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Question 1

Which artificial waterway connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea?

Accepted Answer

Suez Canal

Answer

Corinth Canal

Answer

Kiel Canal

Answer

Panama Canal

Question 2

Which European traveller's accounts describe the court of Kublai Khan in China?

Accepted Answer

Marco Polo

Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Answer

Christopher Columbus

Answer

Vasco da Gama

Question 3

Which Shakespeare character demands a pound of flesh as security for a loan?

Accepted Answer

Shylock

Answer

Iago

Answer

Malvolio

Answer

Polonius

Question 4

Which group released the hit song “Money, Money, Money” in 1976?

Accepted Answer

ABBA

Answer

Boney M.

Answer

Bee Gees

Answer

Fleetwood Mac

Question 5

Which spice traditionally gives Spanish paella its distinctive golden-yellow colour?

Accepted Answer

Saffron

Answer

Cumin

Answer

Paprika

Answer

Turmeric

Question 6

What colour does tonic water glow under an ultraviolet lamp?

Accepted Answer

Blue

Answer

Green

Answer

Purple

Answer

Orange

Question 7

Which mountain range is the native home of the cinchona tree?

Accepted Answer

Andes

Answer

Atlas Mountains

Answer

Himalayas

Answer

Alps

Question 8

Who wrote The Painted Veil, set during a cholera epidemic in China?

Accepted Answer

W. Somerset Maugham

Answer

Graham Greene

Answer

D. H. Lawrence

Answer

E. M. Forster

Question 9

Which 1494 treaty divided newly claimed overseas lands between Spain and Portugal?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer

Treaty of Westphalia

Answer

Treaty of Zaragoza

Answer

Treaty of Utrecht

Question 10

Who played the title role in the 1998 comedy Dr. Dolittle?

Accepted Answer

Eddie Murphy

Answer

Mike Myers

Answer

Jim Carrey

Answer

Robin Williams