Hotchpotch

Today’s questions are a hotchpotch.

1. Since 2011, Algeria has been the largest country in Africa by area. What is the second largest?
   • Democratic Republic of Congo
   • State of Libya
   • Republic of the Sudan
2. Which Carpenters song begins by asking: “Why do birds suddenly appear/Every time you are near?”?
   • Bless the Beasts and Children
   • The Rainbow Connection—
   • (They Long to Be) Close to You
3. Thomas Blount’s Glossographia, published in 1656, was what?
   • Atlas in colour
   • Bible in English
   • English Dictionary
4. Prior to colliding with the ice berg, where had been RMS Titanic’s last port of call?
   • Cherbourg, France
   • Queenstown, Ireland
   • Southampton, England
5. What 1998 thriller was the first to carry Dan Brown’s name?
   • Angels & Demons
   • Deception Point
   • Digital Fortress

Good luck! I will post the answers later today.