United States holds the title of ‘the hottest place on Earth’? (A point for the name of the place and the state in which it is located.)
A. 14: Death Valley in California holds the title of ‘the hottest place on Earth’.
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Q. 15: Without looking at your phone, what two numbers on the dial don’t have letters by them?
A. 15: 1 and 0. (Did you look?)
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Q. 16: Which 2007 movie, the third in a series, was the most expensive Hollywood film ever made? (A bonus point if you know the approximate cost.)
A. 16: Costing an estimated $300 million, it was ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean, At The World’s End’.
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Q. 17: Which country in the world generates the most electricity from hydroelectric power? (A point for the name of the country and a bonus point for the approximate percentage of electricity generated in this way.)
A. 17: Norway gets 98-99% of its electricity from hydroelectric power, more than any other country.
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Q. 18: In what 1999 movie did Sean Connery star alongside Mrs Douglas?
A. 18: The movie was ‘Entrapment’, Mrs Douglas is better known as Catherina Zeta-Jones.
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Q. 19: How many holes does a Chinese checkerboard have?
a) 64 b) 81 c) 121 d) 144
A. 19: Answer c), a Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes.
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Q. 20: About whom did Roberta Flack write the well known song “Killing Me Softly”?
A. 20: Roberta Flack wrote “Killing Me Softly” about singer Don McLean.
Another twenty brain teasing questions to stimulate those old grey cells.
As usual the answers can be found waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: Where would you go to look at the Abominable Snowman?
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Q. 2: Who was Jacqueline Lee Bouvier’s second husband?
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Q. 3: Where were Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Antony Perkins in the 1959 post apocalyptic movie that they starred in?
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Q. 4: What famous magician shares his name with an equally famous Dickens’ character?
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Q. 5: In which country is Togariro National park with its three volcanoes, including Mt. Ruapahu?
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Q. 6: Very few non Russians appeared on postage stamps in the USSR between 1922 and 1991, but two Americans did. Can you name them? (A point for each.)
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Q. 7: This famous actor starred in a movie being himself, who is he?
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Q. 8: Who was ‘The Once and Future King’?
a) Elvis b) Arthur c) Idi Amin d) Aragorn
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Q. 9: What was the name of the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and who is it’s current chief? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 10: What is the name of the river that rises on the Tibetan Plateau of western China and has flooded more often and killed more people than any other?
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Q. 11: Why were there no registered births or deaths in England on September 3rd 1752?
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Q. 12: The name of which form of literature stems from a Greek word meaning ‘making’?
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Q. 13: Which actor won his only Oscar for his role in the western ‘True Grit’?
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Q. 14: The old name for which island country stems from the Latin word for beautiful?
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Q. 15: What is the real name of The Shark Tank’s ‘Mr Wonderful’?
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Q. 16: What is the capital of Equador?
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Q. 17: Vincent van Gogh is not only a very famous artist with his works now commanding millions of dollars, but he is also well known for an incident in which he cut off an ear. Which one? (Go on, you have a 50:50 chance on this one!)
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Q. 18: What aliases did Hannibal Hayes and Kid Curry use in the long running television series?
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Q. 19: Who was hailed as the founder of the Mongol Empire?
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Q. 20: What was Elvis Presley’s first number one hit single in the USA?
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Q. 1: Where would you go to look at the Abominable Snowman?
A. 1: The Himalayas.
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Q. 2: Who was Jacqueline Lee Bouvier’s second husband?
A. 2: Greek shipping magnate, Aristotle Onassis.
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Q. 3: Where were Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire and Antony Perkins in the 1959 post apocalyptic movie that they starred in?
A. 3: On The Beach.
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Q. 4: What famous magician shares his name with an equally famous Dickens’ character?
A. 4: David Copperfield.
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Q. 5: In which country is Togariro National park with its three volcanoes, including Mt. Ruapahu?
A. 5: New Zealand.
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Q. 6: Very few non Russians appeared on postage stamps in the USSR between 1922 and 1991, but two Americans did. Can you name them? (A point for each.)
A. 6: They were Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain.
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Q. 7: This famous actor starred in a movie being himself, who is he?
