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1. How did the Bolivia freedom fighter Ché  Guevara die in 1967?

He was executed by the Bolivian army

He died fighting in Cuba

He was shot by American agents

He shot himself in the head

2. In which year did the Beatles want to hold your hand?

1968

1964

1962

1963

3. Which of the following is a German skiing region?

Rhön

Obergurgl-Hochgurgl

Sölden in the Ötztal

Zillertal Arena

4. Which of the following politicians converted to veganism in 2010?

Tony Blair

Bill Clinton

George Bush Jr.

Vladimir Putin

5. Which resort is named after a mineral which was never found there?

Telluride

Keystone

Heavently

Blackcomb

Hint

6. What is the rarest naturally occurring element on earth (apart from transuranic elements)?

Astatine (At)

Francium (Fr)

Berkelium (Bk)

7. Edgar Degas, who painted The Woman Ironing in 1869 and Woman Drying Herself in 1890, is famous for what style of painting?

Cubism

Futurism

Surrealism

Impressionism

Hint

8. How many people (not organizations) have won more than one Nobel Prize?

4

0

7

12

9. Roughly how many people visit Whistler each year (before Covid-19) for skiing and other sports?

1 million

500,000

5 million

2 million

10. Why is the dark side of the moon so called?

Because it is considered evil

Because it is dark

Because little is known about it

Because Pink Floyd named it

11. George Lazenby played Bond only once. In which film?

For Your Eyes Only

The Living Daylights

A View To A Kill

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

12. We use la dolce vita to talk about the good life, but what does dolce literally mean?

dagger

dog's

sweet

13. What is the (closest) correct English pronunciation of Moët et Chandon?

Mway eh Shan-don

Moh-ett ett Shan-don

Mwee tay Shan-don

14. The great philosopher, René Descartes, is most famous for saying "cogito ergo sum" which means?

I'm pink, therefore I'm spam

The sum of the cogs equals the ergonomic force

I think, therefore I am

Eureka! I found

15. Marie Curie died in 1934 of aplastic anemia. What is thought to be the cause?

Radar

Microwaves

Radiation

Ultrasound

16. Muhammad al-Khwarizmi introduced the Arabic numerals 0-9 to the western world. What everyday modern expression derives from his name?

Algorithm

Alzheimer's

Algebra

Al dente

17. What did Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge cross in 1970?

Too far

The Mississippi

The gap from you to me

Troubled water

18. As you know, Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. But do you know in which countries it is located?

China & Tibet

Nepal & Tibet

India & Russia

Pakistan & Bangladesh

Hint

19. Which philosopher was a teacher of Alexander the Great?

Cicero

Plato

Aristotle

Augustine of Hippo

20. Which of these elements does not produce magnetic fields?

Iron

Cobalt

Zinc

Nickel

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