I. Around the World & Back in Time |
- The capital of Florida is a) Tallahassee, b) Miami, c) Orlando or d) Tampa?
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- Which merchant guild controlled commercial activity in northern Europe from 13th to 15th century?
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- The natives of which city are known as "Geordies"?
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- Dancer Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, executed near Paris in 1917, was better known by what name?
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- On which river does New Orleans stand?
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- How many countries does China border? (+/- 5)
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- Which international organisation was founded by Jean Henri Dunant in 1864?
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- Who was arrested for landing a plane on the Red Square in Moscow? (BQ: what year was it?)
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II. Sports |
- In weightlifting, how many attempts to lift the bar do athletes get per event?
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- Jeu de paume (?game of palm (of the hand)?) was the precursor of which sport?
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- In which city are the headquarters of the IOC?
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- Which sprint star of the 60's was known as the "Black Gazelle"?
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- What did Robert Gu?rin, Daniel Burley Woolfall, Jules Rimet, Rodolphe William Seeldrayers, Arthur Drewry, Stanley Rous, and João Havelange all have in common?
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III. Mixed bag O' nuts |
- What is, by law, considered to be a deadly weapon in Paris: a) a car, b) an ashtray, c) an umbrella or d) a baguette?
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- What name is given to the kitchen on a ship?
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- What would you do with a borsalino: a) drink it, b) wear it, c) dance it or d) drive it?
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- What material is parchment made from?
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- By what name is the religious society ?Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? commonly known?
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IV. arts & literature |
- "The Piccolominis" is the second part of which dramatic trilogy? (BQ: Who wrote it?)
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- Which art form is Tilman Riemenschneider associated with?
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- Which one is not a Daniel Defoe novel: a) Moll Flanders, b) Robinson Crusoe or c) Gulliver's Travels?
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- What is the name of the private investigator in "The Maltese Falcon"?
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- In which city can you visit the Rubenshuis (Rubens House) museum: a) Leiden, b) Antwerp, c) Amsterdam or d) Utrecht?
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- By what name was Chilean poet and Nobel Prize winner Neftali Ricardo Reyes better known?
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V. music & Movies |
- Bollywood is the nickname for the Indian film industry. The film industry of which country is known as Lollywood: a) Pakistan, b) Laos, c) Portugal or d) Luxembourg?
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- Which role did German folk music star Florian Silbereisen play in the musical ?Elisabeth? last year: a) Austrian Empress Elisabeth, b) Death, c) Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph or d) the Italian assassin Luigi Lucheni?
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- Whom did Queen ask to ?do the fandango"?
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- Which TV show revolves around the aftermath of the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 from Sydney to Los Angeles?
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- What was the title of the first Beatles movie?
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- The vibraphone, or vibraharp, is a a) percussion, b) wind, c) keyboard or d) plucked string instrument?
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- Antonio Salieri was the biggest rival of which 18th century composer?
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- By what name were Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, Shirley MacLaine, Lauren Bacall, Judy Garland, and others collectively known in the 1950s and 1960s?
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VI. Botany, anatomy, Zoology & other sciences |
- What kind of animal is a "horseshoe"?
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- What is the term for a material that has metallic properties and is composed of two or more chemical elements of which at least one is a metal?
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- True or False: the only penguins found in the wild live in Antarctica?
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- In which century did Edmund Halley discover the comet named after him?
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- Currants and sultanas are dried varieties of which fruit?
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- What does an arachnologist study?
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- Which conifer sheds its needles in autumn?
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- Which Russian scientist made dogs drool at the sound of a bell?
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