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Name three landlocked countries. (Countries with no sea-border)
Afghanistan, Armenia, Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Swaziland, Ethiopia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, Serbia, Slovakia, South Sudan, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Name two of the ten longest reigning monarchs.
Louis XIV (France), Bhumibol Adulyadej or Rama IX (Thailand), Johan II (Liechtenstein), K'inich Janaab' Pakal (Palenque), Franz Joseph I (Austria-Hungary), Elizabeth II (United Kingdom), Constantine VIII (Byzantine Empire), Basil II (Byzantine Empire), Ferdinand III (Sicily), Victoria (United Kingdom)
What does Hoya Saxa means?
What Rocks
Name 2 desi celebrations
Diwali/ Holi/ Jashne baharan/ Basant/ Eid/ Pongal
What is the highest grossing animated movie of all time?
Name the three largest countries.
Russia, USA, Canada
Name one of the three claimants to the throne in the 1066 Wars
Harald Hardrada, Edward latin numeral, William The Conqueror, Harold Godwinson
Name three schools mentioned in the Georgetown fight song.
Cornell, Harvard, Yale
Name an italian dish that is not pizza or pasta
risotto/ tiramisu/ Focaccia Bread
Where was the potato chip invented?
New York
Which Ocean lies on the East Coast of the USA?
North Atlantic Ocean
What is the name of the one responsible for the wave of deaths in Europe from 1346-1353?
Black Rat (Rattus Rattus), Common Rat (Rattus Norvegicus), or more accurately the fleas.
Who is John Carroll?
Founder of Georgetown, Archbishop
What is the traditional dress in scotland
Highland dress
Which one of the following is not the name of a team in the Canadian Football League?
Stampeders
Vikings
Blue Bombers
Roughriders
Name all the countries in the United Kingdom.
The Atlantic England, Wales, Northern Ireland (NOT Ireland), Scotland
What’s Joseph Stalin’s real/birth name?
Besarionis Jugashvili.
What US president attended Georgetown?
Bill Clinton
What is the name of the moroccan language?
Dareeja
Who won the Oscar (a.k.a. Academy Award) for Best Actress in 2012?
Meryl Streep
Name the longest river in the world.
Nile River in Egypt
Who was the first American president to live in the White House
John Adams - it was constructed in during George Washington’s time, but he never lived in it.
Name four Jesuit values.
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
Contemplation in Action
Academic Excellence
Educating the Whole Person
Cura Personalis
Faith and Justice
Women and Men for Others
Interreligious Understanding
Community in Diversity
What is the Chinese currency
Yuan
In the 'Road Runner and Coyote' cartoons, what famous sound does the Road Runner make?
Beep! Beep!