89685 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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In Spanish tapas cuisine, what is the base of salpicón de mariscos?
Answer
Mixed seafood
In Spanish tapas cuisine, what flour is central to tortillitas de camarones?
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Chickpea flour
What is the total land area of Tuvalu, one of the world’s smallest countries?
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About 26 square kilometres
What kind of machine did Leonardo da Vinci design for grinding concave mirrors?
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Mirror-grinding machine
What type of boat did Leonardo da Vinci design using paddle wheels for propulsion?
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Paddlewheel boat
How many children did Thomas Edison have?
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Six
Which 1880s invention did Thomas Edison develop to measure electricity consumption?
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Electric meter
What phenomenon did Thomas Edison discover while testing incandescent lamps in 1883?
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The Edison effect
Which city hosted Thomas Edison’s main laboratory after he left Menlo Park?
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West Orange
Which nursery rhyme did Thomas Edison use in his first phonograph demonstration?
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Mary Had a Little Lamb
Which 1878 company was formed to develop and market Thomas Edison’s inventions?
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Edison Electric Light Company
What term did J.R.R. Tolkien coin for the sudden joyous turn in a story’s fortunes?
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Eucatastrophe
Which university employed J.R.R. Tolkien as a professor of Anglo-Saxon from 1925?
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University of Oxford
Which military regiment did J.R.R. Tolkien serve with during the First World War?
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Lancashire Fusiliers
At which Oxford college did J.R.R. Tolkien study as an undergraduate?
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Exeter College
What was J.R.R. Tolkien’s academic title at Oxford from 1945 to 1959?
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Merton Professor of English Language and Literature
Who edited J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumously published book The Silmarillion?
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Christopher Tolkien
Which strait separates Italy’s Apulia region from Albania and links the Adriatic and Ionian seas?
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Strait of Otranto
Which strait separates Greenland from the Svalbard archipelago?
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Fram Strait
Which strait separates Florida from the island of Cuba?
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Florida Straits
Which strait lies between the southern tip of South America and Tierra del Fuego?
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Strait of Magellan
Which strait connects the Celebes Sea with the Java Sea between Borneo and Sulawesi?
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Makassar Strait
In Assassin's Creed Odyssey, what legendary weapon is carried by Kassandra or Alexios?
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Spear of Leonidas
Which Assassin's Creed game introduced the modern-day character Desmond Miles?
Answer
Assassin's Creed
In Assassin's Creed Syndicate, which two siblings are the playable protagonists?
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Jacob and Evie Frye
Who is the main historical protagonist of Assassin's Creed Origins?
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Bayek of Siwa
Who is the protagonist of Assassin's Creed III?
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Connor Kenway