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Multiple Choice - General Knowledge 2

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1. The World's highest waterfall - Angel Falls in Venezuela (807 m (2,648 ft), was named for what?
Angel's Hair Pasta
The Imagined hair of an Angel
Saint Angelo of Sicily
Aviator Jimmie Angel
2. The Volga River discharges into which body of water?
The Caspian Sea
The Arctic Ocean
The North Sea
The Black Sea
3. The State Capital of Kansas, USA is ?
Topeka
Carson City
Kansas City
Helena
4. Which planet in the Solar System revolves backwards compared to Earth?
Jupiter
Neptune
Venus
Mercury
5. Which Island is Brunei a part of?
Borneo
Mindanao
Java
New Guinea
6. Whose quote is "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read"?
Winston Churchill
Mark Twain
Oscar Wilde
Abraham Lincoln
7. Who made the famous and successful 'Midnight Ride' from Lexington to warn Concord of the advance of the British?
Samuel Prescott
Paul Revere
Israel Bissell
William Dawes
8. What is a 'Wombat'?
An Asian Fruit Bat
A Maori Weapon from New Zealand
A Tahitian Cocktail
An Australian Marsupial Animal
9. In which country was the composer and virtuoso pianist Chopin born?
Czechia
Germany
Austria
Poland
10. Bishkek is the capital of which country?
Azerbaijan
Bhutan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
11. Cordelia, Regan and Goneril are characters from which Shakespeare play?
King Lear
Hamlet
Richard III
Macbeth
12. The top Coffee drinking Nation at 12 Kilo per person per year is?
Italy
USA
Turkey
Finland
13. How many 'Ribs' has a Frog?
6
8
None
2
14. 'B' is the periodic symbol for which Element?
Boron
Bromine
Beryllium
Barium
15. 'The Man in Black' .... the nickname for which performer?
Willie Nelson
Bruce Springsteen
Johnny Cash
Hank Williams
16. Which 'Children's Book' character is censored in China because it is said to resemble President Xi Jinping?
Winnie the Pooh
The Grinch
The Cat in the Hat
Paddington Bear
17. Which Nation holds the Athletic World Record for the 4 X 1mile relay at 15:49:08?
Ethiopia
Ireland
Kenya
USA
18. Which Canal is longest at 193 km (120 ml) ?
Manchester Ship Canal
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Kiel Canal
19. What did the famous diarist Samuel Pepys bury in his garden during the 'Great Fire of London'?
3 pair of Leather Boots
A Silver Tea Set
A Parmesan Cheese
An Ivory Statuette
20. What is the 'Surname' of the family with 5 daughters in the Jane Austen novel Pride & Prejudice?
Bennett
Churchill
Willoughby
Dashwood
2 Comments
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Level 62
Mar 26, 2021
There are five daughters in the family in Pride and Prejudice.
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Level 71
Mar 26, 2021
Quite correct and I've only seen the film about ten times.