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A collection on interesting questions on various unrelated topics.

Question 1:

This city state, also called Ragusa, was first to recognize the independence of the newly formed United States of America.

Malta
Dubrovnik
Vatican
Monaco

Question 2:

What was the currency of the Netherlands, before the adoption of the euro?

Dinar
Florin
Gulden
Krona

Question 3:

SMERSH, the organization mentioned in the James Bond film, "From Russia with Love," was a real Russian organization.

False
True

Question 4:

This US President, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946.

James Carter
Lyndon Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford

Question 5:

This US President was an instructor in classical languages. Being ambidextrous, he could simultaneously write in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other.

Teddy Roosevelt
Chester A. Arthur
Garfield
Jefferson

Question 6:

This abstract strategy board game is the national game of Ghana. The board has two straight rows of six pits or cavities, called "houses".

Backgammon
Checkers
Chess
Oware

Question 7:

This English rock musician changed his name to avoid confusion with a singer from the Monkees, who had the same family name.

Elvis Costello
David Bowie
David Crosby
Earl "The Monkey " Hinson

Question 8:

Edaphic deserts can be found on some volcanic islands, in parts of Iceland and on the Colorado plateau in the USA. Which of these most accurately defines an edaphic desert?

One that has been a desert for at least 1 million years
One that gets less than 2.5 cm of rain a year
One that gets enough rain but still lacks plants
One that is so cold that nothing can grow

Question 9:

Dactyloscopy, a technique perfected by anthropologist Juan Vucetichs, studies what?

Land dinosaurs
Flightless birds
The shape of human head
Fingerprints

Question 10:

This US city is located at the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Ohio River.

Memphis, Tennessee
Chicago, Illinois
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cairo, Illinois

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