Quiz Questions for w/e 2nd Mar
1. New York City is made up of 5 boroughs - which one is missing from this list : The Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island
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Brooklyn
2. Where were the Winter Olympic games held in the following years [ i’ll accept country if you can’t remember town\city names]: a) 2006 b) 2010 a)
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Turin, Italy
b)
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Vancouver, Canada
3. Which Australian soprano was born Helen Porter Mitchell?
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Dame Nellie Melba
4. Who was the first US astronaut to go into space?
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Alan B Shepard
5. Which band had a hit album with “appetite for destruction”?
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Guns 'n' Roses
6. Which movie won the best picture award in this year’s (84th) Oscars?
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The Artist
7. What chemical element has the symbol Cu?
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Copper
8. What is the Spanish name for Spain?
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España
9. What is the name of the town in which the Flintstones live?
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Bedrock
10. On 2nd march 1995 which British trader was arrested for his role in the collapse of the British bank Barings?
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Nick Leeson