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Q. If Florida is nicknamed the “Sunshine State”, and California is the “Golden State”, what is New York state’s nickname?

Q. Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, stands on which river?

Q. In which Italian city or town was Leonardo da Vinci born?

Q: Bangui is the capital of which central African republic?

Q: What river goes over Niagara Falls?

Q: “Unchained Melody” was written as the theme for which film?

Q: What was Dutch painter Rembrandt’s first name?

Q: The city of Zürich is located on the shores of what lake?

Q: On which ship did Jason and the Argonauts search for the Golden Fleece?

Q: What is the southernmost country in Africa?

Q: Texarkana lies on the border between which two US states?

Q: As the equator crosses South America from west to east, what is the first country it passes through?

Q: Which Beatle has the middle name ‘Paul’?

Q: The 80m tall giant wheel, featuring 36 observation cars, at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 was designed by which engineer?

Q: What is the name of the strait spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco?

Q: In which English town was St. Edmund the Martyr buried in the year 903?

Q: What’s the name of this meteor crater in Arizona?

Q: The columns of a periodic table are called ‘groups’. What are the rows called?