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Published 21st July 2021

 

Questions

1) The London underground station of Bank, is on which line?

 

2) Which author wrote the novels ‘Starship Troopers’ in 1959 and ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ in 1961?

 

3) The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus is better known as what?

 

4) Simon Bolivar defeated the Spanish at Carabobo thus ensuring which country’s independence?

 

5) The avocado dip, Guacamole, is associated with which country?

 

6) Which has the largest area, South America or Antarctica?

 

7) In 1830, who founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints?

 

8) What is the English equivalent for the item that Americans would call a Thumb Tack?

 

9) Which novel from Richard Adams starts with the words ‘The primroses were over’?

 

10) The Victoria Cross was instituted in which decade? a) 1820’s b) 1850’s c) 1880’s

 

 

 

Answers

1) The London underground station of Bank, is on which line?

Northern

 

2) Which author wrote the novels ‘Starship Troopers’ in 1959 and ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ in 1961?

Robert A Heinlein

 

3) The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus is better known as what?

Eros

 

4) Simon Bolivar defeated the Spanish at Carabobo thus ensuring which country’s independence?

Venezuela

 

5) The avocado dip, Guacamole, is associated with which country?

Mexico

 

6) Which has the largest area, South America or Antarctica?

South America

 

7) In 1830, who founded The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints?

Joseph Smith

 

8) What is the English equivalent for the item that Americans would call a Thumb Tack?

Drawing Pin

 

9) Which novel from Richard Adams starts with the words ‘The primroses were over’?

Watership Down

 

10) The Victoria Cross was instituted in which decade? a) 1820’s b) 1850’s c) 1880’s

b) 1850’s