WGS: Presentation

Question 1:
Category: Entertainment: Music
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Who was the original drummer for The Beatles??
a. Pete Best
b. Stuart Sutcliffe
c. !Tommy Moore
d. Ringo Starr
Question 2:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which of these is NOT a province in China??
a. Guangdong
b. Fujian
c. !Yangtze
d. Sichuan
Question 3:
Category: Entertainment: Music
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which of these aliases has NOT been used by electronic musician Aphex Twin??
a. !Burial
b. Bradley Strider
c. GAK
d. Caustic Window
Question 4:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Llanfairshy;pwllgwyngyllshy;gogeryshy;chwyrnshy;drobwllshy;llanshy;tysilioshy;gogoshy;goch
is located on which Welsh island??
a. Barry
b. Caldey
c. !Anglesey
d. Bardsey
Question 5:
Category: History
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What was Napoleon Bonaparte039;s name before he changed it??
a. !Napoleone di Buonaparte
b. Naapolion van Bonijpaart
c. Napoleona de Buenoparte
d. Napoleatilde;o do Boaparte
Question 6:

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Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What is the name of rocky region that spans most of eastern Canada??
a. !Canadian Shield
b. Himalayas
c. Appalachian Mountains
d. Rocky Mountains
Question 7:
Category: General Knowledge
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
De Eemhof, Port Zelande and Het Heijderbos are holiday villas owned by what
company??
a. Villa Plus
b. !Center Parcs
c. Yelloh Village
d. Keycamp
Question 8:
Category: Entertainment: Musicals Theatres
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Who played quot;Charlie Pricequot; in the musical quot;Kinky Bootsquot; on Broadway in
New York from May 26th Aug 6th 2017??
a. Tom Cruise
b. Ed Sheeren
c. !Brendon Urie
d. Dallon Weekes
Question 9:
Category: Science Nature
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What is the name for the auditory illusion of a note that seems to be rising infinitely??
a. Glissandro Illusion
b. Fransen Effect
c. !Shepard Tone
d. McGurck Effect
Question 10:
Category: General Knowledge
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In quot;Resident Evil 3quot;, how many inventory slots does Jill have at the start of the
game??
a. 12
b. 6
c. 8
d. !10
Question 1:
Category: Entertainment: Board Games

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Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
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
Question 2:
Category: Entertainment: Music
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Who was the original drummer for The Beatles??
a. Stuart Sutcliffe
b. !Tommy Moore
c. Ringo Starr
d. Pete Best
Question 3:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In 2012 the Germanspeaking microstate quot;Liechtensteinquot; in Central Europe had a
population of how many inhabitants??
a. !36,600
b. 90,000
c. 323,400
d. 2,400
Question 4:
Category: Science: Computers
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which of these names was an actual codename for a cancelled Microsoft project??
a. Saturn
b. !Neptune
c. Enceladus
d. Pollux
Question 5:
Category: Entertainment: Music
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What year was Huun Huur Tu039;s album Altai Sayan TandyUula released? ?
a. 2010
b. 1993
c. !2004
d. 2006
Question 6:
Category: Vehicles
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What engine is in the Lexus SC400??

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a. 5MGE
b. !1UZFE
c. 2JZGTE
d. 7MGTE
Question 7:
Category: Entertainment: Books
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Where does the book quot;The Silence of the Lambsquot; get its title from??
a. The villain039;s favourite meal
b. The relation it has with killing the innocents
c. The voice of innocent people being shut by the powerful
d. !The main character039;s trauma in childhood
Question 8:
Category: Politics
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
quot;Yes, America Can!quot; was this United States politician039;s de facto campaign
slogan in 2004.?
a. Barack Obama
b. Al Gore
c. John Kerry
d. !George W. Bush
Question 9:
Category: Science: Mathematics
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
The French mathematician Eacute;variste Galois is primarily known for his work in
which??
a. !Galois Theory
b. Abelian Integration
c. Galois039; Method for PDE039;s
d. Galois039; Continued Fractions
Question 10:
Category: Sports
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In Canadian football, scoring a rouge is worth how many points??
a. 3
b. !1
c. 2
d. 4
Question 1:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
How long are all the cutscenes from Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3, 2008 combined??
a. 12 hours
b. 4 hours

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c. 5 hours
d. !8 hours
Question 2:
Category: Geography
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which country was NOT formerly part of Yugoslavia??
a. Serbia
b. Macedonia
c. Croatia
d. !Albania
Question 3:
Category: General Knowledge
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which of the following languages does NOT use gender as a part of its grammar??
a. Polish
b. German
c. Danish
d. !Turkish
Question 4:
Category: Vehicles
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which one of the following is NOT a subcompany of the Volkswagen Group??
a. Bentley
b. Porsche
c. Bugatti
d. !Opel
Question 5:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In the title of the game quot;Luigi039;s Mansionquot;, what is the only letter to not appear
with a pair of eyes in it??
a. !s
b. m
c. n
d. i
Question 6:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
Which of these games was NOT developed by Markus Persson??
a. 0x10c
b. Minecraft
c. Wurm Online
d. !Dwarf Fortress
Question 7:

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Category: Entertainment: Cartoon Animations
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
In quot;Gravity Fallsquot;, what does Quentin Trembley do when he is driven out from the
White House??
a. Jump out the window.
b. !Eat a salamander and jump out the window.
c. Leave in peace.
d. Release 1,000 captive salamanders into the white house.
Question 8:
Category: Entertainment: Television
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
What was the callsign of Commander William Adama in Battlestar Galactica 2004??
a. Starbuck
b. Crashdown
c. !Husker
d. Apollo
Question 9:
Category: Entertainment: Video Games
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
quot;Strangerealquot; is a fictitious Earthlike world for which game series??
a. Deus Ex
b. Jet Set Radio
c. Crimson Skies
d. !Ace Combat
Question 10:
Category: Entertainment: Music
Type: multiple
Difficulty: Hard
When did the rapper EazyE die??
a. February 14, 1993
b. !March 26, 1995
c. October 21, 1994
d. July 11, 1992

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