Which is the world's second largest French-speaking city

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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1
What is another word for lexicon?
Speech
Dictionary
Words
Talk
2
what is a peanut classified as?
A legume
A berry
A fruit
A nut
3
How many keys on a standard piano?
100
74
88
80
4
Which planet spins the slowest?
Pluto
Mercury
Uranus
Venus
5
What does the Hogwarts motto "Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus" mean?
Don't leave your wand unattended
Knoweldge is the key to all
Never tickle a sleeping dragon
Always protect one another
6
Which person has won the most Oscars?
Walt Disney
Katharine Hepburn
Edith Head
Meryl Streep
7
Where is the tallest Mountain on Earth?
Kangchenjunga
Mount Everest
K2
Mauna Kea
8
Consumption is the former name of which disease
Tuberculosis
The common cold
The Flu
Lung Cancer
9
Robin Williams dressed in drag for which 1993 film
Ms Doubtfire
Miss Doubtfire
Mrs Doubtfire
Jumanji
10
How high is a basketball hoop?
8 feet
10 feet
14feet
12 feet
11
What is the chemical name for table salt?
Sodium Iodine
Sodium Pentothol
Sodium
Sodium Chloride
12
In what year did South Melbourne become the Sydney Swans?
1987
1982
1980
1985
13
what is the bestselling album of all time
Eagles: Hotel California
Michael Jackson's Thriller
Shania Twain: Come on Over
Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
14
Where would you find the Sea of Tranquillity
Mars
The moon
Canada
Venus
15
Betz cells are found in which part of the body?
The stomach
The brain
The mucles
The spine
16
What did Joseph Priesley discover in 1774?
Chlorine
galaxy Messier 81
Manganese
Oxygen
17
What does a meteorologist study?
The weather
Meteors
clouds
space
18
Which letter is represented by a single dot in Morse code?
T
A
I
E
19
In Norse mythology what is the name of the ultimate battle
Valhalla
Midgard
Yggdrasil
Ragnarok
20
How many countries are larger than Australia?
Six
Four
Five
None
21
Which is the only country to lie entirely within the Alps?
Italy
Liechtenstein
Slovenia
Switzerland
22
What is the highest grossing Australian movie?
Crocodile Dundee
Babe
Happy Feet
Australia
23
Who murdered Sharon Tate?
Robert Lee Yates
Ted Bundy
Charles Manson
Jeffrey Dahmer
24
What is the only type of bird that can fly backwards?
Wood Peckers
Macaws
Hummingbird
Willie Wagtail
25
Sika, fallow, and Roe, are what types of animal?
Deer
Rabbit
Pig
Bear
26
What animals name translates as water horse
Hippopotamus
Giraffe
Sea Horse
Gazelle
27
Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in which year
1935
1933
1930
1900
28
In which year did the demolition of the Berlin Wall begin?
1989
1985
1984
1990
29
what is the best selling book of all time
The Bible
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)
The Lord of the Rings
30
How many hurdles are there in a 400 metres hurdles race?
Fourty
Four
Five
Ten
31
What disease is the focus of oncology?
Infections
Arthritis
Diabetes
Cancer
32
Who did the Son of Sam claim to receive orders to kill from?
God
His Cat
His Neighbors dog
The Devil
33
Which one of Prince's songs reached highest on the music charts?
Little Red Corvette
Purple Rain
When Dove's Cry
Kiss
34
Who was the son of Zeus and Maia
Ares
Hermes
Persephone
Aphrodite
35
What is the collective noun for a group of Rhinoceros’?
Crash
Group
Stampede
Boulder
36
What is the Matilda in Waltzing Matilda?
A swag
A woman
A noose
A sheep
37
What is the nearest galaxy to our Solar System?
The Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy
The Large Magellanic Cloud
The Milky Way
The Andromeda Galaxy
38
Which country has the longest coastline?
Norway
Greenland
Canada
Indonesia
39
Who was Henry VIll's first wife?
Catherine of Aragon
Anne of Cleves
Jane Seymour
Anne Boleyn
40
Which star is the nearest to Earth?
Proxima Centauri
The Sun
Alpha Centauri
Barnard's Star
41
How many years did Nelson Mandela spend in prison?
25
29
20
27
42
Which bird's name means two under par in golf?
Turkey
Pigion
Sparrow
Eagle
43
What is the largest state in the USA?
Montana
Texas
Alaska
California
44
What type of animal was inside Sputnik 2 when launched into orbit in 1957?
Rabbit
Dog
Mouse
Rat
45
In computing what is RAM short for
Random Access Memory
Remote Access Memory
Routine Access Memory
Random Attempt Memory
46
Barry Allen was the alter ego of which superhero
Green Arrow
The flash
Captain Marvel
aquaman
47
What classic film was called 'production 9401' during filming
The Birds
West side story
Casablanca
Psycho
48
On what date is U.S Independence Day?
October 18th
July 5th
July 4th
August 15th
49
Boob Day is the Spanish equivalent of what in Britain?
