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World Trivia What river is the only one that flows both
north and south of the equator? What street is London's equivalent of New
York's Wall Street? What was the name of polar explorer Admiral
Richard Byrd's dog? Four years after King Edward VIII abdicated the
British throne, he became governor--of what? In what country is the austral the basic
monetary unit? What country ws the second in the world to
adopt communism? What did the late King Prajadhipilk, the last
absolute ruler of Siam (now Thailand), do to prepare himself
financially for life after his anticipated overthrow in the early
1930s? The name of what South American capital city
means "I see a hill"? What is the highest large navigable lake in the
world--at 12,500 feet above sea level? Where is the city of Batman? When the swallows return to California's
Mission San Juan Capistrano every year, where are they coming form? What is the significance of the shamrock, the
emblem of Ireland? How many icebergs are there in the world? If you weigh 154 pounds in America, how many
stone do you weigh in England; how many kilograms in France? What did the Queen Mother say to Queen
Elizabeth II when her elder daughter considered having a second
glass of wine with lunch shortly after her coronation? In what country was the first English-language newspaper published? A: In Holland, in 1620. The newspaper was published by Puritan refugees from England--the same community of Puritans that provided the Pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower in 1620. What country was the world's largest producer
of potatoes in 1990? Simon Bolivar was the liberator of five South
?American countries, one of them his native land. Can you name them? What noted Englishman did singer Texas
Guinan rush into her nightclub kitchen and arm with a chef's hat and
skillet, so he would escape arrest during a Prohibition raid?
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