Author: Vincent Augustine D'Souza

1. When did Sierra Leone become independent? a) 14 February 1949 b) 27 April 1961 c) 15 July 1960 d) 22 November 1976 2. Which country is to the north of Sierra Leone? a) Guinea b) Equatorial Guinea c) Guinea Bissau d) Papua Guinea 3. When did UK take over Freetown? a) 1 January 1808 b) 9 May 1764 c) 8 August 1780 d) 12 December 1668

1) Which country is to the north of Mongolia? a) North Korea b) South Korea c) Russia d) China 2) Which desert is largely in Mongolia? a) Kalahari b) Thar c) Gobi d) Sahara 3) Which is the currency of Mongolia? a) Baht b) Yen c) Remninbi d) Tugrik

1. What was Michael Crichton’s first name? a) Peter b) John c) Thomas d) Matthew 2. When was Michael Crichton born? a) 6 January 1944 b) 17 April 1948 c) 16 August 1946 d) 23 October 1942 3. Where was Michael Crichton born? a) Chicago b) Boston c) Harvard d) Cambridge

1. When did Lithuania declare independence from USSR? a) 11 March 1990 b) 10 April 1964 c) 12 August 1984 d) 29 November 2001 2. Which sea is to the west of Lithuania? a) Arabian b) Baltic c) Black d) Labrador 3. Which country is to the north of Lithuania? a) Serbia b) Montenegro c) Croatia d) Latvia

1) Who won mixed doubles championship in Australian Open 2009? a) Marcelo Meto, Alize Cornet b) Daniel Nestor, Aleksandra Wozniak c) Lukas Dlouhy, Iveta Besenova d) Mahesh Bhupati, Sania Mirza 2) Who were runners up in mixed doubles championship in Australian Open 2009? a) Wesley Moodie, Patty Schnyder b) Jurgen Metzer, Dominika Cibulkova c) Tommy Robredo, Anabel Medina Garriques d) Andy Ram, Nathalie Dechy 3) Who won men’s doubles championship in Australian Open 2009? a) Mardy Fish, John Isner b) Simone Boleli, Andreas Seppi c) Michael Bryan, Robert Bryan d) Leander Paes, Lukas Dlouhy

1) When was George Washington born? a) 1 January 1730 b) 15 May 1731 c) 22 February 1732 d) 31December 1733 2) Where was George Washington born? a) Orange county b) Westmoreland county c) New Orleans d) Los Angeles 3) After his father’s death in 1743 where did George Washington go to live with his half-brother Lawrence? a) Philadelphia b) New York c) Buffalo d) Mount Vernon

1. What was Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s full name? a) Henri-Jean-Baptiste de Toulouse-Lautrec b) Henri-Marie-Raymonde de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa c) Henri-Jean-Marie de Toulouse-Lautrec-Beaufort d) Henri-Victor-Jacques de Toulouse-Lautrec 2. When was Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec born? a) 5 February 1874 b) 15 May 1872 c) 21 August 1869 d) 24 November 1864 3. Where was Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec born? a) Albi b) Toulon c) Valetta d) Naples

1. When did Uzbekistan proclaim independence? a) 1 January 2001 b) 18 June 1984 c) 31 August 1991 d) 16 December 1994 2. Which country is to the north of Uzbekistan? a) Mongolia b) Russia c) Kazakhstan d) Iran 3. Which is the capital of Uzbekistan? a) Denow b) Nawoly c) Tashkent d) Kogon

1) When was Ayn Rand born? a) 2 February 1905 b) 4 April 1900 c) 22 August 1896 d) 17 November 1906 2) Where was Ayn Rand born? a) St. Petersburgh b) Tashkent c) Dushanbe d) Warsaw 3) Which University did Ayn Rand attend? a) Moscow b) Petrograd c) Vladistovok d) Yekatinburg

Massachusetts Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When did the Mayflower reach Cape Cod? a) 2 February 1624 b) 21 November 1620 c) 8 September 1634 d) 27 April 1607 2. How many male passengers signed the Mayflower Compact? a) 41 b) 72 c) 28 d) 12 3. Who was Massachusetts Bay Colony’s first governor? a) Samuel de Champlain b) Roger Williams c) John Winthrop d) Thomas Hooker