General Knowledge Test No 12

209. Which war lasted 16 years longer than its name implies?

The Hundred Year's War.

210. What is the national sport of Malaysia and Indonesia?

Badminton.

211. Which is the shallowest of the Great Lakes?

Lake Erie.

212. What name is given to minute or microscopic animals and plants that live in the upper layers of fresh and salt water?

Plankton.

213. Which country was originally named Cathay?

China.

214. Sinhalese is a language spoken in which country?

Sri Lanka.

215. The Sao Francisco river flows through which country?

Brazil.

216. In which sport do teams compete for the Dunhill Cup?

Golf.

217. Which Shakespeare character's last words are: 'The rest is silence'?

Hamlet.

218. In economics, whose law states that: 'bad money drives out good money'?

Gresham's

219. Who made the first navigation of the globe in the vessel Victoria?

Magellan.

220. Which mountaineer on being asked why he wanted to climb Everest said: 'Because it's there'?

George Mallory.

221. What was the former name for Sri Lanka?

Ceylon.

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