1. Which country beat the US - the reigning champions - in the quarter-final of the World Basketball Championship?
2. What was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 1997?
3. Who wrote the 1940 novel For Whom The Bell Tolls?
4. Chèvre is a cheese made from the milk of which animal?
5. What were the first names of the comedy duo Abbot and Costello?
6. Before becoming the president of the US, Barack Obama was senator for which state?
7. Wycliffe Jean, Faith Hill and Pras were all members of which 1990s hip-hop group?
8. H₂SO₄ is the chemical formula for which acid?
9. Hades is the Greek god of the underworld; who is his Roman counterpart?
10. Dacia is a car manufacturer from which country?

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QUIZ ANSWERS

1. France
2. Zaire
3. Ernest Hemingway
4. Goat
5. Bud and Lou
6. Illinois
7. Fugees
8. Sulphuric
9. Pluto
10. Romania

Questions set by John Cunnane