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Questions:

 

Physicist Albert Einstein was born in which country?

a) Sweden b) Switzerland c) Germany

c) Germany

 

 

Jack Dorsey founded which social network in March 2006?

Twitter

 

 

Audrey Tautou plays which title character in this 2001 French happy-go-lucky film?

Amelie

 

 

What is the capital city of Bangladesh?

Dhaka

 

 

Which British architect born in 1935 is best known for buildings including the Stansted Airport Terminal Building, London's Millennium Footbridge, ‘The Gherkin’ and the new Wembley Stadium?

Norman Foster

 

 

Which celebrity chef wrote an autobiography called ‘Devil in the Kitchen’?

Marco Pierre White

 

 

The Tan Hill Inn in Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire holds which distinction?

Highest pub in Britain

 

 

Which is the larger island; Greenland or Iceland?

Greenland

 

 

Amarelle, May Duke and Morello are all types of which fruit?

Cherry

 

 

Over 700 of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings and drawings can be found in which Amsterdam museum?

Rijksmuseum