There just ain’t one Degree that would prepare you for these 20.
1. Which college in Cambridge Massachusetts founded in 1636 is America’s oldest institution of higher learning?
2. Who wrote the poem The Raven?
3. What do you call a group of crows?
4. What is the loudest insect in the world?
5. What is the name of Jay-Zs debut album?
6. Where was the supposedly golden land of El Dorado?
7. What award is the US television equivalent of the Oscars?
8. In which country is the Kruger National Park?
9. Why was Bob Geldof’s knighthood for his role in “Band Aid” and “Live Aid” an honorary one?
10. When did the most well-known armistice to end fighting in the First World War come into effect?
11. Which Roman poet wrote the Aeneid?
12. Which body of water separates Spain and Morocco?
13. Which country has a world record for the largest margin of victory in an international soccer game?
14. Which singer had a Top 10 single with Absolutely Everybody and a number one album The Power in Australia in 2000?
15. Which musical recording and playback medium was introduced in 1963?
16. In the USA, what is the minimum age that someone can become a senator?
17. What is a mathematical term for “one quarter”?
18. How many nouns are in the following sentence: “Roger told his dog not to jump on the furniture with muddy feet”?
19. The highest peak in Russia is in what mountain range?
20. Who were Great Uncle Bulgaria, Tobermory, Orinoco, Bungo, Tomsk, Wellington and Madame Cholet?
Bonus question: Charlie Wax is a fictional secret agent in which 2010 film? Answer in Quiz #30
Answers: 1.Harvard 2.Edgar Allen Poe 3.A murder 4.African cicada 5.Reasonable Doubt 6.South America 7.Emmys 8.South Africa 9.He was not a British citizen 10.The 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month 1918 11.Virgil 12.Strait of Gibraltar 13.Australia (31-0 v American Samoa) 14.Vanessa Amorosi 15.Audio cassette 16.30 years of age 17.Fraction 18.Four 19.Caucusus 20.Wombles.
Bonus question answer (from Quiz #28): Michael Stich won the 1991 Wimbledon Men’s Singles Championship.
