Quiztime UK - Chris's Quiztime & Quizerama
Quiztime UK - Chris's Quiztime & Quizerama
Quiztime UK - Chris's Quiztime & Quizerama
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1. Alba is the Gaelic name for which country?<br />
Scotland<br />
2. AGamelan is a percussion orchestra from which country?<br />
Indonesia<br />
3. Also the name of a brimless hat, which city was the capital of Morocco from 808 to<br />
1062?<br />
Fez<br />
4. Which forename was shared by a famous French-born soldier who fought against<br />
Louis XIV and the famous French artist Delacroix?<br />
Eugene<br />
5. After the Red Baron was killed, which famous person assumed command of his<br />
squadron - the famous Flying Circus?<br />
Hermann Goering<br />
6. What name links a genre of music and the descendants of the people the British<br />
drove from the French colony of Acadia in the 18th century?<br />
Cajun<br />
7. In which Commonwealth country was the composer and pianist Percy Aldridge<br />
Grainger born in 1882?<br />
Australia<br />
8. They famously defeated a Roman Army at the Caudine Forks, in which modern-day<br />
country did the Samnite people dwell?<br />
(Central) Italy<br />
9. Which island nation was so-named because a Spanish explorer thought he'd found<br />
the fabled source of a famous King's wealth?<br />
Solomon Islands<br />
10. Where on the continent of South America can you spend Euros?<br />
French Guyana<br />
11. In which culture might a visitor begreeted with a 'Hongi' - which involves the<br />
pressing together of noses?<br />
Maori<br />
12. Its population exceeds 100 million, which Commonwealth country has the Taka as<br />
its currency?<br />
Bangladesh<br />
13. The revolutionary movement 'Sendero Luminoso' is/was associated with which S<br />
American country?<br />
Peru<br />
14. Which festival in the Western Christian Church gave its name to a bay and a city of<br />
South West Texas?<br />
Corpus Christi<br />
15. The cities of Gary and South Bend (just outside which is the famous University of<br />
Notre Dame) are located in which 'Midwest' US state?<br />
Indiana<br />
16. A narrow belt of land between Angola & Botswana, the Caprivi Strip gives which<br />
S.W. African nation access to the Zambezi River?<br />
Namibia<br />
17. An island group that gave its name to a naval battle in WWII; in 1980, which<br />
company released the arcade version of the game Pac Man?<br />
Midway<br />
18. What is the Western name for the city that Indians call Chennai - the English name<br />
also being a cocktail made from Vodka, Orange and Cranberry juice?<br />
Madras<br />
19. What is the morecommon name of the process described in a medical dictionary<br />
as Parturition?<br />
(Giving) Birth<br />
20. Originally known as Louisette, or Louison, what was known to the French criminal<br />
underworld as "the widow"?<br />
Guillotine
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