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Monster Quiz 3
Q 1) What river is also known as the Isis for part of its length ? A) Thames B) Rhine C) Severn |
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Option A:- Thames UK The Thames through Oxford is sometimes called the Isis. Historically, and especially in Victorian times, gazetteers and cartographers insisted that the entire river was correctly named the Isis from its source down to Dorchester on Thames and that only from this point, where the river meets the Thame and becomes the "Thame-isis" (supposedly subsequently abbreviated to Thames) should it be so called. |
Q 2) This garment was one of the typical clothes of the Pre-Inca Culture around 500 B.C. In modern times it became a fashion item for warmth and to keep dry. What is the name?
A) Poncho B) Mac C) Sombrero |
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Option A:- Poncho Clint Eastwood famously wore a poncho as the lead character in each of the films he starred in for Sergio Leone (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly). This gave him a distinct. |
Q 3:- If you were catching a train to FD Roosevelt, Stalingrad and Louis Blanc, What city would you be in?
A) Rome B) Paris C) Madrid |
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Option B:- Paris: They are stations on the Paris Metro |
Q 4:- The Dolomites are mountains in what country?
A) Italy B) Scotland C) Switzerland |
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Option A:- Italy The Dolomites are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They form a part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley in the east. |
Q 5:- What makes the city of La Paz in Bolivia safe from fire?
A) Volunteer fire fighters B) Wet weather C) Altitude |
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Option C:- Altitude Too high in altitude - Not enough air to burn. |
Q 6:- In what area of Africa do the Kung San people live?
A) Zimbabwe B) Ivory Coast C) Botswana |
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Option C:- Botswana Kalahari Desert in Botswana - also known as the Bushmen |
Q 7:- Where could you find the Lutine Bell??
A) Lloyds of London B) Italian Parliament C) Brussels |
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Option A:- Lloyds of London The bell was salvaged from the wrecked British warship Lutine and hung in the insurance office of Lloyd's of London. It was traditionally rung before announcements of ships overdue or lost at sea. |
Q 8:- In June 1906, where was the world's first grand prix held?
A) Italy B) Chicago, USA C) France |
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Option C:- France Le Mans in France |
Q9:- What is the capital of Somalia
A) Mogadishu. B) Nairobi C) Mombasa |
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Option A:- Mogadishu Nairobi is the capital of Kenya and Mombasa is a city in a coast of Kenya |
Q 10:- Tallinn is the capital of what country?
A) Lithuania B) Latvia C) Estonia |
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Option C:- Estonia Estonia, a country in Northern Europe, borders the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland. It has a border with Latvia |
Q 11:- India ink or Indian Ink; is a simple black or colored ink. In what country did it originate A) India B) Pakistan C) China |
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Option C:- China It is believed that the process of making India ink was known in China as early as the middle of the 3rd millennium BC |
Q 12:- Where would you use "kwai-tsze", or "quick little fellows?
A) China B) Pakistan C) India |
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Option A:- China - Chopsticks |
Q13:- Punto Arenas International airport is in which South American country?
A) Peru B) Chile c) Brazil |
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Option B:- Chile Punta Arenas is a city near the tip of Chile's southern most Patagonia region. Located on the Strait of Magellan, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, it's often used as base for excursions to the surrounding wilderness and Antarctica. |
Q14:- Delta Airlines started out as the first crop-dusting outfit to battle what?
A):- Boll weevils. B):- Locusts C):- Thrips |
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Option A):- Boll weevils. Delta Air Lines began as a crop dusting operation called Huff Daland Dusters, Incorporated. The company was founded on May 30, 1924, in Macon, Georgia, and moved to Monroe, Louisiana, in 1925 |
Q15:- Barbara, Carignan, Cinsaut, and Nebbilo are verities of what?
A):- Olives B):- Italian wine grapes C):- Spanish oranges |
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Option B):- Italian wine grapes |
Q16:- What is the location of Sky Harbor international airport?
A):- Brevard County, Florida B):- Huntsville, Alabama C):- Phoenix, Arizona |
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Option C): Arizona, US. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is a civil-military public airport southeast of downtown Phoenix. It is Arizona's largest and busiest airport. |
Q17:- In Europe, what used to be called Arabian wine?
A):- Karkadeh B):- Coffee C):-: Arak |
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Option B):- Coffee Arabian wine, it has been said, is best enjoyed with biscotti or cigarettes. (That was before they knew the harmful effects of smoking) |
Q:- 18 The avocado, is believed to have originated where?
A)- Mexico B)- China C)- West Indies |
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Option A: In the state of Puebla, Mexico. The native, undomesticated variety is known as a Criollo. The fruit eventually made its way across the Atlantic when Spanish explorers were introduced to the avocado in the 16th century. By 1521, the fruit had spread through Central America and into parts of South America before being exported back to Europe by the Spanish and sold to other countries. |
Q:- 19 China has how many time zones?
A)- 5 B)- 3 C)- 1 . |
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Option C: China has only one time zone. The government requires all clocks throughout the country be synchronized with Beijing |
Q:-20 The English word "barbecue" and its cognates in other languages come from the word barbacoa. What language is it from?
A)- North American Cherokee B)- Canadian Inuit C)- Spanish |
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Option C):- Spanish The Origin of the Word Barbecue. Caribbean word barbacoa. Originally a barbacoa wasn't a way of cooking food but the name of a wooden structure used by Taino Indians to smoke their food. The Taíno were an Arawak people who were the indigenous people of the Caribbean and Florida. At the time of European contact in the late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Puerto Rico. |
Q:-21 You can travel around the world without leaving the borders of one American state. You can visit the towns of Paris, Columbia, Dover and Lebanon. What state?
A)- Ohio B)- California C)- Tennessee. |
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Option C: Tennessee. |
Q:-22 What European country uses its Latin Name, Helvetia, on its stamps?
A):- Monaco B):- Switzerland C):- Austria |
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Option B:- Switzerland. |
Q:- 23 French fried potatoes are believed to have been invented in what country?
A):- Belgium B):- France C):- The Netherlands |
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Option A:- Belgium The French fry—though indisputably a fry—may not actually be French. Some claim that fries originated in Belgium, where villagers along the River Meuse traditionally ate fried fish. In winter, when the river froze, the fish-deprived villagers fried potatoes instead. It’s said that this dish was discovered by American soldiers in Belgium during World War I and, since the dominant language of southern Belgium is French, they dubbed the tasty potatoes “French” fries. |
Q:-24) What floral symbol do the country of Peru and the state of Kansas have in common?
A):- Daisy B):- Sunflower C):- Floral wreath |
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Option B: The sunflower. In Peru, the Aztecs worshiped sunflowers, they placed sunflower images made of gold in their temples and crowned princesses in the bright yellow flowers The official nickname for Kansas is "The Sunflower State." The sunflower is also the official state flower of Kansas and appears on the state flag and the Kansas quarter. |
Q:- 25) Small seedless grapes called currants were named for their place of origin. Where was it?
A:- Corinth, Greece B:- Corrientes, Argentina C:- Coimbra, Portugal |
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Option A: Cornith, Greece. |
Q:- 26) In which country was the World Wide Web invented?
A):- Switzerland B):- USA C):- Israel |
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Option A: Switzerland. Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist. He was born in London, and his parents were early computer scientists, working on one of the earliest computers. After graduating from Oxford University, Berners-Lee became a software engineer at CERN the large particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland. Scientists come from all over the world to use its accelerators, but Sir Tim noticed that they were having difficulty sharing information. |
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