Quiz Questions for w/e 2nd Mar

1. New York City is made up of 5 boroughs – which one is missing from this list :
The Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island

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2. Where were the Winter Olympic games held in the following years [ i’ll accept country if you can’t remember town\city names]:
a) 2006 b) 2010
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3. Which Australian soprano was born Helen Porter Mitchell?
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4. Who was the first US astronaut to go into space?
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5. Which band had a hit album with “appetite for destruction”?
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6. Which movie won the best picture award in this year’s (84th) Oscars?
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7. What chemical element has the symbol Cu?
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8. What is the Spanish name for Spain?
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9. What is the name of the town in which the Flintstones live?
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10. On 2nd march 1995 which British trader was arrested for his role in the collapse of the British bank Barings?
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