1.

Which of these countries was sea charted in 1500 by the Portuguese maritime
explorations?
a. Madagascar
b. Mozambique
c. !Brazil
d. India

2. Japan was part of the Allied Powers during World War I.

a. False
b. !True

3. Which of the following Assyrian kings did NOT rule during the NeoAssyrian
Empire?
a. Esharhaddon
b. Shalmaneser V
c. Ashurnasirpal II
d. !ShamshiAdad III

4. Which famous world leader is famed for the saying, quot;Let them eat cakequot;,
yet is rumored that heshe never said it at all?
a. Czar Nicholas II
b. !Marie Antoinette
c. Elizabeth I
d. Henry VIII

5. When was Adolf Hitler appointed as Chancellor of Germany?

a. !January 30, 1933
b. February 27, 1933
c. October 6, 1939
d. September 1, 1939

6. The Second Boer War in 1899 was fought where?

a. !South Africa
b. Bulgaria
c. Argentina
d. Nepal

7. United States President Ronald Reagan was the first president to appoint a woman
to the Supreme Court.
a. False
b. !True

8. What year is considered to be the year that the British Empire ended?
a. !1997
b. 1986
c. 1971
d. 1981

9. Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.

a. !True
b. False
10. When did construction of the Suez Canal finish?
a. 1860
b. 1850
c. !1869
d. 1859

11. What is the historical name of Sri Lanka?

a. !Ceylon
b. Myanmar
c. Badulla
d. Colombo

12. When did the Crisis of the Third Century begin?

a. 235 BC
b. 210 AD
c. !235 AD
d. 242 AD

13. What is the name of the Boeing B29 that dropped the 039;Little Boy039; atomic
bomb on Hiroshima?
a. Necessary Evil
b. !Enola Gay
c. The Great Artiste
d. Full House

1. George Orwell wrote this book, which is often considered a statement on

government oversight.
a. The Old Man and the Sea
b. To Kill a Mockingbird
c. Catcher and the Rye
d. !1984

2. How many books are in the Chronicles of Narnia series?

a. !7
b. 6
c. 8
d. 5

3. Who wrote the novel 039;Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas039;?

a. Henry Miller
b. F. Scott Fitzgerald
c. William S. Burroughs
d. !Hunter S. Thompson

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

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

5. The book 1984 was published in 1949.

a. False
b. !True

6. Which of these does Charlie NOT read in The Perks of Being a Wallflower?
a. !The Grapes of Wrath
b. Peter Pan
c. The Great Gatsby
d. Hamlet

7. What is the make and model of the tour vehicles in quot;Jurassic Parkquot; 1990?
a. 1989 Ford Explorer XLT
b. !1989 Toyota Land Cruiser
c. Mercedes MClass
d. 1989 Jeep Wrangler YJ Sahar

8. In quot;Little Womenquot;, which of the March sisters married Laurie?

a. Meg
b. Beth
c. !Amy
d. Jo

9. Who is the author of the series quot;Malazan Book of the Fallenquot;?

a. !Steven Erikson
b. Ian Cameron Esslemont
c. J. R. R. Tolkien
d. George R. R. Martin

10. Originally, the character Charlie from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was
going to be black.
a. False
b. !True

11. Who wrote quot;A Tale of Two Citiesquot;?

a. Roald Dahl
b. !Charles Dickens
c. Mark Twain
d. Charles Darwin

1. The Kkp is a large, flightless, nocturnal parrot native to which country?

a. Madagascar
b. !New Zealand
c. Australia
d. South Africa

2. Hippocampus is the Latin name for which marine creature?

 a. Dolphin
b. !Seahorse
c. Whale
d. Octopus

3. What is the scientific name for the quot;Polar Bearquot;?

a. Ursus Spelaeus
b. !Ursus Maritimus
c. Ursus Arctos
d. Polar Bear

4. Which animal was part of an Russian domestication experiment in 1959?

a. Alligators
b. Bears
c. Pigeons
d. !Foxes

5. The average lifespan of a wildcat is only around 56 years.

a. True
b. !False

6. A caterpillar has more muscles than humans do.

a. False
b. !True

7. What is the collective noun for bears?

a. Drove
b. Husk
c. Tribe
d. !Sloth

8. Rabbits are carnivores.

a. True
b. !False

9. The freshwater amphibian, the Axolotl, can regrow it039;s limbs.

a. False
b. !True