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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?
Aviator Jimmie Angel
Saint Angelo of Sicily
Angel's Hair Pasta
The Imagined hair of an Angel
2. The Volga River discharges into which body of water?
The Arctic Ocean
The Caspian Sea
The Black Sea
The North Sea
3. The State Capital of Kansas, USA is ?
Carson City
Topeka
Helena
Kansas City
4. Which planet in the Solar System revolves backwards compared to Earth?
Venus
Jupiter
Mercury
Neptune
5. Which Island is Brunei a part of?
New Guinea
Borneo
Java
Mindanao
6. Whose quote is "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read"?
Abraham Lincoln
Mark Twain
Winston Churchill
Oscar Wilde
7. Who made the famous and successful 'Midnight Ride' from Lexington to warn Concord of the advance of the British?
Samuel Prescott
Israel Bissell
William Dawes
Paul Revere
8. What is a 'Wombat'?
A Maori Weapon from New Zealand
A Tahitian Cocktail
An Asian Fruit Bat
An Australian Marsupial Animal
9. In which country was the composer and virtuoso pianist Chopin born?
Germany
Poland
Austria
Czechia
10. Bishkek is the capital of which country?
Azerbaijan
Uzbekistan
Bhutan
Kyrgyzstan
11. Cordelia, Regan and Goneril are characters from which Shakespeare play?
Macbeth
Richard III
King Lear
Hamlet
12. The top Coffee drinking Nation at 12 Kilo per person per year is?
Italy
Turkey
USA
Finland
13. How many 'Ribs' has a Frog?
6
8
2
None
14. 'B' is the periodic symbol for which Element?
Bromine
Barium
Beryllium
Boron
15. 'The Man in Black' .... the nickname for which performer?
Willie Nelson
Johnny Cash
Bruce Springsteen
Hank Williams
16. Which 'Children's Book' character is censored in China because it is said to resemble President Xi Jinping?
The Grinch
Paddington Bear
Winnie the Pooh
The Cat in the Hat
17. Which Nation holds the Athletic World Record for the 4 X 1mile relay at 15:49:08?
Ethiopia
Kenya
USA
Ireland
18. Which Canal is longest at 193 km (120 ml) ?
Kiel Canal
Suez Canal
Manchester Ship Canal
Panama Canal
19. What did the famous diarist Samuel Pepys bury in his garden during the 'Great Fire of London'?
An Ivory Statuette
3 pair of Leather Boots
A Parmesan Cheese
A Silver Tea Set
20. What is the 'Surname' of the family with 5 daughters in the Jane Austen novel Pride & Prejudice?
Churchill
Dashwood
Bennett
Willoughby
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Level 61
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.