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1. Who was the 40th President of the USA?

a. Bill Clinton
b. !Ronald Reagan
c. Jimmy Carter
d. Richard Nixon

2. There was a satirical candidate named quot;Deez Nutsquot; running in the 2016 US
presidential elections.
a. !True
b. False

3. In 2016, the United Kingdom voted to stay in the EU.


a. !False
b. True

4. The 2014 movie quot;The Raid 2: Berandalquot; was mainly filmed in which Asian
country?
a. Thailand
b. Brunei
c. !Indonesia
d. Malaysia

5. Denmark has a monarch.


a. False
b. !True

6. Despite being seperated into multiple countries, The Scandinavian countries are
unified by all having the same monarch.
a. True
b. !False

7. Joko Widodo has appeared in the cover of a TIME magazine.


a. False
b. !True

8. Donald Trump won the popular vote in the 2016 United States presidential
election.
a. !False
b. True

9. Before 2016, in which other year did Donald Trump run for President?
a. 2008
b. 2012
c. 1988
d. !2000

10. Which of these was an official candidate in the 2017 British General Election?
a. James Francis
b. !Lord Buckethead
c. Sir Crumpetsby
d. Robert Wimbledon

11. What was the personal nickname of the 40th Governor of the US State Louisiana,
Huey Long?
a. The Oracle
b. The Hoot Owl
c. The Champ
d. !The Kingfish

12. Which former US president was nicknamed quot;Teddyquot; after he refused to


shoot a defenseless black bear?
a. Andrew Jackson
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. !Theodore Roosevelt
d. James F. Fielder

13. What are the first names of the first father and son pair that were both Prime
Ministers of Canada?
a. !Justin and Pierre
b. John and Louis
c. Brian and Pierre
d. Brian and Justin

1. What is the capital of Chile?


a. Antofagasta
b. !Santiago
c. Valparaiacute;so
d. Copiapoacute;

2. What is the capital of the US state Nevada?


a. Henderson
b. !Carson City
c. Las Vegas
d. Reno

3. What is the official language of Costa Rica?


a. Creole
b. Portuguese
c. !Spanish
d. English

4. How many countries border Kyrgyzstan?


a. !4
b. 1
c. 3
d. 6

5. What is the Capital of the United States?


a. !Washington, D.C.
b. New York City, NY
c. Houston, TX
d. Los Angelas, CA

6. Where is the fast food chain quot;Panda Expressquot; headquartered?


a. !Rosemead, California
b. Sacramento, California
c. San Diego, California
d. Fresno, California

7. The towns of Brugelette, Arlon and Ath are located in which country?
a. Luxembourg
b. Andorra
c. !Belgium
d. France

8. What continent is the country Lesotho in?


a. Europe
b. South America
c. Asia
d. !Africa

9. Which of these country039;s capitals starts with the letter B?


a. Jordan
b. Qatar
c. !Lebanon
d. Kuwait

10. What mountain range lines the border between Spain and France?
a. Alps
b. Urals
c. !Pyrenees
d. Carpathians

1. When was the play quot;Macbethquot; written?


a. !1606
b. 1723
c. 1605
d. 1628

2. In which Shakespeare play does the character Marcellus say, quot;Something is


rotten in the state of Denmarkquot;?
a. !Hamlet
b. Twelfth Night
c. King Lear
d. Macbeth

3. Which of these musicals won the Tony Award for Best Musical?
a. The Color Purple
b. Newsies
c. American Idiot
d. !Rent

4. In which Shakespearean play will you find the suicide of Ophelia?


a. King Lear
b. Othello
c. Macbeth
d. !Hamlet

5. Who wrote the lyrics for Leonard Bernstein039;s 1957 Brodway musical West Side
Story?
a. !Stephen Sondheim
b. Richard Rodgers
c. Himself
d. Oscar Hammerstein

6. Which of the following is not a piece from the 1950039;s musical West Side
Story?
a. Mambo
b. Tonight
c. Maria
d. !The Back Alley

7. quot;Doctor Whoquot; star David Tennant performed in a rendition of which


Shakespearean play?
a. !Hamlet
b. The Taming of the Shrew
c. Othello
d. The Tempest

8. Who played quot;Charlie Pricequot; in the musical quot;Kinky Bootsquot; on


Broadway in New York from May 26th Aug 6th 2017?
a. Ed Sheeren
b. Dallon Weekes
c. !Brendon Urie
d. Tom Cruise

9. Who played Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in the original Broadway
run of Hamilton?
a. Wayne Brady
b. LinManuel Miranda
c. Javier Muntilde;oz
d. !Daveed Diggs

10. Who wrote the play 039;Angels in America039;?


a. Tom Stoppard
b. !Tony Kusher
c. Matthew Lopez
d. Anthony Neilson

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