10 Quick Questions

1. Which of these fictitious countries was accidentally invented by Donald Trump in 2017?

❑ Tarzania

❑ Ligeria

❑ Nambia

❑ Tazbekistan

2. Which sport awards the Carlisle Bells, a trophy contested since the reign of Elizabeth I?

❑ Cricket

❑ Sailing

❑ Boxing

❑ Horse racing

3. In which classic sci-fi film did Robby the Robot first appear? ❑ The Terminator

❑ Forbidden Planet

❑ Metropolis

❑ 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Who wrote a groundbreaking magazine article titled The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved? ❑ Truman Capote ❑ Tom Wolfe

❑ Hunter S Thompson ❑ Judith Miller

5. Who first sang, “I’m every woman, it’s all in me”? ❑ Chaka Khan

❑ Aretha Franklin

❑ Whitney Houston

❑ Tina Turner

6. Which leader was also known as Ras Tafari Makonnen?

❑ Nelson Mandela

❑ Shaka Zulu

❑ Haile Selassie

❑ Mansa Musa

7. Marketed as aquarium pets in the 60s and 70s, what kind of

creatures were sea-monkeys? ❑ Newt

❑ Brine shrimp

❑ Axolotl

❑ Crayfish

8. Which of these is the title of a famous painting by John Constable?

❑ The Hay Wain

❑ The Gleaners

❑ The Night Watch

❑ The Astronomer

9. Which of these has the larger economy, by annual GDP?

❑ New Zealand

❑ Singapore

10. True or false? When it rains, mosquitoes in the air must dodge falling raindrops to survive.

❑ True

❑ False