1. Which story by Carlo Collodi went on to become one of the best selling books ever published?

2. What is the only Led Zeppelin song with a US state in the song title?

3. On the 6th of August 1961, Gherman Titov became the first person to suffer from which sickness?

4. The first World Polo Championship was held in 1987. Which country has won a record five titles since then?

5. "Love Bites" was which English band's only number one single in the US charts?

6. Pioneer 10 was launched in 1972. Plus or minus 5, in which year did it pass Pluto and leave our solar system?

7. How old were each of the following musicians when they died? Plus or minus 1 year
a. Michael Jackson
b. George Harrison
c. Freddie Mercury

8. Which 2 colours are found on the flag of Nigeria?

9. After Russia, which European country has the largest Eurasian brown bear population?

10. With 3,664,883 cubic metres, where is the largest single-story building in the world found?

11. A cervesario is a specialist in what?

12. Which of the following is a month in the Jewish calendar?
a. Lexus,  b. Lada,  c. Mazda,  d. Nissan

13. Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) is often referred to as the "greatest" what "since antiquity"?

14. What is the collective name for a large 18th century sailing ship with three or more masts? Ten letters.

15. Who was married to both Frank Sinatra and the world renowned musician Andre Previn?

16. Which colour horse does Famine ride?

17. A river, a space ship, a university and a poetic name for the United States of America.

18. Richard Burton, Robert Shaw and Charles Laughton all earned an Oscar nomination playing which character?

19. Which word did the Czech writer Karel Capek introduce to the English language?

20. 300 is the maximum score in which popular game?

ANSWERS

1. The Adventures of Pinocchio

2. Going To California

3. Space sickness

4. Argentina

5. Def Leppard

6. 1983

7. Three answers
a. 50
b. 58
c. 45

8. Green and white

9. Romania

10. Kennedy Space Center (Vehicle Assemby Building)

11. Beer

12. Answer d. Nissan

13. Mathematician

14. Windjammer

15. Mia Farrow

16. Black

17. Columbia

18. King Henry VIII

19. Robot

20. 10 pin bowling

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