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Piece of Cake

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1. Captain Edward J. Smith, who drowned at sea, was best known as the skipper of which 'unsinkable' ship?

  SS Normandie
  Gertie Gitana
  Aquitania
  Titanic
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2. Which Greek philosopher theorised on the immortality and reincarnation of the soul? He is best remembered for a very famous geometric theory involving a triangle.

  Socrates
  Plato
  Pythagoras
  Aristotle
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3. British surgeon Sir Robert Jones (1857-1933) first described what is known as a Jones fracture on which patient?

  Richard Nixon
  Prince Charles
  Himself
  Roger Federer
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4. Gerardus Mercator, James Cook, and David Thompson were all known for this activity. What was it?

  Cooking
  Juggling
  Sky diving
  Map-making
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5. One of the earliest known typed literary works, whose "Life on the Mississippi" was presented to his publisher as a typed manuscript?

  Henry James
  O. Henry
  Mark Twain
  Charles Dickens
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6. In 1966, John Lennon caused a great deal of controversy when he said that his band The Beatles had become more popular than whom?

  Beethoven
  Elvis
  Jesus
  Queen Elizabeth II
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7. Which Montgomery is a four-time Academy Award nominee who starred in "From Here to Eternity" and "Judgment at Nuremberg"?

  Montgomery Montgomery
  Montgomery Burns
  Montgomery Clift
  Montgomery Python
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8. Ulysses S. Grant became a general, and commanded all troops (on his side), in which war?

  Mexican-American War
  WWI
  War of 1812
  U.S. Civil War
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9. American singer Patti, English guitarist Jimmy and American actress Geraldine all share which surname?

  Page
  Johnson
  Adams
  Roberts
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10. Which of these countries had monarchs with these names in this order: Christian, Frederick, Christian, Frederick, Christian, Frederick, Christian, Frederick, Christian, Frederick, Christian, Frederick, Christian, Frederick, Margrethe?

  France
  Poland
  Ireland
  Denmark