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#213790 - Sun Feb 22 2004 01:08 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q18 Joseph Heller wrote Catch-22
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#213791 - Sun Feb 22 2004 01:52 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q83 Ralph Nader was the Green Party candidate for President of the United States in 1996 and 2000.
He just announced that he will run again in 2004, but as an independent, not as a Green.

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#213792 - Sun Feb 22 2004 04:22 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q8: Out of the four main islands that make up Japan, which is the largest, in terms of area?

Honshu
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#213793 - Sun Feb 22 2004 08:38 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q3 New Zealand


Edited by ASA (Sun Feb 22 2004 08:39 PM)
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#213794 - Sun Feb 22 2004 10:13 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q10. -40 degree C

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#213795 - Mon Feb 23 2004 02:23 AM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q77: Which is the national capital of Australia?

Canberra (NOT Sydney or Melbourne!).
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#213796 - Mon Feb 23 2004 04:08 AM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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All answers are correct.

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Great quiz, Harish!



Thanks!

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#213797 - Mon Feb 23 2004 04:24 AM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q65: Which famous Hanna-Barbara cartoon-character is named after the American baseball-player, Yogi Berra?


I'd take a stab in the dark at Yogi Bear?

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#213798 - Mon Feb 23 2004 04:46 AM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q31: Vinson Massif (5,140 m) is the highest point of which continent?

It's the highest point of Antarctica. Brrr.
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#213799 - Mon Feb 23 2004 10:13 AM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q71: In France, which country goes by the name 'Allemagne'?

England

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#213800 - Mon Feb 23 2004 01:13 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q14 - less than 4 each (Sorry don't know the exact numbers of Bovines and Rhinocerous against the numbers of Whales, Seals and Walruses (who (like others) don't have any))
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#213801 - Mon Feb 23 2004 01:42 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q25: Which is the only country with which Greenland is involved in a territorial dispute?

Canada – there is an uncontested dispute between Canada and Denmark (which is responsible for Greenland's external affairs) over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland (at least there is according to the fount of all knowledge, the CIA World Factbook).

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#213802 - Mon Feb 23 2004 01:50 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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>>>Q79:

Which novel, written around the year 1000 AD by a Japanese noble-woman, Murasaki Shikibu, is considered to be the first novel written in the world? <<<

"The Tale of Genji"
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#213803 - Mon Feb 23 2004 02:09 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q7- How many fingers on each hand (including thumb), do each of the characters on the television show "The Simpsons" have?

4 fingers (including thumb) on each hand


Homer Simpson
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#213804 - Mon Feb 23 2004 04:24 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Elf - Allemagne is Germany. England is Angleterre, UK is Royaume-Uni. (Vive le European Song Contest )
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#213805 - Mon Feb 23 2004 04:33 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q16: Which language has the maximum number of speakers world-wide?

That would be Mandarin Chinese (or whatever it's called in English ).
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#213806 - Mon Feb 23 2004 05:17 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q26: Which bay is located between Northern Spain and Western France?



The Bay of Biscay.
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#213807 - Mon Feb 23 2004 07:10 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Elf, Fosse is correct, 'Allemagne' is Germany, England is 'Angleterre'.

All others (except the one about bovine podia are correct).

Stew, I should let you know that the CIA Factbook was my source for thatquestions as well! Their page on Greenland is very interesting.

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#213808 - Mon Feb 23 2004 10:09 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q15 . 65536

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#213809 - Mon Feb 23 2004 11:53 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q33. 'BCC' stands for Blind Carbon Copy, and/or Blind Courtesy Copy.
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#213810 - Tue Feb 24 2004 12:21 AM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q12: In which city is the world's tallest building (508 m), scheduled for completion in 2004, located?

Taipei China Taipei 101 bulding
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#213811 - Tue Feb 24 2004 05:26 AM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q37: In the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the US acquired more than 2,000,000 sq. km. of land for US$ 15 million, from which country?

President Thomas Jefferson purchased the land from France.
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#213812 - Tue Feb 24 2004 09:43 AM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q21: From which Norse god does the word 'Thursday' have its origins?



Thor.
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#213813 - Tue Feb 24 2004 09:56 AM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q27: A. A. Milne is the creator of which famous fictitious bear?

Winnie the pooh
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#213814 - Tue Feb 24 2004 11:21 PM Re: 90 Trivia Questions
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Q14: How many legs do the vast majority of cows (free of significant genetic mutations, and not involved in any serious accidents) in the world have?

I will take a wild guess at 4.
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