| General Knowledge Questions - Set 10
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1. What European capital city stands on
the River Tiber? Rome
2.
Who was disqualified and stripped of his gold medal for the 100 metres at
the 1988 Olympic Games? Ben
Johnson
3.
What American author wrote the classics "East of Eden", "Of Mice and Men"
and "The Grapes of Wrath"? John Steinbeck
4.
In which US State is Kilauea, the world's most active volcano? Hawaii
5.
In distance, which planet is sixth furthest from the Sun? Saturn
6.
What is the well known Japanese word for "empty orchestra"?
Karaoke
7.
What is the official name of the bottom 9 miles (15 KM) of the Earth's
atmosphere? Troposphere
8.
Anubis is the god of funerals who transports the souls of the dead to the
other world in which ancient civilization? Egyptian
9.
What is the chemical symbol for Potassium? K
10.
Which renaissance artist painted Primavera and The Birth of Venus?
Botticelli
11. The island of Bahrain is connected by
a causeway to which country? Saudi Arabia
12.
What country's flag (bizarrely) has a garden hoe and a Kalashnikov rifle
inside a star? Mozambique
13.
Which Italian author published Pinocchio in 1880? Carlo Collodi
14.
Which scientist published the ground breaking book "Principia Mathematica"
in the 17th Century? Isaac
Newton
15.
Who was the last Tsar of Russia, who was murdered along with all his
family by Bolshevik guards? Nicholas II
16.
What is the more common name for ascorbic acid? Vitamin C
17.
In computing, what does RAM stand for? Random Access Memory
18.
By area, what is the largest country in Africa? Sudan
19.
What American band have released the albums "Out of Time" and "Automatic
for the People"? R.E.M.
20.
Which country won the football World Cup in 1934 and 1938? Italy
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