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1. By what other name is the smelly rafflesia flower known as?
a)
fragrant sunflower
b)
stinking corpse lily
c)
cheesy-feet rose
2. Who are teddy bears named after?
a)
Theodore Roosevelt
b)
Ted Kennedy
c)
Saint Theodore
3. Which is the fastest dog?
a)
Greyhound
b)
Labrador
c)
Terrier
4. What are diamonds measured in?
a)
sprouts
b)
carats
c)
leeks
5. Who invented the telephone?
a)
Alexander Graham Bell
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Isaac Newton
6. In botanical terms, is the banana:
a)
a herb?
b)
a fruit?
c)
a vegetable?
7. What is the capital of Japan?
a)
Beijing
b)
Tokyo
c)
Madrid
8. How many teeth did Tyrannosaurus Rex have?
a)
60
b)
6
c)
600
9. Which below colour is not used on the Olympic flag?
a)
Yellow
b)
Black
c)
Purple
10. Which of the actors below have not played Superman?
a)
Russell Crowe
b)
Christopher Reeve
c)
George Reeves
11. What does a plangonologist collect?
a)
Dolls
b)
Stamps
c)
Keyrings
12. How old was Dennis Vollmer when he wrote and illustrated his book
Joshua Disobeys
?
a)
Twelve
b)
Six
c)
Ten
13. The Library of Congress in the USA holds the largest amount of books in the world - how many is this?
a)
29 million
b)
16 million
c)
2 million
14. Ophidiobia is the fear of?
a)
heights
b)
spiders
c)
snakes
15. Which are the smallest bone in the body?
a)
Ribs
b)
Earbones
c)
Metatarsals
16. Which bird lays the heaviest eggs?
a)
Ostrich
b)
Albatross
c)
Sparrow
17. An anemometer measures?
a)
Rainfall
b)
Windspeed
c)
Temperature
18. Which is the largest island in the world?
a)
Greenland
b)
Madagascar
c)
Ireland
19. Who was the first man to walk on the Moon?
a)
Buzz Aldrin
b)
Neil Armstrong
c)
Charles Conrad Jr
20. Who was the first person to succeed in climbing Everest?
a)
Marco Polo
b)
Edmund Hillary
c)
James Cook
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