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1. What is the capital of Mongolia? Darhan Ulan Bator Ulaangom Bulgan

2. What is the only song to hit the top of the U.S charts twice (hint: two years between the first and second occasion)? The Twist La Bamba That'll Be the Day American Pie

3. What is the oldest national park in the world? Kakadu Yosemite Yellowstone Galapagos Islands

4. Whose assassination was the trigger for the commencement of World War I? Archduke Franz Ferdinand Gavrilo Princip Czar Nicholas 1 Leopold von Berchtold

5. What animals does a hippophobe fear? horses crocodile hippopotamus cows

6. Who took the first space walk? John Glenn Yuri Gagarin Alexei Leonov Alan Shepard

7. Who played the murderous neighbor 'across the way' in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rear Window'? Edward.G.Robinson Orson Welles Raymond Burr Howard Keel

8. Who was the first person to reach the South Pole? Roald Amundsen Robert.E.Perry Robert Falcon Scott Jorg Utzon

9. What animal has the longest lifespan in captivity? Hippopotamus Elephant The Giant Tortoise Crocodile

10. What game is played with a flat stick called a kip? Two-up Baccarat Tiddly winks Rounders

11. What country produces Rioja wines? Germany Italy Spain Hungary

12. Who was Time's 'Man of the Year' for 1939 and 1942? Adolf Hitler Gandhi Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin

13. Who financed Howard Carter's expeditions into the valley of the kings which eventually turned up the tomb of 'the boy king'? Earl of Spencer Lord Haw Haw Lord Carnarvon Lord Chamberlain

14. Whose gang was the target of the St Valentines Day Massacre in 1929? 'Machine Gun' Jack McGurn George 'Bugs' Moran Dion O'Bannion 'Greasy Thumb' Jack Guzik

15. What is the largest country in Africa by area? Algeria Zaire South Africa Sudan

16. What is the most populous city in North America? New York Chicago Los Angeles Mexico City

17. How much does Mayfair cost in a Monopoly game? $400 $300 $500 $600

18. Who proclaimed 'Peace is at hand' ? Winston Churchill Henry Kissinger Emporer Hirohito Joseph Stalin

19. In the movie 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory', who played Charlie? Roy Kinnear Jack Albertson Leonard Stone Peter Ostrum

20. Which of the following countries is the largest in area? Italy Great Britain Poland Norway