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Multiple Choice - General Knowledge 2

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1. The World's highest waterfall - Angel Falls in Venezuela (807 m (2,648 ft), was named for what?
Saint Angelo of Sicily
Angel's Hair Pasta
The Imagined hair of an Angel
Aviator Jimmie Angel
2. The Volga River discharges into which body of water?
The Black Sea
The Arctic Ocean
The North Sea
The Caspian Sea
3. The State Capital of Kansas, USA is ?
Helena
Topeka
Kansas City
Carson City
4. Which planet in the Solar System revolves backwards compared to Earth?
Jupiter
Mercury
Neptune
Venus
5. Which Island is Brunei a part of?
Mindanao
New Guinea
Borneo
Java
6. Whose quote is "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read"?
Oscar Wilde
Mark Twain
Winston Churchill
Abraham Lincoln
7. Who made the famous and successful 'Midnight Ride' from Lexington to warn Concord of the advance of the British?
Samuel Prescott
Paul Revere
William Dawes
Israel Bissell
8. What is a 'Wombat'?
A Tahitian Cocktail
A Maori Weapon from New Zealand
An Asian Fruit Bat
An Australian Marsupial Animal
9. In which country was the composer and virtuoso pianist Chopin born?
Austria
Poland
Czechia
Germany
10. Bishkek is the capital of which country?
Bhutan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Azerbaijan
11. Cordelia, Regan and Goneril are characters from which Shakespeare play?
Macbeth
Hamlet
King Lear
Richard III
12. The top Coffee drinking Nation at 12 Kilo per person per year is?
Turkey
Finland
USA
Italy
13. How many 'Ribs' has a Frog?
6
2
8
None
14. 'B' is the periodic symbol for which Element?
Beryllium
Bromine
Boron
Barium
15. 'The Man in Black' .... the nickname for which performer?
Bruce Springsteen
Willie Nelson
Hank Williams
Johnny Cash
16. Which 'Children's Book' character is censored in China because it is said to resemble President Xi Jinping?
Paddington Bear
The Cat in the Hat
Winnie the Pooh
The Grinch
17. Which Nation holds the Athletic World Record for the 4 X 1mile relay at 15:49:08?
USA
Kenya
Ireland
Ethiopia
18. Which Canal is longest at 193 km (120 ml) ?
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Kiel Canal
Manchester Ship Canal
19. What did the famous diarist Samuel Pepys bury in his garden during the 'Great Fire of London'?
3 pair of Leather Boots
A Parmesan Cheese
A Silver Tea Set
An Ivory Statuette
20. What is the 'Surname' of the family with 5 daughters in the Jane Austen novel Pride & Prejudice?
Bennett
Dashwood
Churchill
Willoughby
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3 Comments
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Level 66
Mar 26, 2021
There are five daughters in the family in Pride and Prejudice.
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Level 71
Mar 26, 2021
Quite correct and I've only seen the film about ten times.
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Level 66
May 4, 2025
And their surname is BENNET, not Bennett.