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1. What was Mary Pickford’s original name? a) Gladys Mary Smith b) Helen Marguerite Clark c) Lillian Dana Gish d) Frances Marion Owens 2. When was Mary Pickford born? a) 10 February 1894 b) 9 April 1893 c) 2 September 1892 d) 7 December 1891 3. Where was Mary Pickford born? a) Montreal b) Ottawa c) Halifax d) Toronto

1. When did Kazakhstan proclaim independence? a) 22 February 1948 b) 28 May 1984 c) 21 August 1976 d) 16 December 1991 2. Which country is to the north of Kazakhstan? a) Mongolia b) Russia c) Nepal d) Iran 3. Which lake is to the southwest of Kazakhstan? a) Lake Huron b) Lake Ontario c) Dead Sea d) Caspian Sea

1. When was Haile Selassie crowned emperor? a) 4 August 1904 b) 3 April 1926 c) 22 February 1934 d) 2 November 1930 2. When was Haile Selassie born? a) 23 July 1892 b) 29 February 1896 c) 26 June 1894 d) 31 December 1898 3. What was Haile Selassie’s original name? a) Sahle Selassie b) Tafari Makonnen c) Jomo Kenyatta d) Lij Yasu

1. When did Bahrain become independent? a) 2 February 1969 b) 18 May 1964 c) 15 August 1971 d) 14 December 1968 2. When was Bahrain under Portuguese rule? a) 1621-1714 b) 1521-1602 c) 1815-1961 d) 1717-1804 3. When did Bahrain become a British protectorate? a) 1861 b) 1757 c) 1892 d) 1764

1. When was Frances Burney born? a) 4 February 1754 b) 13 June 1752 c) 23 August 1749 d) 30 December 1745 2. Where was Frances Burney born? a) King’s Lynn b) Shrewsbury c) Hereford d) Lichfield 3. Who was Frances Burney’s mother? a) Elizabeth Allen b) Harriet Salusbury c) Esther Sleepe d) Cassandra Leigh

1. When was Vladimir Nabokov born? a) 4 February 1894 b) 22 April 1899 c) 23 August 1892 d) 10 November 1902 2. Where was Vladimir Nabokov born? a) St. Petersburg b) Kaliningrad c) Tashkent d) Sevastopol 3. When did Vladimir Nabokov leave Russia? a) 1905 b) 1915 c) 1919 d) 1917

1. Who won Nobel Prize 2018 for Medicine? Ivan Pavlov Barbara McClintok Robert Edwards James Patrick Allison, Tasuku HonjoCorrect Answer: James Patrick Allison, Tasuku Honjo 2. For what was Nobel Prize 2018 for Medicine given? Development of in vitro fertilization Discovery of mobile genetic elements Discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation Work on digestionCorrect Answer: Discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation 3. Who won Nobel Prize 2018 for Physics? James Chadwik Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou, Donna Strickland Joseph John Thomson Jons Jakob BerzeliusCorrect Answer: Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou, Donna Strickland 4. For ... Read more

Sao Tome and Principe Quiz Questions and Answers 1) When did Sao Tome and Principe become independent? a) 14 January 1978 b) 26 May 1966 c) 12 July 1975 d) 11 November 1961 2) Who was Sao Tome and Principe’s president in 1993? a) Manuel Pinto da Costa b) Fradique de Menezes c) Miguel Trovoada d) Raul Braganca Neto 3) Who was Sao Tome and Principe’s prime minister in 2000? a) Damiao Vaz d’Almeida b) Guilherme Posser da Costa c) Maria do Carmo Silveira d) Tome Vera Cruz

1) When was Cecil B. DeMille born? a) 14 March 1882 b) 5 May 1880 c) 12 August 1881 d) 21 December 1886 2) What was B. in Cecil B. DeMille? a) Benedict b) Bernard c) Bonaventure d) Blount 3) Which college did Cecil B. DeMille attend? a) William and Mary College b) Pennsylvania Military College c) Rhodes College d) Trinity College...

1. When was Laurence Johnston Peter born? a) 24 February 1924 b) 7 May 1914 c) 16 September 1919 d) 25 December 1910 2. Where was Laurence Johnston Peter born? a) Vancouver b) Montreal c) Toronto d) Halifax 3. Where did Laurence Johnston Peter do B.A. and M.A.? a) Christ Church College b) Merton College c) Western Washington State College d) Bethany College