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100

Find the mistake in the sentence: "Gandhi encouraged your followers to protest against Britain."

Gandhi encouraged HIS followers to protest against Britain.

100

What is Dorothy's dog name in "The Wizard of Oz"? 

Toto

100

The capital of Peru is...

Lima

100

Where are The Beatles from?    a) London b) Liverpool c) Manchester

Liverpool

200

Peru is the name of a country both in English and Portuguese. But how do you say "peru", the animal, in English?

Turkey. Which is also the name of a country - in Portuguese, Turquia.

200

What colors are the five Olympic rings?  Blue, yellow, black, _____ and _____.

Green and red

200

Laura, Sandy, Katrina are names of...

hurricanes!

200

What was Wolfgang Mozart's middle name?

Amadeus! (there is a movie with the same name telling his story, actually!)

300

The English word with the most definitions is a) set  b) get  c) take 

According to Guinness World Records, "set" has the largest number of meanings of any word in the English language, with 430 different senses listed in the 1989 edition of Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.

300

TRUE OR FALSE: An emu can fly 

True!

300

What is the currency in Japan?

Yen

300

An orchestra has 4 instrument families. Brass, Strings, Woodwind and ________.

 Percussion.

400

"Let's put the meeting off" means we will a) postpone the meeting b) cancel the meeting c) bring the meeting forward

 a) postpone the meeting

400

Which city was the fortune cookie invented in?

San Francisco, California.

400

Which is the only vowel not used as the first letter in a US State?

Letter E! The States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Utah begin with a vowel.

400

Which African country was Freddie Mercury born in?

Tanzania! His real name was Farrokh Bulsara.

500

What does the saying: "Birds of a feather flock together" mean?

It means that people who are similar spend time together.

500

Hamlet was the Prince of which country?

Denmark.

(one of the soldiers even comments after the ghost of Hamlet's father appears: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.") 

500

The unicorn is the national animal of what country? 

Scotland

500

According to the magazine Billboard, this song is number 4 in all-time-hit chart. "Uptown Funk"by Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson mentions what famous blonde Hollywood actress?

The song begins with: "This hit, that ice cold, Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold..."

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