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1. A group of baboons is called a what?

Answer: Troop

A troop is comprised of dozens and even hundreds of baboons. A herd pertains to many animals including reindeer and springboks, a school refers to fish and a pack is used to denote wild dogs and mules.

2. Kigeli V was the last ruling king of which African country?

Answer: Rwanda

The last king of Rwanda, Kigeli V, who only ruled Rwanda from 1959 to 1961, died on the 16th of October 2016. After the overthrow of the Rwandan monarchy on 28 January 1961, Kigeli V sought political asylum in the USA.

3. The Yumbilla Falls are located in which South American country?

Answer: Peru

Yumbilla Falls, the fifth tallest waterfall in the world, is located in the Peruvian region of Amazonias. At 895.5 metres, the waterfall is nearly three times the height of the Eiffel Tower.

4. Which female science fiction novelist penned "The Word for World Is Forest"?

Answer: Ursula Le Guin

Ursula Le Guin's "The Word for World Is Forest" was originally published in the 1972 anthology "Again, Dangerous Visions". The highly successful novella won the Hugo Award in 1972 and was also nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1973.

5. Which 1958 drama, starring Rita Hayworth and David Niven, was based on a 1954 play by Sir Terence Rattigan?

Answer: Separate Tables

"Separate Tables" is based on the 1954 play of the same name by Sir Terence Rattigan. The film adaptation was greatly successful, and was nominated for seven Oscars including Best Picture, and won two of these seven. David Niven won Best Actor and Dame Wendy Hiller won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

6. Who was the manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C from 2006-2012?

Answer: Mick McCarthy

Appointed manager of Wolverhampton in 2006, Mick McCarthy took the club into the 2008-09 Football League Championship. McCarthy also won the Football League Championship Manager of the Month in August and November 2008.

7. Fulvous is a shade of which of the following colours?

Answer: Orange

Fulvous can be described as orange, reddish-yellow or brownish-yellow. The word fulvous is used to describe the appearance of many avian species and types of fungi.

8. How many times each were Lana Turner, Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor married?

Answer: 8

Turner was married eight times to seven different husbands, and famously stated, 'My goal was to have one husband and seven children, but it turned out to be the other way around'. Six of Rooney's eight marriages ended in divorce, and one of his wives, Barbara Ann Thomason, was murdered. Like Turner, Taylor was married eight times to seven different husbands, including Richard Burton.

9. Which scientific process is best described as 'the movement of water across a membrane from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration'?

Answer: Osmosis

Osmosis and diffusion both seek to equalise concentrations, but osmosis is solely concerned with the movement of water across a membrane. This form of passive transport is significant for all organisms as it enables the release of metabolic waste.

10. The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs are associated with which Abrahamic religion?

Answer: Islam

The Four Rightly Guided Caliphs are the four successors of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, following his unexpected death in 632 CE. The Caliphs, also known as the Rashidun, were Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali. Under their aegis, the armies of Islam had extended their sphere of influence to places such as Spain, North Africa and Afghanistan.

Source: Author jess1506

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