Quiz Questions for w/e 9th Mar

1. What is the state capital of : a) California

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Sacramento

b) Ohio

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Columbus

c) Florida

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Tallahassee

d) Nevada

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Carson City

2. What were the Summer Olympic host cities for the following years: a) 1964

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Tokyo

b) 1984

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Los Angeles

c) 1992

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Barcelona

d) 1996

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Atlanta

3. Who were the “3 Tenors”?

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Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti

4. Chuck Yeager was the first man to break on October 14, 1947?

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the speed of sound

5. According to the nursery rhyme who “sat in the corner”?

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Little Jack Horner

6. Who won the best actress Oscar in this year’s ceremony [bonus for name of the film]?

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Meryl Streep

7. What is the chemical symbol of Tungsten?

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W

8. According to Wikipedia’s list of metropolitan areas by population - what is the largest city on earth, with a population of 32,450,000 ?

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Tokyo

9. Yogi Bear lives in which fictional National Park?

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Jellystone Park

10. On March 6th 2012 10 US States held Republican primaries - how was this day better know?

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Super Tuesday