Take Your Pick

Charles Darwin, c.1868.
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Today’s questions are multiple-choice and don’t have a specific theme.


One

… was one of the names commonly used for evolutionary ideas in the 19th century before Charles Darwin published On The Origin of Species (1859).
— Wikipedia

Which of these words is missing from the beginning of this quote from Wikipedia?

  1. Transactional
  2. Transmutation
  3. Transubstantiation

Two

Who was an American Formula 1 driver?

  1. Mario Andretti
  2. Mario Puzo
  3. Mario Lanza

Three

Which of these is a World Heritage Site described as ‘an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns’?

  1. Skara Brae
  2. Giant’s Causeway
  3. Macgillycuddy’s Reeks

Four

What noun means ‘a herd of wild swine’?

  1. Blunder 
  2. Pounder
  3. Sounder


Five

What Hollywood actress was born with the surname FitzSimons, in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland on 17 August 1920.

  1. Carole Lombard 
  2. Maureen O’Hara 
  3. Rita Hayworth

Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.


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