Statistics for General Knowledge #19

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Question	Answer	% Correct
In which year was US President John F. Kennedy assassinated?	1963	93%
Which big cat is said to be the fastest land mammal?	Cheetah	93%
What is the only country in the world today that still has an Emperor?	Japan	90%
What colour are the majority of balls on a snooker table at the start of a game?	Red	90%
Which city has previously been known as Petrograd and Leningrad?	St Petersburg	83%
‘Circle of Life’ and ‘Hakuna Matata‘ are songs from which Disney film?	The Lion King	83%
Norwegian Magnus Carlsen is an expert player of which game?	Chess	80%
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was better known by what pen name?	Mark Twain	80%
Professor Moriarty was the archenemy of which literary hero?	Sherlock Holmes	80%
Addis Ababa Is the capital of which African country?	Ethiopia	78%
Which element has the symbol Na and the atomic number 11?	Sodium	73%
In Andient Greek mythology, who was God of seas, storms and earthquakes?	Poseidon	71%
A Margarita cocktail contains triple sec and which other alcoholic ingredient?	Tequila	59%
Which 1992 Clint Eastwood western won the Oscar for Best Picture?	Unforgiven	54%
Which element was historically, and in literature, also known as ‘Brimstone’?	Sulfur	49%