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Trivia Quiz of the Week

1 In which U.S. state was President-elect Barack Obama born?  Answer1
2 From which military Academy did John McCain, the 2008 Republican Presidential nominee, graduate in 1958?  Answer2
3 How many Formula 1 grand prix did Lewis Hamilton win during the 2008 season?  Answer3
4 Who wrote the children's story ‘Swallows and Amazons’?  Answer4
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What is the title of the 2008 James Bond film?  Answer5
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... and in a follow-on to question 5 above what is the name of the theme song for that film, and who performs it?  Answer6
7 Which political figure who featured prominently in the news for part of 2008 did not know Africa was a continent and thought it was a country?  Answer7
8 In what country is Chernobyl, where one of the world's worst nuclear accidents occurred, situated ?  Answer8
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Which of these is the greatest?
A. A Boeing 747-100 wing span
B. The distance of Orville Wright's first flight
C. Height of Nelson's Column?  Answer9

10 Who, in 1855, was the first European to see the Victoria Falls, which he named for Queen Victoria?  Answer10

All ten answers here

 

 

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