2020-03-01 Reader\'s Digest AUNZ

TRIVIA

The Genius Section

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1.In 2016, whichnation’sAichi

prefecture announceditwashiring

six full-time ninjastohelppromote

tourism? 1 point

2.In a nod to a dystopiannovelby

Ray Bradbury, whichHTTPstatus

code can be usedforwebsites

blocked for legal reasons? 2 points

3.Which multinationalbeverage

corporation’s CEO,IndraNooyi,

pushed it towardshealthier

offerings before shestepped

down in 2018? 1 point

4.Who won the NobelPeace

Prize in 1978 andthusbecam

the first Muslim laureate?

2 points

5.By population,what’s

the largest nationalcapital

located in the Southern

Hemisphere? 2 points

6.Which Americanfounding

father inspired Lin-

Manuel Mirandato

write a record-breaking

musical?1 point

7.Whattitleissharedbyfamous

sculpturesbyAugusteRodinand

ConstantinBrancusi?2 points

8.Accordingtotheoldproverb,

towhichEuropeancapitalcitydo

all roadslead?1 point

9.Undermostcircumstances,

it isagainstthelawtohavea glass

ofshiraz(oranyotheralcoholic

drink)inShiraz.Whichcountry

isthiscityin?2 points

10.WhatcomposerwroteBoléro,

whichearnedanestimated

7 millioninroyaltiesbefore

ecamepublicdomainin

016?2 points

11.AccordingtoBiblicallore,

whatinnocentshepherdwas

theworld’sfirstmurder

victim?1 point

12.Aformercombat

instructorintheIsraeli

DefenceForce,Gal

Gadotnowplaysa

comic-booksuperhero.

Whichone?2 points

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Test Your General Knowledge

13. Besides those in
    captivity, all penguins
    live in Antarctica. True
    or false? 1 point

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