A Miscellany of Things an Educated and Informed Person might be Expected to Know! ANSWERS BACK
 1
Who was George S. Patton?  
2
Which WAR is Florence Nightingale particularly associated with, where she first radically changed the way wounded soldiers were treated?  
3
Where is "The Golden Gate Bridge?  
4
Who was Jean Moulin of France?  
5
When and how did John Lennon die?  
6
Who discovered DNA?  
7
What is the capital of Lithuania?  
8
Who directed these films? "Bladerunner", "Alien", "Thelma and Louise", "Black Hawk Down" and, "Gladiator"?  
9
What was the name of the prison in Berlin where the Nazi Rudolf Hess was jailed, who flew to England in May 1941 to try to stop the war?  
10
After WWII, a number of leading members of the Nazi Party were put on trial in which German city?  
11
What is the name of the nearest star to our sun and how far way is it?  
12
Which river flows through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine?  
13
Who discovered penicillin and when?  
14
By the age of thirty, he had created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to northwestern India. He was undefeated in battle and is widely considered to be one of history's greatest and most successful military commanders. WHO was he and WHICH COUNTRY did he come from?  
15
How, when and in which battle did Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson die?  
16
Who said: "Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."  
17
on 11th November 2001, the Twin Towers in New York was destroyed in a terrorist attack. Which OTHER U.S. building was also damaged in the same attack?
 
18
Who painted "Outskirts of Paranoia"?  
19
What name was given to the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including present day Spain and Portugal)?  
20
Who was the first man to fly solo over the English Channel on July 25th, 1909?  
21
Where, when and how did Anne Frank die?  
22
Who uttered these famous words and why? “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.”  
23
How many contiguous states are there in the U.S.A.? (states within one border)  
24
Which famous athlete broke three world records in less than an hour on 25 May 1935?  
25
In which construction are believed up to 400,000 of its builders to have died?