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YY's General Knowledge - Multiple Choice #8
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1.
The play "A Streetcar named Desire" by Tennessee Williams is set in which US city ?
San Francisco
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New Orleans
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Nashville
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New York
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2.
Until his death in 1986, Phil Lynott was the lead singer and bass guitarist of which band ?
Def Leppard
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AC / DC
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Blue Oyster Cult
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Thin Lizzy
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3.
Mparntwe is the indigenous name for which Australian town ?
Townsville
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Coober Pedy
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Alice Springs
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Cloncurry
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4.
What make of car did James Dean hit in his Porsche during his fatal crash ?
1950 Ford
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1949 Mercury
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1951 Chevrolet
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1948 Buick
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5.
Roughly how many known species of bees are there ?
8,000
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12,000
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16,000
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20,000
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6.
Grytviken on the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia was once the largest centre of which industry ?
Tin Mining
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Stone Quarrying
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Whaling
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Oil Exploration
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7.
The "Darwin Awards" are tongue in cheek awards given for what acheivement ?
Discovery of new species
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Recognising a significant evolutionary pattern
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Killing oneself through stupidity
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Saving lives through bravery
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8.
Until its extinction in 1662, the Dodo was endemic to which island nation ?
Mauritius
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Maldives
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Seychelles
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Comoros
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9.
George Best Airport serves which UK city ?
Glasgow
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Cardiff
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Newcastle
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Belfast
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10.
The RMD Canal helps to connect the North Sea with which body of water ?
Baltic Sea
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Black Sea
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Mediterranean Sea
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Adriatic Sea
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11.
The 9th Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, was born in which US state ?
Idaho
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Alaska
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Montana
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Wyoming
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12.
Besides his acting career, Omar Sharif was a world class player of which game ?
Backgammon
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Croquet
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Poker
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Bridge
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13.
Pizza Hut has over 18 thousand outlets worldwide, but where was the first ?
Wichita, Kansas
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Newark, New Jersey
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Portland, Oregon
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14.
According to the 1958 film what was "Ice Cold in Alex" ?
Ice Cream
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Weather
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Water
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Beer
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15.
Nickleback wants a star on Hollywoods Walk of Fame between James Dean and which other star ?
James Cagney
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Marilyn Monroe
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Cher
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Elizabeth Taylor
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