A. 7: He is John Malkovich, who starred in the movie ‘Being John Malkovich’.
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Q. 8: Who was ‘The Once and Future King’?
a) Elvis b) Arthur c) Idi Amin d) Aragorn
A. 8: b) Arthur.
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Q. 9: What was the name of the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and who is it’s current chief? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 9: J Edgar Hoover was the first, the current director is James Comey.
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Q. 10: What is the name of the river that rises on the Tibetan Plateau of western China and has flooded more often and killed more people than any other?
A. 10: The Yellow River.
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Q. 11: Why were there no registered births or deaths in England on September 3rd 1752?
A. 11: There was no September 3rd 1752. The British government adopted the Gregorian calendar. It was decreed that the day following September 2nd 1752 should be called September 14.
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Q. 12: The name of which form of literature stems from a Greek word meaning ‘making’?
A. 12: Poetry.
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Q. 13: Which actor won his only Oscar for his role in the western ‘True Grit’?
A. 13: John Wayne.
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Q. 14: The old name for which island country stems from the Latin word for beautiful?
A. 14: Formosa (the modern name is Taiwan.)
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Q. 15: What is the real name of The Shark Tank’s ‘Mr Wonderful’?
A. 15: Kevin O’Leary.
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Q. 16: What is the capital of Equador?
A. 16: Quito.
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Q. 17: Vincent van Gogh is not only a very famous artist with his works now commanding millions of dollars, but he is also well known for an incident in which he cut off an ear. Which one? (Go on, you have a 50:50 chance on this one!)
A. 17: It was his left ear.
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Q. 18: What aliases did Hannibal Hayes and Kid Curry use in the long running television series?
A. 18: They were ‘Alias Smith And Jones’.
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Q. 19: Who was hailed as the founder of the Mongol Empire?
A. 19: Genghis Khan.
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Q. 20: What was Elvis Presley’s first number one hit single in the USA?
Another month and another quiz to get it off to a challenging start.
One or two relatively easy ones today, but I think most of them you will find tough enough.
As usual, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: What is the official language of Brazil?
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Q. 2: Which wife of a politician said in 1981, ‘Woman is like a teabag: you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in the hot water’?
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Q. 3: Many expanses of water of varying sizes are designated as ‘seas’ such as the Mediterranean Sea, the Dead Sea, etc. But what is the only such sea in the world that does not have a coastline?
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Q. 4: What book was Denzel Washington protecting in the 2010 movie?
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Q. 5: What is both unusual and famous about the restaurant in Volterra, Italy called “Fortezza Medicea”?
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Q. 6: In which city is the music recording company Motown based?
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Q. 7: The official country retreat of the President of the USA, Camp David, is located in which mountains?
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Q. 8: Where did the Incas originate?
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Q. 9: What was the name of the Cuban President over thrown by Fidel Castro in 1959?
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Q. 10: Although the United States has Roswell and Area 51, and Hollywood has pushed out a unending stream of movies based on them, the government does not officially recognize the existence of UFOs. However three well known countries do formally recognize the existence of UFOs, can you name them? (A point for each and a bonus point if you can name all three.)
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Q. 11: Who was coming to dinner with Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn in 1967?
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Q. 12: Who was dubbed “Lenin’s left leg” during the early stages of Russia’s Marxist movement?
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Q. 13: In which US city was the first skyscraper built in 1883?
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Q. 14: A double question with multiple points. The US State Department currently recognizes 194 different countries in the world, but how many take up approximately half of Earth’s land area?
HINT: It is a relatively small number of the 194 total and there is a bonus point for each of them that you can name.
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Q. 15: What phrase is the unlikely link between Barbara Streisand and Bugs Bunny?
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Q. 16: What is the only state in the Middle East in which there is no desert?
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Q. 17: What former Soviet state is currently experiencing massive civil unrest and upheaval?
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Q. 18: Which river has the largest delta?
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Q. 19: Whoopie Goldberg played one in a movie and Patricia Arquette played another in a television series, what were they? (And bonus points if you can name the movie and the tv series.)
