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host it for a third time. London beat which other city 54 votes to 50 and won? PARIS
2 The longest mountain range that is in only one country is the Great Dividing Range; it stretches
over 3,500 km (2200 miles) in which country?
A
3 Arabic is an official language in 25 Asian and African countries. Which is the only country of these U
25 that has territory on both continents? S
4 Habanera' and 'Toreador's Song' are two famous arias from which 1875 Georges Bizet opera? T
R
5 The second highest statue in the world that is not in Asia is 'The Motherland Calls' ('Rodina-Mat' A
Zovyot!). Which famous battle from 1942-1943 does the statue commemorate?
L
6 The English historian Edward Gibbon published a series of books (1776-1788) about the decline I
and fall of which empire? A
7 According to Guinness World Records, in 2016 the longest ever example of which food item was
made in Naples - and stretched 1.15 miles (1,854 metres) long?
8 In mathematics, the quaternions are a number system that extends complex numbers. Named for
the mathematician who discovered quaternions, what is the letter symbol for these numbers?
9 Which Bundesliga football team plays at the Signal Iduna Park (previously known as
Westfalenstadion), the largest stadium in Germany and one of the largest in Europe?
10 Representing approximately 20% of the surface area of all the seas and oceans that cover the
Earth's surface, which is the world's third largest ocean?
11 Also known as the 'the Dollars Trilogy', the films 'A Fistful of Dollars' (1964), 'For a Few Dollars
More' (1965) and 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' (1966) are better known by which series
name?
12 Jeff Lynne was the co-founder of the super group The Traveling Wilburys, along with George
Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. He is equally famous as the leader and sole
constant member of which British rock group?
13 From an old French word for throat, what is the name for architectural carvings - usually depicting
animals or fantastic creatures - of a grotesque form with a spout designed to convey water from a
roof and away from the side of a building?
14 Marking the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars, the Ten-Day War (27 June-7 July) was a civil war in
Yugoslavia that followed a declaration of independence on 25 June 1991 by which country?
15 Which letter is usually depicted in the symbol used by the Freemasons, situated between a square
and compasses?
16 Also referred to as the Group 1 Elements; what type of metals are the following chemical
elements: lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium and francium?
17 The Original Six' is a term for the group of six teams that made up the national league of which
major American sport for 25 seasons between the 194243 season and the 1967?
18 Calculated daily by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun newspaper since 1950, what is the name of the stock
market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange?
19 Which character from a Molire comedy first performed in 1664, is also known as the 'imposter',
or 'the hypocrite'?
This months quiz was set by Cristian Pop of Romania and edited by Jane Allen, Chris Jones and Diana Sorrell.
95. 96.
97.
98.
99. 100.