Reader\'s Digest Canada - 10.2019

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  1. The three actors who
    starred as Magneto, Iron
    Man and Doctor Strange
    have all played what
    other character?

  2. So far, which has been
    the only FIFA World Cup
    host not to make it out
    of the group stage?

  3. Worldwide, which is
    the most commonly
    transplanted organ from
    living donors?

  4. What city elected
    Sadiq Khan, its first
    mayor from an ethnic
    minority, in 2016?

  5. The “Tina” in Tina Fey
    is short for what name?

  6. Who allegedly wrote
    the song “Golden Years”
    for Elvis Presley but ended
    up recording it himself?
    7. Who’s the only athlete
    who ever lit the cauldron
    for an Olympics and then
    won a gold medal at
    those same games?
    8. What French enter-
    tainer, activist and secret
    agent had a pet cheetah
    named Chiquita?
    9. Which country’s flag
    features an eagle eating
    a snake?
    10. In 1986, a U.S. court
    of appeals ruled that
    what magic-practising
    movement qualifies as
    a religion?
    11. Russia is the world’s
    largest country (by area),
    and its largest city (by
    population) is its capital.
    What’s the next largest
    country for which this
    is the case?
    12. What scientist chal-
    lenged church dogma
    but was nevertheless bur-
    ied in a Catholic cathedral
    in Frombork, Poland?
    13. Who dedicated Atlas
    Shrugged to both her hus-
    band and her boyfriend?
    14. The kiwi fruit is
    native to New Zealand.
    True or false?
    15. In 2016, a Pizza Hut
    in Dar es Salaam deliv-
    ered to the top of what
    mountain, thus setting
    a record for the highest-
    elevation pizza delivery?


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