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General Knowledge 1 (Age: 18+)

	1) What country is home to Olympic Airways?
	a	Greece
	b	Holland
	c	France
	d	England
	2) What objects does the hand imitate in the children's game ick-ack-ock?
	a	Ball, bat, and net
	b	Paper, Stone, and scissors
	c	Sun, moon and stars
	d	Pen, paper, and ruler
	3) What country was the most heavily bombed in the Vietnam War?
	a	China
	b	Malaysia
	c	Cambodia
	d	Thailand
	4) What South American country has the world’s highest golf course?
	a	Peru
	b	Mexico
	c	Chile
	d	Brazil
	5) What country includes North Islands, South Island and Stewart and Chatham islands?
	a	Greece
	b	Spain
	c	Finland
	d	New Zealand
	6) What are the two hottest months at the equator?
	a	June and July
	b	August and January
	c	March and September
	d	December and May
	7) Who is the only player on a field hockey team who’s allowed to kick the ball?
	a	The goaltender
	b	The right back
	c	The left back
	d	The centre half
	8) Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was alive?
	a	Great Pyramid of Cheops
	b	Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
	c	Mausolem at Halicamassus
	d	The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
	9) What children’s toy was named after Theodore Roosevelt?
	a	The doll
	b	The Teddy Bear
	c	The rocking horse
	d	The puppet
	10) What’s the name of Snoopy’s secretary?
	a	Pepermint Patty
	b	Charlie Brown
	c	Woodstock
	d	Franklin
	11) What’s the Red Planet?
	a	Mars
	b	Jupiter
	c	Uranus
	d	Pluto
	12) How many plays did William Shakespeare write?
	a	23
	b	35
	c	37
	d	83
	13) How many astronauts manned each Apollo flight?
	a	3
	b	4
	c	5
	d	6
	14) What do frogs have in their mouths that toads don’t?
	a	saliva
	b	tongue
	c	taste buds
	d	teeth
	15) What is Africa’s second-longest river?
	a	Buffalo River
	b	The Zaire
	c	Chinko River
	d	Ivindo River
	16) What must a Mensa member be?
	a	an athlete
	b	a plumber
	c	a genius
	d	a publican
	17) What is the world’s longest mountain range?
	a	Andes
	b	Alps
	c	Pennines
	d	Lemhi
	18) What planet travels around the Sun every 248 years?
	a	Saturn
	b	Pluto
	c	Mercury
	d	Mars
	19) How old is a town celebrating it's sesquicentennial?
	a	120 years
	b	130 years
	c	140 years
	d	150 years
	20) What two countries are linked by the Simpson Pass?
	a	Switzerland and Italy
	b	France and Germany
	c	Norway and Sweden
	d	Canada and America

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