Statistics for General Knowledge #02

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Which character, created in 1928, is the mascot of The Walt Disney Company?	Mickey Mouse	94%
Which element has the chemical symbol H and the atomic number 1?	Hydrogen	88%
In what sport would competitors use a shuttlecock?	Badminton	84%
Who won Best Actor Oscars for Philadelphia (1993) and Forest Gump (1994)?	Tom Hanks	84%
What type of poetry, originally from Japan, traditionally consists of 17 syllables?	Haiku	81%
Emperor, King, Chinstrap and Macaroni are all species of which type of bird?	Penguin	72%
Which British monarch had their coronation in 1838?	Queen Victoria	72%
Mick Jagger has been the lead singer of which rock group since 1962?	The Rolling Stones	72%
Which Russian, in 1961, became the first human to travel into outer space?	Yuri Gagarin	72%
Who was the first President of the United States of America to resign?	Richard Nixon	69%
Who wrote Around The World In 80 Days and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea?	Jules Verne	63%
Which mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, was bought by Elvis Presley in 1957?	Graceland	59%
Which British show, broadcast since 1960, is the world’s longest-running TV soap opera?	Coronation Street	53%
Which is the smallest of Australia’s six states?	Tasmania	47%
What corkscrew-shaped variety of pasta, is often known as ‘rotini’ in the USA?	Fusilli	38%