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

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? Czar Nicholas 1 Archduke Franz Ferdinand Gavrilo Princip Leopold von Berchtold

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 'Greasy Thumb' Jack Guzik Dion O'Bannion George 'Bugs' Moran

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

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

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

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

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

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