Statistics for General Knowledge #07

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who was President of the United States during the US Civil War?	Abraham Lincoln	86%
Who, in 2005, became the first woman to be elected chancellor of Germany?	Angela Merkel	86%
‘I'll Be There for You’ by The Rembrandts was the theme to which US sit-com?	Friends	79%
"To be, or not to be" is a phrase from a soliloquy in which Shakespeare play?	Hamlet	79%
Ursus maritimus is the scientific nomenclature for which type of bear?	Polar bear	71%
The word smörgåsbord derives from the words ‘sandwich’ & ‘table’ in which language?	Swedish	71%
Which word denotes food meeting strict dietary standards in traditional Jewish law?	Kosher	64%
Which city hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics?	London	64%
Which group of arthropods derive their name from the Latin for ‘thousand feet’?	Millipedes	64%
Fenway Park, the oldest active Major League ballpark, is located in which US city?	Boston	57%
The Caribbean island of Hispaniola is shared by Haiti and which other country?	Dominican Republic	50%
Potting which colour ball in snooker earns a player three points?	Green	50%
Millinery is the name given to the design, manufacture and sale of what items?	Hats	50%
Which American singer-songwriter was awarded the Novel Prize for Literature in 2016 "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.”?	Bob Dylan	43%
In which 2004 Martin Scorsese film did Leonardo DiCaprio play Howard Hughes?	The Aviator	43%