[special jmb type quiz] try your luck

1] Vancouver is named after:

a. Captain George Vancouver

b. Captain James Vancouver

c. Captain Joseph Vancouver

2] Vancouver is located between the:

a. Strait of Jacquet and the Coast Mountains

b. Strait of Georgia and the Coast Mountains

c. Strait of Georgia and the Toast Mountains

3] The Port of Vancouver became internationally significant after the completion of the:

a. Suez Canal in the 1950s

b. Toronto Sewers in the 1940s

c. Panama Canal in the 1920s

4] The 2010 Winter Olympics will be centred in:

a. Banff and Calgary

b. Vancouver and Whistler

c. Victoria and Seattle

5] The major park in central Vancouver is known as:

a. Stanley Park

b. Laurel Park

c. Hardy Park

6] 40 years ago, the following happened:

a. John Lennon and Yoko Ono had their "Love In"

b. Apple Records went bankrupt

c. Sgt. Peppers was released in the U.S.

7] The next PM of the UK, barring a terrible accident, will be:

a. Angela Merkel

b. Gordon Brown

c. Nicolas Sarkozy

8] Voltaire's Maxim was actually written by:

a. François-Marie Arouet

b. Evelyn Beatrice Hall

c. Beatrice Evelyn Arouet

9] Tiberius Gracchus was a Roman troublemaker [social reformer]. His brother was:

a. Gaius

b. Marcus

c. Tarkus

10] ELP were a musical group of the 70s. The initials stand for:

a. Electric Light Provider

b. Eno, Loggins and Pitney

c. Emerson, Lake and Palmer

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