Mastermind Club
Quiz 2024 - 8
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General Knowledge
Set by Mel Kinsey
Answers
1/ The witch Ursula is the antagonist of which 1989 Disney film?
The Little Mermaid
2/ Which North African country has the internet domain code, .dz?
Algeria
3/ Which female voice range falls between Soprano and Contralto
Mezzo soprano
4/ Who in June 2012 became the fifth, and first democratically elected. President of Egypt -he was removed from office just over a year later?
Mohamed Morsi
5/ Which river forms Namibia´s southern border with South Africa?
Orange River
6/ Which American actor played Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network?
Jesse Eisenberg
7/ The vehicle Sat-Nav company ´Tom Tom´ has its origins in which European country?
The Netherlands
8/ In which country was the Carnatic War fought?
India
9/ ‘Poison´ is the name of a perfume produced by which leading fashion house?´
Christian Dior
10/ What was the first full length film that was completely designed by computer
Toy Story
11/ Which is the most Southerly capital city on th South American Continent?
Montevideo
12/ Name the five countries that surround the Caspian Sea
Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, TurkmenIistan
13/ Which animal features on the badge of the motor manufacturer Lamborghini?
A Bull
14/ Kofi Annan, former UN General Secretary, is from which African country?
Ghana
15/ Which well-known author died in a French lunatic asylumin 1814?
The Marquis de Sade
16/. In which Central American country are the archaeological sites of Tikal and Yaxha?
Guatemala
17/ Name the four US presidents who have received the Nobel Peace Prize?
Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson. Jimmy Carter, Barak Obama
18/ What is 777 in Roman Numerals?
DCCLXXVII
19/ Which military dictator who was killed in 2011, overthrew King Idris to claim power in Libya in 1969?
Colonel Muammar Ghaddafi
20/ Which minority ethnic group were slaughtered en masse by the Hutu in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide?
Tutsi
21/ What is the largest (known) moon of Pluto?
Charon
22/ Which dynasty ruled China from 960 to 1279 AD, when it fell to the Mongols under Genghis Khan´s grandson Kublai Khan, who established the succeeding Yuan dynasty?
Song
23/ In what country is Kakadu National Park?
Australia (Northern Territory)
24/ In the 1987 film, Cher and Michelle Pfieffer weretwo of the Witches of Eastwick, who played the third?
Susan Sarandon
25/ How many different opening moves are there in a game of chess?
20 (each of the 8
pawns moves 1 space, plus each of them moves 2 spaces, and there are two possible moves for each of the two knights