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1.Which famous building has the address 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?
 
White House (Washington, D.C.)
2.The Cosa Nostra is an Italian Mafia organised crime syndicate originating in what region of Italy?
 
Sicily
3.Of which country is Avianca the flag-carrying airline?
 
Colombia (Aerovías Nacionales de Colombia S.A.)
4.If it takes two typists to type 2 pages in two minutes, how many typists will it take to type 18 pages in six minutes?
 
6 (Each typist types ½ page per minute.)
5."Namaste" is a respectful form of greeting associated with what religion?
 
Hinduism
6.1. George Washington - 2. John Adams - 3. Thomas Jefferson. What number is Barack Obama?
 
44
7.Popular in the first half of the twentieth century, what 'H' describes this type of hat?
 
Homburg
8.Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa is the longest-serving current prime minister in the world, having been in office since 1970 in which country?
 
Bahrain
9.What does the acronym ANZAC stand for?
 
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
10.An internationally recognised business management degree, what does the 'A' in MBA stand for?
 
Administration (Master of Business Administration)
11.In centimetres, what is the diameter of a standard CD or DVD?
 
12
12.How many U.S. states begin with the letter A?
 
4 (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas)
13.How many yards are there in a chain?
 
22
14.What name is given to the cabin below an airship?
 
Gondola
15.Who is Greece's current Minister of Finance?
 
Yanis Varoufakis
16.What mode of transport gets its original name from the Latin word meaning "for all"?
 
Bus / Omnibus

17.What was the currency of Austria before it was replaced by the Euro between 1999 and 2002?
 
Austrian Schilling (Österreichischer Schilling)
18.The name of what French daily newspaper translates into English as "The World"?
 
Le Monde
19.To be President or Vice President of the United States, a person must be at least what age?
 
35
20."Shepherd One" is the international call sign given to any aircraft carrying who?
 
The Pope
21.In Greek mythology, what 'A' is the mortal god of beauty and desire?
 
Adonis (Aphrodite is the goddess of love, lust and beauty)
22.What 'B' can be the name of a card game, or a French manufacturer of fine crystal glassware?
 
Baccarat
23.Which country has the largest population of native Puerto Ricans?
 
United States (4.8 million compared to 3.5 million in Puerto Rico)
24.What popular game features a character named "Boddy" in North America and "Black" in most other English speaking countries?
 
Clue / Cluedo
25.What 'L' describes the short or knee-length leather breeches worn as traditional garments in German-speaking countries?
 
Lederhosen
26.Which is the odd one out: Declan MacManus, Archibald Leach, John Ritchie, or Gordon Sumner?
 
Archibald Leach (Elvis Costello, Cary Grant, Sid Vicious, Sting. Actor. The rest are musicians. )
27.Black Ops, Modern Warfare, and Vanguard are among the subtitles of what video game franchise?
 
Call of Duty
28.Red, green, and blue are the primary light colours. What three primary colours are normally used in printing?
 
Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow
29.Solve the arithmetic below, answering in Roman numerals:
(CM+XL)-(CD+XC)=???
 
CDL ((900+40)-(400+90)=450)
30.What 'R' means to obscure or remove sensitive information from a document prior to publication or release?
 
Redact
31.What is your star sign if you were born on Christmas Day?
 
Capricorn (December 22 - January 20)
32.The first prime number is 2. What is the ninth?
 
23 (2 3 5 7 11 13 17 19 23)

33.How many white stripes are there on the flag of the United States?
 
6 (plus 7 red; 13 stripes in total)
34.Who is the incumbent President of the Philippines?
 
Benigno Aquino III
35.What 'C' is an ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger?
 
Cubit
36.In poker, what 'H' describes a card dealt to a player face down, hidden to everyone at the table except for the player to which it was dealt?
 
Hole card (giving rise to the phrase "ace in the hole")
37.Meaning "instrument of thought" in sanskrit, what 'M' is the term used in Hinduism and Buddhism to describe a repeated word or sound used as an aid to concentration?
 
Mantra
38.What 'M' is the term used to describe a single name by which a person or thing is known. For example; Akihito, Björk, Madonna, Plato.
 
Mononym
39.What D-Day landing beach is also the name of a U.S. state?
 
Utah
40.If you were shoving an aglet through an eyelet, what are you most likely to be doing?
 
Tying shoelaces
41.If you were a chalkie in Australia, what would you be?
 
Teacher
42.Which of these festivals comes last in a Gregorian calendar year?
A. Diwali
B. Passover
C. Ramadan
D. Vesākha
 
A. Diwali (A. October B. March/April C. May/June D. May)
43.In the board game Monopoly, what is the total number of Chance and Community Chest squares?
 
Six (3 of each)
44.According to Christian ethics, how many deadly sins are there?
 
7 (Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Pride, Lust, Envy, and Gluttony)
45.What is written immediately above the word 'ONE' in the centre of the back of a U.S. one dollar bill?
 
IN GOD WE TRUST
46.What country's monarchs are Prince Phillipe and Queen Mathilde?
 
Belgium
47.How many cards are there in a standard tarot pack?
 
78
48.What is twelve cubed?
 
1728
49.Which one of these is the odd one out: Albert Einstein, Leonardo De Vinci, John F Kennedy, or Marco Polo? [disregarding nationality]
 
Albert Einstein (the others have airports named after them - Rome, New York, and Venice)
50.What denomination of U.S. banknote depicts Ulysses S. Grant on its obverse side?
 
50


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