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4) In a classic 19th Century novel, what is the real name of the character that uses the aliases

"Sinbad the Sailor", "Abbé Busoni", "Lord Wilmore" and "Number 34"?
Answer: Edmond Dantes / Edmond Dantés / Count of Monte Cristo. The novel in question is
The Count of Monte Cristo, and the title character, Edmond Dantes, uses a number of aliases on his

quest for revenge.

5) Which Bronte sibling wrote Wuthering Heights?
Answer: Emily Bronte. Although she also wrote poems, Wuthering Heights was the only novel that
Emily Bronte wrote.

6) What was the famous quote from Macbeth represented by the emojis?
Answer: "Is this a dagger which I see before me". This is the start of the famous soliloquy where
Macbeth hallucinates a floating dagger before he kills King Duncan.

GEOGRAPHY

1) Which European country is depicted in the

quiz?
Answer: Spain. With an area of 505,955 square
kilometres, Spain covers about 85% of the Iberian
Peninsula, which it shares with Portugal.

2) Which of the listed countries has the largest
population?
Answer: Mexico. Currently the 10th most

populated country in the world with over 131.2
million people.

3) Which famous landmark is associated with the clues "Composed of granite", "Near Keystone",
"Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest", "Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln"?
Answer: Mount Rushmore. With its 18 metre high sculptures of George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, Mount Rushmore is featured in Alfred Hitchcock's
classic film, and is South Dakota's top tourist attraction.

4) Which ocean is shrinking?

Answer: Pacific Ocean. Due to shifting tectonic plates in the Earth's crust, the Pacific Ocean is said to
be shrinking, while the Atlantic Ocean gets bigger every year.

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