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It Happened in June (Round 2)

All the questions relate to events that happened in June

 

In June 1967 the Beatles released which album, regarded by many as the most influential rock and roll album ever recorded?
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

 

In 1837 the British naval officer and explorer James Clark Ross successfully led the first expedition to reach where?
North Magnetic Pole

 

Prime Minister George Canning (Round 129)

 

The United States have won the most gold medals for swimming at the Olympics, but which country has won the next most?
Australia

 

Roald Amundsen the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole, was which nationality?
Norwegian

 

The Maipo Valley is one of which South American country's most important wine-producing regions
Chile

 

Which actress played Forrest Gump's mother, Mrs Gump?
Sally Field

 

Joseph Priestly's Famous Invention (Round 128)

 

Joseph Priestly invented which mixer often drunk with alcoholic drinks or cordial?
Soda water

 

Who was the expadition leader when Edmund Hillary first climbed Everest?
John Hunt

 

The Garonne flows through which 2 countries?
Spain and France

 

As of season 2016-17, which city has always had a team in the highest division of English football?
Liverpool

 

Australia Quiz (Round 3)

 

What is the highest mountain in mainland Australia?
Mount Kosciuszko

 

In Australian Rules football, as of 2016, two teams share the record of most Premierships won with 16 apiece, one is Essendon, which is the other?
Carlton

 

The Australian Parliament is the world's sixth oldest continuous democracy. Which 3 components make up parliament?
The Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Representatives.

 

Sing a Song of Sixpence (Round 127)

 

Percy Shaw famously invented which safety feature?
Cat's Eye (reflective mirrors in roads)

 

Who first introduced into Europe, a practical system that allowed the mass production of printed books?
Johannes Gutenberg

 

What title did Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics hold?
Baron

 

Brazil was previously a colony of which european country?
Portugal

 

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