First Free Quiz

Here's the first of my weekly free quizzes for you.

Try to answer all the questions before I publish the answers next week along with a new set of questions. Enjoy.

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1. Napoleon used two living objects as symbols of his empires. The
first was an eagle, what was the second (Clue: Used as a symbol of
immortality and resurrection)?

2. The Society Islands are a group of islands in the south Pacific
Ocean that consist of two smaller groups of islands. What are these
two groups of islands called (Eight letters and Seven letters)?

3. How are the people who tried to save the world from the
Chernobyl's disaster better known?

4. Which country is the largest and most populous country in the
South Caucasus, located partially in Eastern Europe and partially
in Western Asia? (Clue: It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the
east, Iran to the south, Armenia to the west, Georgia to the
northwest, and Russia to the north)

5. Russia shares land borders with many countries, the smallest
being less than 20km in length. With which country does Russia
share it's smallest land border?

6. In order to cope with vast traffic problems in Rome, Julius
Caesar introduced which still-used scheme:
a: Roundabouts
b: Traffic Lights
c: Pedestrian Zones
d: Underground Subways?

7. What is the SI unit of magnetic flux density (or magnetic
inductivity)?

8. What eight-letter word means an act of mass impulse among herd
animals or a crowd of people in which the herd (or crowd)
collectively begins running with no clear direction or purpose?

9. As a child, Princess Dala received the Pink Panther as a gift
from her father, the Shah of Lugash. The Pink Panther was the
largest what in the world?

10. Until recently scientists believed the oldest tree in the world
was found in California. Now however a tree in Sweden may take that
honour. Carbon dating shows it to be anywhere between 4,500 and
8,000 years old. This dapper old specimen is what kind of tree?

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