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Q. 20: Which movie other than ‘The Bodyguard’ featured the song “I Will Always Love You”?
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Q. 1: What is the official language of Brazil?
A. 1: Portuguese.
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Q. 2: Which wife of a politician said in 1981, ‘Woman is like a teabag: you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in the hot water’?
A. 2: Nancy Reagan.
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Q. 3: Many expanses of water of varying sizes are designated as ‘seas’ such as the Mediterranean Sea, the Dead Sea, etc. But what is the only such sea in the world that does not have a coastline?
A. 3: The Sargasso Sea in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean is surrounded by ocean currents and no land and therefore has no coast.
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Q. 4: What book was Denzel Washington protecting in the 2010 movie?
A. 4: The Book Of Eli. You also get a point if you said The Bible.
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Q. 5: What is both unusual and famous about the restaurant in Volterra, Italy called “Fortezza Medicea”?
A. 5: “Fortezza Medicea” is a maximum security prison – the cooks and waiters are all doing sentences of at least seven years.
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Q. 6: In which city is the music recording company Motown based?
A. 6: Detroit.
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Q. 7: The official country retreat of the President of the USA, Camp David is in which mountains?
A. 7: Appalachians.
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Q. 8: Where did the Incas originate?
A. 8: Peru.
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Q. 9: What was the name of the Cuban President over thrown by Fidel Castro in 1959?
A. 9: General Batista.
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Q. 10: Although the United States has Roswell and Area 51, and Hollywood has pushed out a unending stream of movies based on them, the government does not officially recognize the existence of UFOs. However three well known countries do formally recognize the existence of UFOs, can you name them? (A point for each and a bonus point if you can name all three.)
A. 10: France, Italy and Chile have all formally recognized the existence of UFOs.
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Q. 11: Who was coming to dinner with Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn in 1967?
A. 11: Sidney Poitier.
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Q. 12: Who was dubbed “Lenin’s left leg” during the early stages of Russia’s Marxist movement?
A. 12: Joseph Stalin.
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Q. 13: In which US city was the first skyscraper built in 1883?
A. 13: Chicago.
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Q. 14: A double question with multiple points. The US State Department currently recognizes 194 different countries in the world, but how many take up approximately half of Earth’s land area?
HINT: It is a relatively small number of the 194 total and there is a bonus point for each of them that you can name.
A. 14: Seven countries take half of the Earth’s land area and they are Russia, Canada, USA, China, Australia, Brazil and Argentina.
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Q. 15: What phrase is the unlikely link between Barbara Streisand and Bugs Bunny?
A. 15: “What’s up, Doc?” is Bugs’ catchphrase and the name of a 1972 comedy/romance movie starring Barbara Streisand and Ryan O’Neill.
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Q. 16: What is the only state in the Middle East in which there is no desert?
A. 16: Lebanon.
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Q. 17: What former Soviet state is currently experiencing massive civil unrest and upheaval?
A. 17: The Ukraine.
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Q. 18: Which river has the largest delta?
A. 18: The River Ganges.
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Q. 19: Whoopie Goldberg played one in a movie and Patricia Arquette played another in a television series, what were they? (And bonus points if you can name the movie and the tv series.)
A. 19: They played ‘mediums’, Whoopie Goldberg in the movie ‘Ghost’ and Patricia Arquette in the hit tv series ‘Medium’.
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Q. 20: Which movie other than ‘The Bodyguard’ featured the song “I Will Always Love You”?
A. 20: ‘The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas’, a movie starring Dolly Parton who wrote the song.
Hi, and welcome to another week and to start it off, another quiz.
The usual selection of random questions to test your knowledge.
And, as usual, if you get stuck you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please, NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: This one is the name of a famous city and also the man who ran away with Helen?
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Q. 2: What is the highest mountain in Africa?
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Q. 3: On which river does the city of Vienna stand?
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Q. 4: Who was the Empress of India in 1876?
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Q. 5: In which South American country did the ‘bossa nova’ originate?
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Q. 6: The so-called “Pastry war” of 1838 was fought between which two nations?
