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1. True or false? The word "codswallop" derives from an alcoholic drink made with fermented cod.

A) True

B) False

2. What is Russia's version of the Global Positioning System called?

A) SPOOKY

B) EYEBALL

C) GLONASS

D) SOVSAT

3. Which country's history has a period known as the Gilded Age?

A) France

B) United States

C) Greece

D) Japan

4. Which animal is also known as an ermine?

A) Otter

B) Badger

C) Wolverine

D) Stoat

5. What is another name for the mythological Horn of Plenty?

A) Cornucopia

B) Panacea

C) Ambrosia

D) Elixir

6. Who wrote The Garden Party and Other Stories?

A) Janet Frame

B) Margaret Mahy

C) Katherine Mansfield

D) Maurice Gee

7. Who is often referred to as the father of geometry?

A) Euclid

B) Archimedes

C) Pythagoras

D) Aristotle

8. Which of these early films was directed by Fritz Lang?

A) The Lost World

B) Metropolis

C) The Invisible Man

D) The Bride of Frankenstein

9. What is the red food dye cochineal made from?

A) Tiny shellfish

B) Tree bark

C) Crushed insects

D) Beetroot

10. True or false? Fortune cookies originated in ancient China.

A) True

B) False

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