1.

By what nickname is Jack Dawkins known in the Charles Dickens novel, 039;Oliver
Twist039;?
a. Fagin
b. Bullrsquo;seye
c. Mr. Fang
d. !The Artful Dodger

2. By what name was the author Eric Blair better known?

a. Aldous Huxley
b. Ernest Hemingway
c. !George Orwell
d. Ray Bradbury

3. The book 1984 was published in 1949.

a. False
b. !True

4. J.K. Rowling completed quot;Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallowsquot; in which
hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland?
a. !The Balmoral
b. The Dunstane Hotel
c. Hotel Novotel
d. Sheraton Grand Hotel amp; Spa

5. What book series published by Jim Butcher follows a wizard in modern day
Chicago?
a. !The Dresden Files
b. My Life as a Teenage Wizard
c. The Cinder Spires
d. A Hat in Time

6. Which fictional English county was the setting for Thomas Hardy039;s novels?
a. Fulchester
b. Ambridge
c. Barsetshire
d. !Wessex

7. Which Russian author wrote the epic novel War and Peace?
a. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
b. Vladimir Nabokov
c. Alexander Pushkin
d. !Leo Tolstoy

8. What was Sir Handel039;s original name in quot;The Railway Seriesquot; and
it039;s animated counterpart quot;Thomas and Friends?quot;
a. Kyte
b. !Falcon
c. Swallow
d. Eagle

9. ShubNiggurath is a creature that was created by J. R. R. Tolkien in his novel

quot;The Lord of The Ringsquot;.
a. !False
b. True

10. In The Lies Of Locke Lamora, what does quot;Lamoraquot; mean in Throne Therin?
a. Justice
b. Chaos
c. !Shadow
d. Thievery

11. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who was not a member of the Peach Garden
Oath?
a. !Zhao Yun
b. Guan Yu
c. Liu Bei
d. Zhang Fei

1. With which team did Michael Schumacher make his Formula One debut at the 1991
Belgian Grand Prix?
a. Ferrari
b. Benetton
c. !Jordan
d. Mercedes

2. In golf, what name is given to a hole score of two under par?

a. Bogey
b. !Eagle
c. Birdie
d. Albatross

3. Which team was the 20142015 NBA Champions?

a. Cleveland Cavaliers
b. !Golden State Warriors
c. Atlanta Hawks
d. Houston Rockets

4. Which female player won the gold medal of table tennis singles in 2016 Olympics
Games?
a. !DING Ning China
b. Song KIM North Korea
c. Ai FUKUHARA Japan
d. LI Xiaoxia China

5. Which city did the former NHL team quot;The Nordiquesquot; originiate from?
a. Houston
b. !Quebec City
c. Montreal
d. New York
6. Which of the following Grand Slam tennis tournaments occurs LAST?
a. Wimbledon
b. French Open
c. Australian Open
d. !US Open

7. In Rugby League, performing a quot;4020quot; is punished by a free kick for the

opposing team.
a. True
b. !False

8. What year was hockey legend Wayne Gretzky born?

a. 1963
b. 1965
c. !1961
d. 1959

9. ATP tennis hosted several tournaments on carpet court before being replaced to
reduce injuries.
a. False
b. !True

10. What is the name of Manchester United039;s home stadium?

a. City of Manchester Stadium
b. !Old Trafford
c. St James Park
d. Anfield

11. Who did Steven Gerrard win the Champions League with?
a. Chelsea
b. !Liverpool
c. Real Madrid
d. Man City

12. Who won the UEFA Champions League in 2017?

a. Juventus F.C.
b. Atletico Madrid
c. AS Monaco FC
d. !Real Madrid C.F.

1. Spain was formed in 1469 with the marriage of Isabella I of Castile and
Ferdinand II of what other Iberian kingdom?
a. !Aragon
b. Leoacute;n
c. Galicia
d. Navarre

2. Which dictator killed the most people?

a. Kim Il Sung
 b. Adolf Hitler
c. !Mao Zedong
d. Joseph Stalin

3. Which of the following is NOT classified as a Semetic language?

a. !Sumerian
b. Mandaic
c. Akkadian
d. Maltese

4. Which of the following battles is often considered as marking the beginning of

the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
a. Battle of Constantinople
b. Battle of Thessalonica
c. !Battle of Adrianople
d. Battle of Pollentia

5. What year were the Marian Reforms instituted in the Roman Republic?
a. !107 BCE
b. 264 BCE
c. 42 BCE
d. 102 CE

6. What was the bloodiest singleday battle during the American Civil War?
a. The Siege of Vicksburg
b. The Battles of Chancellorsville
c. !The Battle of Antietam
d. The Battle of Gettysburg

7. How long did the Warsaw Uprising during World War II last?
a. 20 Days
b. 55 Days
c. 224 Days
d. !63 Days

8. Which U.S. President was in office when the Gulf War began?
a. Ronald Regan
b. Richard Nixon
c. !George H. W. Bush
d. George W. Bush

9. During World War I, which nation039;s monarchs were blood related?

a. Serbia, Russia, Croatia
b. !England, Germany, Russia
c. France, Russia, Germany
d. Germany, Spain, Austria