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1. Which team won the 201516 English Premier League?

a. Manchester United
b. Cheslea
c. Liverpool
d. !Leicester City

2. The F1 season of 1994 is remembered for what tragic event?


a. Verstappen on Fire Germany
b. The Showdown Australia
c. !Death of Ayrton Senna San Marino
d. Schumacher039;s Ban Britain

3. In Formula 1, the Virtual Safety Car was introduced following the fatal crash of
which driver?
a. Ayrton Senna
b. !Jules Bianchi
c. Gilles Villeneuve
d. Ronald Ratzenberger

4. What year did the New Orleans Saints win the Super Bowl?
a. 2011
b. !2010
c. 2009
d. 2008

5. Which of the following pitchers was named National League Rookie of the Year for
the 2013 season?
a. Shelby Miller
b. Jacob deGrom
c. Matt Harvey
d. !Jose Fernandez

6. Which professional wrestler fell from the rafters to his death during a live
PayPerView event in 1999?
a. Lex Luger
b. Chris Benoit
c. Al Snow
d. !Owen Hart

7. Which year did Jenson Button won his first ever Formula One World Drivers039;
Championship?
a. 2007
b. 2010
c. 2006
d. !2009

8. Who won the 2017 Formula One World Drivers039; Championship?


a. Sebastian Vettel
b. !Lewis Hamilton
c. Nico Rosberg
d. Max Verstappen
9. Who won the UEFA Champions League in 2016?
a. FC Bayern Munich
b. Atletico Madrid
c. Manchester City F.C.
d. !Real Madrid C.F.

10. Which country did Kabaddi, a contact sport involving tackling, originate from?
a. Cambodia
b. Australia
c. Turkey
d. !India

1. Which of his six wives was Henry VIII married to the longest?
a. Catherine Parr
b. Jane Seymour
c. !Catherine of Aragon
d. Anne Boleyn

2. Which of the following Assyrian kings did NOT rule during the NeoAssyrian
Empire?
a. !ShamshiAdad III
b. Ashurnasirpal II
c. Shalmaneser V
d. Esharhaddon

3. quot;I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to
say itquot; is a quote from French philosopher Voltaire.
a. True
b. !False

4. Who invented the quot;Flying Shuttlequot; in 1738; one of the key developments
in the industrialization of weaving?
a. James Hargreaves
b. John Deere
c. Richard Arkwright
d. !John Kay

5. In which year was Constantinople conquered by the Turks?


a. 1435
b. !1453
c. 1454
d. 1440

6. What was the name of the planned invasion of Japan towards the end of World War
II?
a. Operation Aflame
b. Operation Boarding Party
c. !Operation Downfall
d. Operation Ironclad
7. Which Louis was known as 039;The Sun King of France039;?
a. Louis XV
b. !Louis XIV
c. Louis XIII
d. Louis XVI

8. Which U.S. president was said to have been too honest to lie to his father about
chopping down a cherry tree?
a. Thomas Jefferson
b. !George Washington
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. James Monroe

1. During what war did the quot;Cuban Missile Crisisquot; occur?


a. Revolutionary War
b. World War I
c. World War II
d. !Cold War

2. When did Spanish Peninsular War start?


a. !1808
b. 1810
c. 1809
d. 1806

3. Which country had an quot;Orange Revolutionquot; between 2004 and 2005?


a. !Ukraine
b. Lithuania
c. Belarus
d. Latvia

4. Which of the following ancient Near Eastern peoples still exists as a modern
ethnic group?
a. Hittites
b. !Assyrians
c. Elamites
d. Babylonians

5. All of the following are names of the Seven Warring States EXCEPT:
a. Zhao
b. Qin
c. !Zhai
d. Qi

6. In what prison was Adolf Hitler held in 1924?


a. Ebrach Abbey
b. Hohenasperg
c. !Landsberg Prison
d. Spandau Prison

7. If you grab the bladed end of a longsword in a specific way, you will not cut
yourself.
a. False
b. !True

8. Adolf Hitler was born on which date?


a. April 16, 1889
b. June 12, 1889
c. February 6, 1889
d. !April 20, 1889

9. How long did World War II last?


a. !6 years
b. 7 years
c. 5 years
d. 4 years

10. The ancient city of Chicheacute;n Itzaacute; was built by which civilization?
a. !Mayans
b. Aztecs
c. Incas
d. Toltecs

11. On what street did the 1666 Great Fire of London start?
a. !Pudding Lane
b. St Paul039;s Cathedral
c. Baker Street
d. Houses of Parliament

12. Which countries participated in the Lobster War?


a. Canada and Norway
b. United States and England
c. !France and Brazil
d. Australia and New Zealand

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