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Questions:

1. The OS/2 operating system was initially developed by Microsoft and which other company?
2. True or false: the juniper berry, from which gin derives its flavour, is actually a nut.
3. Which of the following is not an African capital city: Antananarivo, Brazzaville, Cape Town, Djibouti, Lagos, or Victoria?
4. Name a European country other than France that fought against Britain in the America Revolutionary War.
5. How many ribs does a typical human have: 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, or 24?
6. The three major fried chicken chains in Indonesia are named after the US states of Kentucky, California, and which other?
7. The 1989 Beastie Boys song “Shake Your Rump” was—apparently—the first video to be shot completely with which kind of lens?
8. When was the first romantic kiss shown on screen: 1876, 1896, 1916, or 1936?
9. A form of carbon processed to give it a very large surface area is known as what carbon?
10. The Tolstoy Cup is an annual football match played between the War Studies department at Kings College London and which department at the University of Bradford?

Answers:

1. IBM. (OS/2 was later developed by IBM exclusively.)
2. False. (It’s a seed cone.)
3. Lagos. (Though Lagos is the largest city in Nigeria, the capital is Abuja.)
4. Spain or the Dutch Republic.
5. 24. (The first seven pairs are known as true ribs, while the following five are called false ribs, and the last two are the floating ribs.)
6. Texas. (In full: Kentucky Fried Chicken, California Fried Chicken, and Texas Chicken.)
7. Fisheye.
8. 1896. (One critic proclaimed that “it is absolutely disgusting. Such things call for police interference.”)
9. Activated. (One gram of activated carbon can have a surface area in excess of 500 square metres.)
10. Peace Studies.