General Knowledge Trivia Questions XXXIX

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What world war took place between 1754 and 1763?

       a. Pig War
       b. Paquisha War
       c. Seven Years' War
       d. War of the Pacific


What is the official language of Brazil, the largest country in South America?

       a. English
       b. Spanish
       c. Portuguese
       d. French


The RMS Titanic sank on the 15th of April, 1912. In which ocean?

       a. Atlantic
       b. Pacific
       c. Indian
       d. Arctic


How many strings would you find on a modern mandolin?

       a. Seven
       b. Six
       c. Eight
       d. Five


What Scottish actor's biography is titled "Neither shaken nor stirred"?

       a. Sean Connery
       b. Alan Cumming
       c. Robbie Coltrane
       d. James Cosmo


Which of the following is 61 in Roman Numerals?

       a. CXI
       b. XXXI
       c. LXI
       d. XXXXXXI


Who played Fonzie in the TV show Happy Days?

       a. Henry Winkler
       b. Scott Baio
       c. Ron Howard
       d. Tom Bosley


Which of the following is the chemical symbol for tin?

       a. Fe
       b. Ag
       c. Sn
       d. Pb


Which planet in our solar system is known as the red planet?

       a. Mars
       b. Mercury
       c. Saturn
       d. Venus


Written by Ray Davies, who had an international hit with the 1964 song, "You Really Got Me"?

       a. The Beatles
       b. The Animals
       c. The Kinks
       d. The Yardbirds


What word gets its name from an old soft drink, which was promoted as giving imbibers courage and strength?

       a. Verve
       b. Moxie
       c. Sprite
       d. Zest


Who succeeded Moses and finally led his people into the Promised Land?

       a. Joshua
       b. David
       c. Aaron
       d. Solomon


First held in Yellowknife in 1970, what competition includes dog mushing and snowshoeing?

       a. Arctic Winter Games
       b. Iditarod
       c. World Eskimo Games
       d. Winter Olympics


Which of these cars shares a name with an Ottawa chief who led an Indian confederation?

       a. Mustang
       b. Pontiac
       c. Impala
       d. Toyota


The Star Trek slogan "To boldly go where no man has gone before" contains an example of what grammatical faux pas?

       a. Split infinitive
       b. Dangling participle
       c. Misplaced modifier
       d. Indefinite antecedent




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