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General Knowledge Quiz (1)

1. Lomond, Wakatipu and Kawaguchi are all what?

2. “Ik hou van jou” means “I love you” in which language?

3. Which river runs through Cambridge?

4. Which singer had hits with “Mercy Mercy Me”, “What’s Going On” and “How Sweet It Is (to be loved by you)”.

5. Which London Underground station is between Leicester Square and Holborn?

6. In the film “Gladiator”, who starred as the psychotic Roman emperor Commodus?

7. Which teams played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final?

8. Ichabod Crane is the protagonist of which Washington Irving story?

9. The goblin, lemon, bull and basking are all kinds of which animal?

10. In what part of the human body can you find the three smallest bones?

11. According to the idiom, curiosity killed what?

12. What’s the hottest planet in the solar system?

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Answers

1. Lakes

2. Dutch

3. The Cam (hence Cambridge 😉 )

4. Marvin Gaye

5. Covent Garden

6. Joaquin Phoenix

7. Italy and France

8. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

9. Shark

10. The ear

11. the cat

12. Venus (despite the fact Mercury is closer to the sun)

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