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1. When was Charles Perrault born? a) 12 January 1628 b) 6 June 1624 c) 11 August 1625 d) 10 December 1623 2. Where was Charles Perrault born? a) Cannes b) Paris c) Milan d) Turin 3. When was Charles Perrault elected to Academie Francais? a) 1682 b) 1675 c) 1774 d) 1671

1. When did Anne become queen of England, Scotland and Ireland? a) 19 March 1702 b) 14 April 1694 c) 22 August 1688 d) 25 November 1661 2. When was Anne born? a) 6 February 1665 b) 21 May 1663 c) 12 July 1658 d) 3 October 1642 3. Where was Anne born? a) Copenhagen b) Amsterdam c) London d) Paris

1. When was Henry V king of England? a) 1422-1461 b) 1485-1509 c) 1470-1471 d) 1413-1422 2. When was Henry V born? a) 11 March 1411 b) 18 June 1401 c) 16 September 1387 d) 3 December 1408 3. Where was Henry V born? a) Sandringham b) Monmouth c) Buckingham d) Edinburgh

1. What was Lala Amarnath’s real name? a) Prakash Amarnath b) Usman Khan c) Rajinder Singh d) Nanik Amarnath Bharadwaj 2. When was Lala Amarnath born? a) 4 January 1912 b) 7 May 1910 c) 11 September 1911 d) 29 November 1918 3. Where was Lala Amarnath born? a) Lahore b) Calcutta c) Kapurthala d) Ambala

1) Who was the first cricketer to hit a triple century in a Test and create a record for highest number of runs by an individual in a Test Innings? a) Andrew Sandham b) C. B. Fry c) Jack Hobbs d) Leary Constantine 2) Who broke the previous record by scoring 334 runs in a Test Innings? a) Donald George Bradman b) Hanif Mohammed c) Michael Colin Cowdrey d) Vijay Samuel Hazare 3) How many runs were scored by Leonard Hutton to create a new world record? a) 302 b) 336 c) 337 d) 364

1. When was Kurt Waldheim secretary general of United Nations? a) 1972-1981 b) 1945-1949 c) 1951-1960 d) 1961-1970 2. When was Kurt Waldheim born? a) 12 January 1919 b) 7 April 1914 c) 17 July 1918 d) 21 December 1918 3. Where was Kurt Waldheim born? a) Linz b) Graz c) Sankt Andra-Worden d) Weiz

1. What was Joachim Murat’s original name? a) Giacomo Balla b) Gioacchino Murat c) Giacomo Carissimi d) Joaquim Martins 2. When was Joachim Murat born? a) 25 March 1767 b) 14 April 1756 c) 24 July 1761 d) 10 December 1764 3. Where was Joachim Murat born? a) Versailles b) Reims c) La Bastide-Fortuniere d) Nantes

1. When was Catherine II born? a) 2 May 1729 b) 1 March 1710 c) 19 August 1714 d) 8 December 1732 2. Where was Catherine II born? a) Berlin b) Munich c) Szczcen d) Frankfurt 3. What was Catherine II’s name at the time of her birth? a) Sophia Augusta Frederika b) Maria Theresa c) Jane Seymour d) Margaret Tudor

1. When was Heinrich Schliemann born? a) 6 January 1822 b) 4 June 1821 c) 18 July 1818 d) 7 October 1820 2. Where was Heinrich Schliemann born? a) Hamburg b) Neubukow c) St. Petersburg d) Amsterdam 3. During which war did Heinrich Schliemann make a fortune? a) Crimean War b) Franco-Prussian War c) Seven Weeks’ War d) Danish-German War

APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) has 21 members. The word ‘economies’ is used to describe APEC members because the APEC cooperative process is predominantly concerned with trade and economic issues, with members engaging with one another as economic entities. 1 Australia 2 Brunei 3 Canada 4 Chile 5 China 6 Hong Kong* 7 Indonesia 8 Japan 9 South Korea 10 Malaysia 11 Mexico 12 New Zealand 13 Papua New Guinea 14 Peru 15 Philippines 16 Russia 17 Singapore 18 Taiwan 19 Thailand 20 United States of America 21 Vietnam * Not a country, part of China.