VOCABULARY
WHICH NAME WAS GIVEN TO THE PRACTICE USED BY PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO TURN LEAD INTO SILVER AND GOLD?
a) PHYSICS
b) GEMMING
c) ALCHEMY
d) HERMETICISM
c) ALCHEMY
Which Spanish city is found in Catalonia?
A) Madrid
B) Barcelona
C) Pamplona
D) Seville
B) Barcelona
What is the ancient language of the Roman Empire?
A) Latin
B) Aramaic
C) Roman
D) Italian
A) Latin
Graphite and diamond are both forms of what?
A) Copper
B) Cadmium
C) Carbon
D) Chromium
C) Carbon
What is the formername of Thailand?
A) Siam
B) Manchuria
C) Indo-China
D) Ceylon
A) Siam
WHICH WORD CAN MEAN "TO CREATE A ROUNDED CORNER" OR A CUT OF MEAT?
a) FILLET
b) PORTERHOUSE
c) LOIN
d) STEAK
a) FILLET
Which ocean does the International Date Line pass through?
A) Indian and Pacific
B) Atlantic
C) Atlantic and Arctic
D) Pacific and Arctic
D) Pacific and Arctic
What was discovered in California in 1848?
A) oil
B) gold
C) perfume
D) gravity
B) gold
How many manned landings were carried out between 1969 and 1972?
A) 4
B) 9
C) 13
D) 6
D) 6
Which is a term for "musical prelude"?
A) interruption
B) introduction
C) introspection
D) intersection
B) introduction
WHICH WORD IS A SHIP'S CHIMNEY OR A CONE-SHAPED UTENSIL?
a) SPOUT
b) FLUE
c) TUNNEL
d) FUNNEL
d) FUNNEL
In which country is the city of Calgary?
A) France
B) Israel
C) Australia
D) Canada
D) Canada
Who was the first divorced man to be elected President of the USA?
A) Bill Clinton
B) Herbert Hoover
C) John Adams
D) Ronald Reagan
D) Ronald Reagan
Which of the following units is used to measure pressure?
A) Watts
B) Newtons
C) Pascals
D) Ohms
C) Pascals
Tallin is the capital city of which country?
A) Estonia
B) Lithuania
C) Latvia
D) Lotharingia
A) Estonia
WHICH IS THE NAME OF A TROPICAL FEVER?
a) FAJITA
b) HACIENDA
c) DENGUE
d) GAUCHO
c) DENGUE
Which country is bordered by Libya, Sudan and the Gaza Strip?
A) Egypt
B) Israel
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Iraq
A) Egypt
Who was the first monarch to live in Buckingham Palace?
A) King George III
B) Queen Elizabeth II
C) King Henry VIII
D) Queen Victoria
D) Queen Victoria
What is the term for the complete set of genes in an organism?
A) amoeba
B) chromosome
C) genome
D) mendel
C) genome
Theirst daily weather forecasts were in the Times of London newspaper in which year?
A) 1761
B) 1861
C) 1661
D) 1961
B) 1861
WHAT IS A PLATITUDE?
a) GRATITUDE FOR ONE'S COOKING
b) A LARGE SERVING TRAY
c) A PHOTOGRAPHIC POSE
d) A TRITE MEANINGLESS STATEMENT
d) A TRITE MEANINGLESS STATEMENT
What's the former name of Ethiopia?
A) Bangladesh
B) Belgian Congo
C) Sudan
D) Abyssinia
D) Abyssinia
Which country ruled Greece until 1830?
A) France
B) Italy
C) Turkey
D) UK
C) Turkey
Who invented the diesel engine?
A) James Watson
B) Ányos Jedlik
C) Rudolph Diesel
D) Henry Ford
C) Rudolph Diesel
Who is attributed to have said: "An army marches on its stomach"?
A) Napoleon Bonaparte
B) Julius Caesar
C) Robert E Lee
D) Josip V Stalin
A) Napoleon Bonaparte