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The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

 

What is the geometric name of an angle which is less than 90 degrees?

Acute

 

What is the term 'Sat Nav' short for?

Satellite Navigation 

 

Montmartre is a large hill in which French city?

Paris

 

Which river runs through Newcastle city centre?

River Tyne

 

2020 is the Chinese year of which animal?

Rat

 

The RNLI is a well-known British charity but what does the 'L' stand for?

Lifeboat

 

The Earl and Countess of Grantham and their children feature in which British TV drama?

Downton Abbey

 

Otis Lee Crenshaw is the alter ego of which US comedian?

Rich Hall

 

The Battle of Daecheong was a 2009 skirmish between the navies of which two countries?

South Korea and North Korea

 

Cuba was a colony of which European country?

Spain