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Question (1) Who does Jim Carrey play in the 1994 film The Mask?
Answer:- Stanley Ipkiss.
Question (2) Which British Formula 1 racing driver survived a Learjet crash in May
2000?
Answer:- David Coulthard.
Question (3) Which city hosted the 1980 Olympic Games?
Answer:- Moscow.
Question (4) Which female singer had a hit single with the song What a Girl Wants?
Answer:- Christina.
Question (5) Which continent has the larger land mass: Antarctica or South America?
Answer:- South America.
Question (6) Of what is malocology the scientific study?
Answer:- Molluscs.
Question (7) What is the more common name for the medical condition nyctalopia?
Answer:- Night blindness.
Question (8) Which US Civil War general led his famous march to the sea?
Answer:- Sherman.
Question (9) At which US nuclear plant did a nuclear accident occur in 1979?
Answer:- Three Mile Island.

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Question (10) How was the second emperor of Rome, Claudius Nero Caesar, better
known?
Answer:- Tiberius.
Question (11) The statue Christ of the Andes stands on the border between Argentina and
which
other
country?
Answer:- Chile.
Question (12) Of which country is Sofia the capital?
Answer:- Bulgaria.
Question (13) What is meant by the musical term andante?
Answer:- At a moderate tempo.
Question (14) Which saints day falls on 17 March?
Answer:- Patrick.
Question (15) Which is the worlds largest dry desert?
Answer:- Sahara.
Question (16) Which Christian festival is celebrated on 6 January?
Answer:- Epiphany.
Question (17) To which king is the Book of Proverbs in the Old Testament traditionally
ascribed?
Answer:- Solomon.
Question (18) Which sign of the zodiac governs the period from 23 July to 22 August?
Answer:- Leo.
Question (19) A luge is a type of what?
Answer:- Racing toboggan.
Question (20) Which four-times World Superbike Champion announced his retirement in
2000?
Answer:- Carl Fogarty.
Question (21) What name is given to the dried excrement of fisheating birds, used as a
fertilizer?
Answer:- Guano.
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Question (22) During which war was the 1970 film Darling Lili set?
Answer:- World War I
Question (23) What is the colour of the ball worth one point in the game of snooker?
Answer:- Red.
Question (24) What is the derived SI unit of electrical capacitance?
Answer:- Farad.
Question (25) What does the legal term caveat emptor mean?
Answer:- Let the buyer beware.
Question (26) Who was the first actress to receive two Oscars before the age of 30?
Answer:- Jodie Foster.
Question (27) Which large triangular muscle covering the shoulder serves to raise the arm
laterally?
Answer:- Deltoid.
Question (28) What was the pen-name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens?
Answer:- Mark Twain.
Question (29) Who was the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England?
Answer:- Catherine.
Question (30) Which actors childhood nickname was Tootsie?
Answer:- Dustin Hoffman.
Question (31) What name is given to 15 July, which is supposed to set the weather for 40
days thereafter?
Answer:- St Swithins Day.
Question (32) On which day of the week did New Years Day fall in 2007?
Answer:- Monday.
Question (33) On which island is the poet Rupert Brooke buried?
Answer:- Skyros.
Question (34) Which is the worlds second largest desert?
Answer:- Australian.

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Question (35) In which Middle Eastern country is the Roman city of Jerash?
Answer:- Jordan.
Question (36) In which European country is the ski resort of Solden?
Answer:- Austria.
Question (37) Naim Suleymanoglu from Turkey is a top name in which sport?
Answer:- Weightlifting.
Question (38) Which number lies between seven and eight on a dartboard?
Answer:- 16
Question (39) Which US director made the films Carrie, Scarface and The Untouchables?
Answer:- Brian De Palma.
Question (40) In which athletics event did Bob Beamon hold the world record for 23
years?
Answer:- Long jump.
Question (41) Which female French singer is best known for the song Non, Je Ne Regrette
Rien?
Answer:- Edith Piaf.
Question (42) What would you find in a formicary?
Answer:- Ants.
Question (43) Which Greek millionairess died in 1989 in Argentina?
Answer:- Christina Onassis.
Question (44) What sort of creature is a flying fox?
Answer:- Fruit-bat.
Question (45) Who composed the music for Hark the Herald Angels Sing?
Answer:- Mendelssohn.
Question (46) Which composer wrote Orpheus in the Underworld and The Tales of
Hoffmann?
Answer:- Offenbach.
Question (47) What is the name of the brown pigment made from the ink of cuttlefish?
Answer:- Sepia.

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Question (48) Which constellation includes Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky?
Answer:- Canis Major.
Question (49) What was the legendary capital of King Arthurs kingdom?
Answer:- Camelot.
Question (50) Which region of Canada comprises the districts of Mackenzie, Keewatin and
Franklin?
Answer:- North West Territories.

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