Fathers day
April fools day
Womans day
Mothers day
50
What is the smallest of the four moons of Jupiter?
Callisto
Io
Ganymede
Europa
51
Which is the world's second largest French-speaking city
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Paris, France
Montreal, Canada
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
52
What is the better known stage name of Robyn Fenty?
Madonna
Rihanna
Pink
Robyn
53
In TV the Simpsons, what is the name of Ned Flanders’ two children
Rod and Todd
Aiden and Caden.
Rhett and Brett
Blake and Jake
54
What was the first film released by Pixar
Finding Nemo
A Bug's Life
Monsters, Inc.
Toy Story
55
What is a labrys?
a double-bladed battle axe
A heavey hammer
A gun
A sword
56
In Darts, how much is the Outer Bull worth?
20 points
30 points
25 points
15 points
57
An ampersand is a sign for which word
And
At
Because
Or
58
Which country has the world’s only non-rectangular flag?
Nepal
Monaco
San Marino
Marshall Islands
59
In which year did Henry VIII become King of England?
1500
1547
1509
1510
60
Minus 40 degrees Celsius is equal to how many degrees Fahrenheit?
minus 100 F
minus 20 F
0 F
minus 40 F
61
By what name do we often call nitrous oxide?
Chloroform
Laughing gas
Chlorine gas
Mustard gas
62
Which is the oldest University in the world?
University of Oxford
University of Bologna
University of Paris
Harvard
63
Which city was the capital of Australia from 1901 to 1927?
Melbourne
Brisbane
Hobart
Sydney
64
What colour were the slippers in the original Wizard of Oz
Green
White
Red
Silver
65
what year was the first eurovision song contest
1963
1956
1950
1959
66
In which country was Auschwitz situated
Denmark
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
67
In which Star Wars film do the Ewoks first appear?
Star Wars: A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Revenge of the Sith
68
What sexual orientation does the labrys often represent?
Lesbians
Gay Men
Asexuals
Bisexuals
69
What is Agoraphobia the fear of?
open spaces
Murder
Cats
Clouds
70
What is the only musical instrament you can play without touching it
Hydraulophone
Pyrophone
Theremin
The Yabahar
71
In which war did the Charge of the Light Brigade take place?
Yalta
Crimea
Balaklava
Sevastopo
72
In which country was the 'Statute of Liberty' made?
USA
Spain
France
Canada
73
What name is given to the Jewish candlestick with special religious meaning?
Dreidel
Yad
Kippah
Menorah
74
What kind of vegetable is a ‘rutabaga’?
Beet
Pumpkin
Carrot
Turnip
75
How many years did the Hundred Years War last?
100
110
101
116
76
What kind of animals live in an apiary?
Birds
Beetles
Butterflys
Bees
77
triskaidekaphobia is the fear of what
Sweat
Vaccumes
Small Holes
the number 13
78
Occurring twice yearly, what name is given to a day with 12 hours of daylight and of darkness?
Equinox
Perfetion
Solstice
Equality
79
In which Star Wars film were the Ewoks first referred to as Ewoks.
Revenge of the Sith
None of the above
Return of the Jedi
The Empire Strikes Back
80
Ag is the symbol of which chemical element?
Silver
Titanum
Iron
Argon
81
From what language does the word alphabet come from
Turkish
Greek
Arabic
Latin
82
What digit does not exist in Roman Numerals
1000
-1
Zero
1 million
83
In what year was Margaret Thatcher first elected Prime Minister
1979
1980
1982
1975
84
what is the most expensive film ever made
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Age of Ultron
John Carter
85
What is the term for getting three strikes in a row in bowling
Turkey
Square Ball
Dime Bag
Aces Up
86
How many bones are there in the adult human body?
200
206
217
210
87
In which Australian state would find the Brisbane Ranges National Park?
Victoria
Brisbane
Western Australia
NSW
88
What animal is on the Western Australia flag?
Koala
Emu
Kangaroo
Black swan
89
From which country did French horns originate?
France
Germany
Germany
Spain
90
What is the largest bone in the human body?
Humerus
Femur
tibia
fibula
91
How many toes does a dog have
12
20
18
16
92
What was the first James Bond film?
Dr. No
Casino Royale
Goldfinger
From Russia with Love
93
What is an auctioneer's hammer called?
A hammer
A gavel
A planchette
A block
94
What is the main element that the sun consists of
Hydrogen
Heilum
Oxygen
Carbon
95
With which organ does a snake hear
Tongue
Ears
Eyes
Teeth
96
How many ships were in the First Fleet?
10
15
13
11
97
Scurvy is caused by the deficiency of which vitamin?
Vitamin B
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin A
98
Who is Dick Grayson better known as?
Nightwing
Batman
Robin
The Joker
99
In which country was Lego invented?
Norway
Germany
Denmark
Sweeden
100
In Roman mythology, Neptune is the equivalent to which Greek god?
Ares
Apollo
Zeus
Poseidon

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