1. Which one of these was not a beach landing site in the Invasion of Normandy?

a. Sword
b. Gold
c. Juno
d. !Silver

2. The Spitfire L.F. Mk IX had what engine?

a. Merlin 50
b. Griffon 65
c. !Merlin 66
d. Merlin X

3. On what day did Germany invade Poland?

a. July 7, 1937
b. !September 1, 1939
c. June 22, 1941
d. December 7, 1941

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

5. On which day did the attempted coup d039;etat of 1991 in the Soviet Union begin?
a. August 21
b. December 26
c. December 24
d. !August 19

6. When did the Battle of the Bulge end?

a. !January 25, 1945
b. December 16, 1944
c. August 6, 1945
d. December 7, 1941

7. In what year did the North American Video Game Crash occur?
a. !1983
b. 1993
c. 1982
d. 1970

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

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

10. When did the British handover sovereignty of Hong Kong back to China?
a. 1999
b. 1900
c. !1997
d. 1841

11. How many years did the Hundred Years039; War last?
a. 100
b. !116
c. 101
d. 90

12. Which of the following Presidents of the United States was assassinated?
a. Franklin Roosevelt
b. Chester Arthur
c. Lyndon Johnson
d. !William McKinley

13. What happened on June 6, 1944?

a. Attack on Pearl Harbor
b. !DDay
c. The Liberation of Paris
d. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

1. What is the defining characteristic of someone who is described as hirsute?

a. Funny
b. !Hairy
c. Tall
d. Rude

2. What is the largest organ of the human body?

a. !Skin
b. Liver
c. Heart
d. large Intestine

3. Which one of the following rhythm games was made by Harmonix?

a. Dance Dance Revolution
b. !Rock Band
c. Guitar Hero Live
d. Meat Beat Mania

4. In 2013 how much money was lost by Nigerian scams?

a. 95 Million
b. 956 Million
c. !12.7 Billion
 d. 2.7 Billion

5. The word quot;newsquot; originates from the first letters of the 4 main
directions on a compass North, East, West, South.
a. True
b. !False

6. Which of these banks are NOT authorized to issue currency notes in Hong Kong?
a. Bank of China
b. !OCBC
c. Standard Chartered
d. HSBC

7. What was the nickname given to the Hughes H4 Hercules, a heavy transport flying
boat which achieved flight in 1947?
a. Noah039;s Ark
b. Trojan Horse
c. Fat Man
d. !Spruce Goose

8. The Swedish word quot;Grunkaquot; means what in English?

a. Pineapple
b. !Thing
c. Place
d. People

9. According to the United States039; CDC, one in how many Americans die annually
due to smoking?
a. Twenty
b. One hundred
c. Ten
d. !Five

10. When you cry in space, your tears stick to your face.
a. False
b. !True

11. How many calories are in a 355 ml can of Pepsi Cola?

a. 155
b. !150
c. 100
d. 200

12. What was the original name of the search engine quot;Googlequot;?
a. Netscape Navigator
b. SearchPro
c. !BackRub
d. CatMassage

13. Instant mashed potatoes were invented by Canadian Edward Asselbergs in 1962.
 a. False
b. !True

1. Which of these countries was sea charted in 1500 by the Portuguese maritime
explorations?
a. Madagascar
b. Mozambique
c. India
d. !Brazil

2. When did Jamaica recieve its independence from England?

a. 1492
b. 1963
c. 1987
d. !1962

3. When did the Battle of the Somme begin?

a. !July 1st, 1916
b. August 1st, 1916
c. July 2nd, 1916
d. June 30th, 1916

4. What was the first sport to have been played on the moon?
a. !Golf
b. Tennis
c. Football
d. Soccer

5. What year did Australia become a federation?

a. 1899
b. !1901
c. 1911
d. 1910

6. When was the quot;Siege of Leningradquot; lifted during World War II?
a. !January 1944
b. November 1943
c. March 1944
d. September 1943

7. What was the last colony the UK ceded marking the end of the British Empire?
a. Australia
b. India
c. !Hong Kong
d. Ireland

8. Toussaint Louverture led a successful slave revolt in which country?

a. Cuba
b. France
c. !Haiti
d. United States