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Q. 7: Which capital city features in the name of a movie starring Sabu and based on the Arabian Nights?
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Q. 8: What started in a bakery in Pudding Lane in 1666?
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Q. 9: To which country does the island of Madeira belong?
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Q. 10: It’s almost time for the Hollywood Academy Awards again, but who won the Academy Award for best actress two years in a row in 1967 and 1968? (Bonus points if you can also name the movies.)
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Q. 11: How old was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he died in 1791?
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Q. 12: What U.S. President committed an unpardonable sin by kissing Britain’s Queen Mother on the lips?
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Q. 13: On which small island did the USA first test their H bomb in 1954?
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Q. 14: Most people have heard of the phrase “Crossing the Rubicon” meaning to pass a point of no return, but who was the source of the phrase when he crossed the Rubicon and who was his opponent? (A point for each.)
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Q. 15: What make of car did Lenin and Stalin have one of that Brezhnev had three of?
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Q. 16: Which country seceded from Colombia in 1903?
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Q. 17: Which famous movie title is the Mexican name for the river known in the USA as ‘Rio Grande’?
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Q. 18: in 1984 who were Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis?
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Q. 19: What mythological creature did Britain’s King George V have tattooed on his right arm?
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Q. 20: Versions of this popular song have been recorded by Julie Covington, Madonna, Sarah Brighman, Elaine Paige, Sinead O’Connor, Susan Erens and The Carpenters, among others, what is it?
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Q. 1: This one is the name of a famous city and also the man who ran away with Helen?
A. 1: Paris.
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Q. 2: What is the highest mountain in Africa?
A. 2: Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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Q. 3: On which river does the city of Vienna stand?
A. 3: The River Danube.
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Q. 4: Who was the Empress of India in 1876?
A. 4: Britain’s Queen Victoria.
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Q. 5: In which South American country did the ‘bossa nova’ originate?
A. 5: Brazil.
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Q. 6: The so-called “Pastry war” of 1838 was fought between which two nations?
A. 6: Mexico and France.
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Q. 7: Which capital city features in the name of a movie starring Sabu and based on the Arabian Nights?
A. 7: Baghdad, the name of the movie is “The Thief of Baghdad”.
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Q. 8: What started in a bakery in Pudding Lane in 1666?
A. 8: The great fire of London.
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Q. 9: To which country does the island of Madeira belong?
A. 9: Portugal.
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Q. 10: It’s almost time for the Hollywood Academy Awards again, but who won the Academy Award for best actress two years in a row in 1967 and 1968? (Bonus points if you can also name the movies.)
A. 10: Katharine Hepburn, in 1967 for ‘Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner’ and in 1968 for ‘The Lion In Winter’.
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Q. 11: How old was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when he died in 1791?
A. 11: Only 35 years old.
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Q. 12: What U.S. President committed an unpardonable sin by kissing Britain’s Queen Mother on the lips?
A. 12: President Jimmy Carter.
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Q. 13: On which small island did the USA first test their H bomb in 1954?
A. 13: Bikini.
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Q. 14: Most people have heard of the phrase “Crossing the Rubicon” meaning to pass a point of no return, but who was the source of the phrase when he crossed the Rubicon and who was his opponent? (A point for each.)
A. 14: The phrase originated when Julius Caesar crossed the River Rubicon to fight Pompey.
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Q. 15: What make of car did Lenin and Stalin have one of that Brezhnev had three of?
A. 15: Rolls Royce.
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Q. 16: Which country seceded from Colombia in 1903?
A. 16: Panama.
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Q. 17: Which famous movie title is the Mexican name for the river known in the USA as ‘Rio Grande’?
A. 17: Rio Bravo
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Q. 18: in 1984 who were Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis?
A. 18: They were the ‘Ghostbusters’, a group of misfit parapsychologists Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Raymond Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis).
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Q. 19: What mythological creature did Britain’s King George V have tattooed on his right arm?
A. 19: A Dragon.
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Q. 20: Versions of this popular song have been recorded by Julie Covington, Madonna, Sarah Brighman, Elaine Paige, Sinead O’Connor, Susan Erens and The Carpenters, among others, what is it?
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