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Which infamous European traitor was known as quot;the last person to enter
Parliament with honest intentionsquot;?
a. Everard Digby
b. !Guy Fawkes
c. Robert Catesby
d. Francis Tresham
2. The creator of the Enigma Cypher and Machine was of what nationality?
a. British
b. !German
c. American
d. Polish
5. What was the first sport to have been played on the moon?
a. Football
b. !Golf
c. Tennis
d. Soccer
6. The Hagia Sophia was commissioned by which emperor of the Byzantine Empire?
a. Theodosius the Great
b. Arcadius
c. !Justinian I
d. Constantine IV
7. What was the last colony the UK ceded marking the end of the British Empire?
a. !Hong Kong
b. Australia
c. Ireland
d. India
9. What was the name commonly given to the ancient trade routes that connected the
East and West of Eurasia?
a. !Silk Road
b. Spice Road
c. Clay Road
d. Salt Road
10. What is the name of the Boeing B29 that dropped the 039;Little Boy039; atomic
bomb on Hiroshima?
a. Full House
b. Necessary Evil
c. !Enola Gay
d. The Great Artiste
11. Which of the following famous mathematicians died in a duel at the age of 20?
a. Euler
b. Gauss
c. !Galois
d. Abel
2. In the Lord of the Rings, who is the father of the dwarf Gimli?
a. Thorin Oakenshield
b. Bombur
c. Dwalin
d. !Gloin
3. What is the name of the protagonist of J.D. Salinger039;s novel Catcher in the
Rye?
a. Randall Flagg
b. Fletcher Christian
c. Jay Gatsby
d. !Holden Caulfield
4. Which American author was also a budding travel writer and wrote of his
adventures with his dog Charley?
a. F. Scott Fitzgerald
b. !John Steinbeck
c. Ernest Hemingway
d. William Faulkner
8. The Harry Potter series of books, combined, are over 1,000,000 words in length.
a. !True
b. False
10. Which Russian author wrote the epic novel War and Peace?
a. Alexander Pushkin
b. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
c. !Leo Tolstoy
d. Vladimir Nabokov