1. King Henry VIII was the second monarch of which European royal house?

a. !Tudor
b. Stuart
c. York
d. Lancaster

2. In what year did the Wall Street Crash take place?

a. 1930
b. 1925
c. !1929
d. 1932

3. Which one of these tanks was designed and operated by the United Kingdom?
a. T34
b. !Tog II
c. M4 Sherman
d. Tiger H1

4. During WWII, in 1945, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the two Japanese
cities of Hiroshima and what other city?
a. Tokyo
b. Kagoshima
c. Kawasaki
d. !Nagasaki

5. The Kingdom of Prussia briefly held land in Estonia.

a. True
b. !False

6. The fourth funnel of the RMS Titanic was fake designed to make the ship look
more powerful and symmetrical.
a. !True
b. False

7. Which one of these rulers did not belong to the Habsburg dynasty?
a. Francis Joseph
b. Philip II
c. !Philip V
d. Charles V

8. The United States of America declared their independence from the British Empire
on July 4th, 1776.
a. False
b. !True

9. What was the real name of the Albanian national leader Skanderbeg?
a. Iskander Bejko
b. !Gjergj Kastrioti
c. Mirash Krasniki
d. Diturak Zhulati
10. When did Norway become free from Sweden?
a. 1834
b. 1814
c. !1905
d. 1925

11. Which of the following countries was not an axis power during World War II?
a. Japan
b. ! Soviet Union
c. Italy
d. Germany

12. What year did World War I begin?

a. !1914
b. 1905
c. 1919
d. 1925

13. Sir Issac Newton served as a Member of Parliament, but the only recorded time
he spoke was to complain about a draft in the chambers.
a. !True
b. False

1. The board game quot;Monopolyquot; is a variation of what board game?

a. !The Landlord039;s Game
b. Property Feud
c. The Monopolist039;s Game
d. Territorial Dispute

2. In a standard game of Monopoly, what colour are the two cheapest properties?
a. !Brown
b. Green
c. Yellow
d. Blue

3. How many spaces are there on a standard Monopoly board?

a. 28
b. 36
c. 55
d. !40

4. How many pieces are there on the board at the start of a game of chess?
a. 36
b. 16
c. !32
d. 20

5. How many points is the Z tile worth in Scrabble?

 a. 6
b. !10
c. 5
d. 8

6. The card game quot;Munchkinquot; won the 2001 Origins Award for Best Traditional
Card Game.
a. !True
b. False

7. What is the most challenging monster in the Dungeons amp; Dragons 5th Edition
Monster Manual?
a. Displacer Beast
b. Lich
c. Beholder
d. !Tarrasque

8. What was the development code name for the quot;Weatherlightquot; expansion for
quot;Magic: The Gatheringquot;, released in 1997?
a. !Mocha Latte
b. Macchiato
c. Frappuccino
d. Decaf

9. Some of the quot;Fallen Empiresquot; cards from quot;Magic: The Gatheringquot;

were misprinted on the backs of which other card game?
a. Dominion
b. Pokemon
c. YuGiOh
d. !Wyvern

10. Which card is on the cover of the Beta rulebook of quot;Magic: The
Gatheringquot;?
a. Island
b. Elvish Archers
c. Rock Hydra
d. !Bog Wraith

11. When Magic: The Gathering was first solicited, which of the following was it
originally titled?
a. Magic
b. Magic Clash
c. !Mana Clash
d. Mana Duels

12. What is the sum of all the tiles in a standard box of Scrabble?
a. 177
b. 207
c. !187
d. 197
1. Which of the following authors was not born in England?
a. !Arthur Conan Doyle
b. Graham Greene
c. H G Wells
d. Arthur C Clarke

2. What position does Harry Potter play in Quidditch?

a. !Seeker
b. Chaser
c. Keeper
d. Beater

3. By what name was the author Eric Blair better known?

a. !George Orwell
b. Ernest Hemingway
c. Aldous Huxley
d. Ray Bradbury

4. What039;s Harry Potter039;s dad039;s name?

a. Hairy Potter Sr.
b. !James Potter
c. Frank Potter
d. Joey Potter

5. In the year 1818, novelist Mary Shelly is credited with writing a fiction novel
and creating this infamous character.
a. !Frankenstein039;s monster
b. The Thing
c. The Invisible Man
d. Dracula

6. According to The Hitchhiker039;s Guide to the Galaxy book, the answer to life,
the universe and everything else is...
a. Death
b. Chocolate
c. !42
d. Loving everyone around you

7. What book series published by Jim Butcher follows a wizard in modern day
Chicago?
a. My Life as a Teenage Wizard
b. A Hat in Time
c. The Cinder Spires
d. !The Dresden Files

8. What was the last message of the Dolphins in quot;The Hitchhiker039;s Guide to
the Galaxyquot;?
a. !quot;So long, and thanks for all the fish.quot;
b. quot;The answer is 42.quot;
c. quot;Land of the brave.quot;
 d. quot;Goodbye cruel world!quot;

9. What039;s the second book in George R. R. Martin039;s 039;A Song of Ice and
Fire039; series?
a. A Storm of Swords
b. A Feast for Crows
c. !A Clash of Kings
d. A Dance with Dragons

10. Which of the following is not a work authored by Fyodor Dostoevsky?

a. Crime and Punishment
b. !Anna Karenina
c. Notes from the Underground
d. The Brothers Karamazov

11. What was Sir Handel039;s original name in quot;The Railway Seriesquot; and
it039;s animated counterpart quot;Thomas and Friends?quot;
a. !Falcon
b. Kyte
c. Swallow
d. Eagle

12. What is the name of the town in which Lily and James Potter are buried?
a. Hogsmeade
b. Little Hangleton
c. !Godric039;s Hollow
d. Ottery St. Catchpole