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World Trivia What country has more volcanoes than any other? What is the destination of an airline passenger
whose luggage tags are marked AZO? or YYZ? What historic leader was the first to be called
the "Father of His Country"? What size were the 2,400 pairs of shoes Imelda
Marcos left behind when she and her husband, deposed Philippine
president Ferdinand Marcos, went into exile in 21986? On the Chinese lunar calendar, the year of the
horse began January 27, 1990. Can you name the other eleven animals
on the calendar? How much did Aga Khan III weigh in 1946 when
his followers gave him his weight in diamonds in celebration of his
sixtieth year as leader of the Ismaili sect of the Shiite Muslims? What sport did King Jigme Singye Wangchuck,
then 34-year-old ruler of the isolated Himalayan nation of Bhutan,
engage in daily in 1990? What unique wedding gift did Indian leader
Mahatma Gandi send to England's Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip
when they wed in 1947? What country was the first to impose a general
income tax? How many of Canada's 10 provinces do not border
on the United States. Which is the only one of the seven Wonders of
the Ancient World still in existence today? What country has a glacier located on the
Equator? What special device did Saudi Arabia's King
Fahd have installed in the ceiling of each room in his $150-million
"Flying Palace"? What three civilizations are believed to have
been the only ones in history to invent the zero? What were the last words of Queen Elizabeth I
when she died in 1603? Where are the highest tides in the world? What country is the only one to have been
represented in all modern Olympic games--both summer and winter? What nation's flag has remained unchanged the
longest? In the Indonesian village of Wirakan in 1985,
what unusual payment were couples required to make in order to get
married?
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