Quiz Questions 2

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A round with several questions most tables will never have met. What a grand duchy is, what a rhinoceros auklet turns out to be, and which mountain is traditionally identified as Noah's landing place.

The Beach Boys and baked Alaska provide some relief in the middle.

  1. What is a grand duchy?
  2. What type of animal is a rhinoceros auklet?
  3. What is the name of the mountain, located in Turkey, that is widely accepted in Christianity as being the legendary landing place of Noah's ark?
  4. How many emirates form the United Arab Emirates?
  5. Which famous American band was co-founded by Brian Wilson?
  6. What type of dessert food is also known as Norwegian Omelette?
  7. Which European explorer discovered Lake Victoria in 1858 and named it after Queen Victoria who reigned over the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland at the time?
  8. Can you place these presidents in order of presidency: Kennedy, Nixon, Johnson, Eisenhower?
  9. In which city is the 1999 film 'The Third Man' based?
  10. What type of moth has a patterned thorax that looks like a human skull?
  11. Which historical novel is based on the characters of Athos, Porthos, and Aramis?
  12. Who joined AC/DC on tour in 2016 in place of Brian Johnson?
  13. Neil Armstrong could legally fly a plane before he could officially drive a car?
  14. By what name was the country of Myanmar formerly known?
  15. What colour does litmus paper turn under acidic conditions?
  16. Which country held the first Winter Olympics in 1924?
  17. Who plays the Penguin in the movie Batman Returns?
  18. Capsaicin is an active component found in what type of food?
  19. Which famous playwright wrote 'The Importance of Being Earnest'?
  20. What is the highest male voice type?