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TESTYOURGENERALKNOWLEDGEErnest5. Ostrich – up to 96.6 km/h. 4. Paul McCar tney.3. Pluto. 2. JJ Lin. 1. ANSWERS: Five. 11. Mexico. 10. John the Baptist. 9. Jules Verne. 8. 16. 7. Femur (thighbone).6. Hemingway.Marie-Antoinette.15. Three.14 .. TrekStarfrom SpockMr13.). Coleoptera(order Beetles12.- Which Singaporean singer
released the album Message in a
Bottle in December, 2017? 1 point - In 2015, the New Horizons space
probe found a heart-shaped pool of
poison ice on what planet? 1 point - Unusually, who played lead guitar
on the Beatles’ ‘Taxman’? 1 point - What is the fastest land two-
legged animal? 1 point - Who gave a copy of his novel
A Farewell to Arms to James Joyce
with all of the censored swear words
written back in? 2 points - What is the largest
bone in the human
body? 1 point - What is the square
rootof256?1 point
8.IgorSikorsky,creator
oftheworld’sfirstmass-
producedhelicopter,
saidhewasinspiredby
ClipperoftheClouds, a
novelbywhatauthor?
2 points
- In the Bible, King Herod’s
stepdaughter demanded whose
head on a platter, inspiring
paintings by Caravaggio and a host
of other masters? 2 points - Salsa made from tomatoes,
white onions and fresh coriander
is sometimes called salsa bandera
(flag sauce) because it features
the same colours as which
country’s flag? 2 points - How many rings make
up the symbol of the Olympic
Games? 1 point
12. What’s the largest
order of insects,
accounting for more
than a quarter of all
known animal species?
2 points
13.WhichTV
charactersaid,“Live
longandprosper”?
1 point
14.Howmanyquarks
arethereina proton?
1 point
16-20 Gold medal 11-15 Silver medal 6-10 Bronze medal 0-5 Wooden spoon- There’s no hard proof
that she said “Let them
eat cake”, nor that she
introduced croissants to
Paris from Vienna, but
who does legend credit
with both? 1 point
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