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Worldly
Knowledge
1)Who
became the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations,
elected on December 11, 1981?
a)U Thant
b)Kurt Waldheim
c)Dag Hammarskjold
d)Javier Perez de Cuellar
e)Kofi Annan
2)What does
Joseph Stalin's last name translate to?
a)Stone Man
b)Commander
c)Man of Stone
d)1 & 3
e)Man of Steel
3)When did Orville
and Wilbur Wright make their first successful man-powered
airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina?
a)December 17, 1885
b)December 17, 1889
c)December 17, 1903
d)December 17, 1908
e)December 17, 1910
4)Who was Israel's
first Prime Minister?
a)Albert Einstein
b)David Ben Gurion
c)Golda Meir
d)Chaim Herzog
e)Menacham Begin
5)Translated
from the Italian 'bambino', what is it in English?
a)A drink of red wine with with an egg yolk
b)A little child
c)An image of the infant Jesus
d)Italian-style bread with raisins
e)2 and 3
6)Which world
structure will be 100 years old in 2031?
a)Empire State Building in NYC
b)United Nations building in NYC
c)Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
d)Suez Canal in Egypt
e)Panama Canal in Panama
7)Where did
the Bull Terrier originate, a cross between bulldogs
and terriers?
a)In Wales
b)In Scotland
c)In England
d)In France
e)In Portugal
8)What is a
'Kelpie'?
a)A Scottish delicacy
b)A deep-sea organism
c)An Australian sheepdog
d)A tree native to southern Africa
e)A Hawaiian girl
9)If a statue
in a park shows a rider on a horse and the horse has
all four legs on the ground, what does that statement
denote?
a)He was a safe rider
b)He died of natural causes
c)He died in battle
d)He died of wounds suffered in battle
e)He was at least a General
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10)What
will happen to the red colour of a Goldfish, when kept
in a dark room for a longer period of time?
a)It will turn white
b)It will turn blue
c)It will turn green
d)It will get rainbow colors
e)Silly question. It will remain red
11)How many
calories are being used to frown for two minutes?
a)12
b)17
c)23
d)49
e)90?
12)According
to the title of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous book,
what adjective describes Jay Gatsby?
a)Great
b)Intelligent
c)Funny
d)Ominous
e)Awesome
13)Britain's
Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson on July 23, 1986
at Westminster Abbey in London. When did the couple
divorce?
a)1992
b)1993
c)1994
d)1995
e)1996
14)Mario Puzo,
the creator of 'Godfather' died on July 2, 1999 at the
age of 78. Where?
a)New City, New York
b)Bayshore, Long Island, New York
c)Corleone, Sicily
d)Santa Barbara, California
e)Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
15)Which French
poet was the leader of the symbolist movement?
a)Paul Veraine
b)Picabia
c)Voltaire
d)Victor Hugo
e)Erich Maria Remarque
16)New Yorker
Frank A. Gunther, who died on May 24, 1999 at the age
of 91 had invented what?
a)The two-way CB radio
b)One-way radio for aircraft
c)Shortwave radio
d)FM radio
e)All of the above
17)Astronauts
Eugene A. Cernan, Thomas P. Stafford and John W. Young
blasted into space on May 18, 1969 aboard which spacecraft?
a)Apollo 8
b)Apollo 9
c)Apollo 10
d)Apollo 11
e)Apollo 12
18)Francis Harry
Compton Crick of Britain, who turned 82 on June 8, 1998,
is best known for what accomplishment?
a)He discovered the structure of DNA
b)He was first to circle the earth in a hot-air balloon
c)He was a champion race car driver for Daimler-Benz
d)He had been awarded the 'Victoria Cross' in WW II
e)He is a famous poet
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Answers
1.d, 2.e, 3.c, 4.b, 5.e, 6.a, 7.c, 8.c, 9.b, 10.a, 11.b,
12.a, 13.e, 14.b, 15.a, 16.e, 17.c, 18.a |
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