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USA
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Nature and environment
100
Which Prime Minister led the UK through the World War II?
Winston Churchill
100
What is the largest US state by area?
Alaska
100
Which century was Shakespeare born?
16th century (23 April, 1564 - 23 April, 1616)
100
Who said of nuclear bombs: "If I had known, I would have become a watchmaker"?
Albert Einstein
100
Which bird has the fastest wing beat (200 beats per second)?
hummingbird
200
Name at least three patrons saint of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
England - Saint George, Wales - Saint David, Scotland - Saint Andrew, Northern Ireland - Saint Patrick
200
Who are the four presidents carved into Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln
200
Who wrote Oliver Twist?
Charles Dickens
200
Which philosopher once stated "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers"?
Socrates
200
Which is the world's largest living lizard which, despite its name, can't fly or breathe fire, however, it does have a venomous bite?
Komodo dragon
300
When did the Battle of Waterloo take place and who did the British Army defeat?
1815; the French Army led by Napoleon Bonaparte
300
In which national park would you find a supervolcano?
Yellowstone
300
Who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer?
Mark Twain
300
Who was called the king of rock and roll?
Elvis Presley
300
What bird, extinct by 1681, was named using the Portuguese word for "stupid"?
Dodo
400
Which are the national plants of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland? Name at least three.
England - Tudor rose, Wales - daffodil or leek, Scotland - thistle, Northern Ireland - shamrock
400
When did the Pilgrims come to America?
tolerance +/-5 years
November 11, 1620
400
Which genre is Edgar Allan Poe most famous for?
horror stories
400
Who is this woman?
Amelia Earhart (the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean)
400
The kangaroo is the physically largest animal in what order known for its young-carrying pouches?
marsupials
500
Can you name at least three bodies of water which surround the UK?
the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the Celtic Sea, the English Channel
500
Which animal is the symbol of the USA?
bald eagle
500
What is the name of the dystopian novel written by George Orwell?
1984
500
What was the name of M.L.King's most famous speech?
I have a dream
500
What plant is frequently associated with the Asian continent, can grow up to 12 inches in a single day, and is technically a "giant grass" rather than a tree?
Bamboo
600
Which year did the UK become the member of the EU and which year did they leave the EU?
1 January, 1973; 31 January, 2020
600
How many stars and stripes does the American flag have and why?
50 stars = 50 states
13 stripes = the original 13 colonies
600
How did Ernest Hemingway die?
He (accidentally?) shot himself with a shotgun.
600
Who is this and what is he most famous for?
Abraham Lincoln, 16th American president, abolished slavery
600
What is the name for the type of underwater ecosystem that occupies less than 0.1% of the world's ocean area but provides a home for more than 25% of marine species?
coral reefs
700
Define these expressions: a bobby, a double-decker, Union Jack
a bobby - a police officer, a double-decker - a bus with two levels, Union Jack - the nickname for the UK flag
700
Name at least two American presidents who were assassinated.
Abraham Lincoln (1865, by John Wilkes Booth), James A. Garfield (1881, by Charles J. Guiteau), William McKinley (1901, by Leon Czolgosz), John F. Kennedy (1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald)
700
Who wrote the military satire, called Catch-22?
Joseph Heller
700
Who were Queen Elizabeth II's father and husband?
King George VI, Prince Philip
700
Turtles, toads, and tarantulas are all ectothermic animals, which is typically referred to by what more common term?
cold blooded
800
Name at least two major rivers in the UK.
the Severn, the Thames, the Trent, the Great Ouse, the Wye
800
Which two houses does the Congress consist of?
the Senate, the House of Representatives
800
Name at least one representative of the Beat poets.
Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg
800
What is the name of the woman who occupies an iconic status in the civil rights movement after she refused to vacate a seat on a bus in favour of a white passenger in Alabama and started the Montgomery bus boycott?
Rosa Parks (the incident happened in 1955)
800
A person who studies dendrology studies what?
trees
1000
Which three flags form the UK flag? You must match each flag to the correct part of the UK.
1000
What day did the USA declare independence from Britain?
4 July,1776
1000
What is the name of Jack London's book about the times of gold rush?
The Call of the Wild
1000
How many wives did Henry VIII have and how many did he have executed?
6, 2
Catherine of Aragon - divorced, Anne Boleyn - beheaded, Jane Seymour - died, Anne of Cleves - divorced, Catherine Howard - beheaded, Katherine Parr - survived
1000
Australia built a 3,000-mile-long fence during the 1880s just to block the movement of what baby-snatching species?
dingo