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"Difficult general quiz encompassing all things trivial and some not so trivial."


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


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?
    Yellowstone
    Gallapagos islands
    Yosemite
    Kakadu


4. Whose assasination was the trigger for the commencement of World War one?
    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?
    Alexei Leonov
    Alan Shepard
    Yuri Gargarin
    John Glenn


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


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


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
    Spain
    Hungary
    Germany


12. Who was Time's man of the year for 1939 and 1942?
    Ghandi
    Adolf Hitler
    Joseph Stalin
    Winston Churchill


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


14. Who's gang was the target of the St Valentines day massacre in 1929?
    'Greasy Thumb' Jack Guzik
    'Machine Gun'Jack McGurn
    George 'Bugs' Moran
    Dion o'Bannion


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
    Mexico City
    Los Angeles
    Chicago


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


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


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?
    Norway
    Poland
    Italy
    Great Britain


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