Take Your Pick II — Answers

Today’s answers are shown below.

Here are some more multiple-choice which don’t have any specific theme.

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One

Where in South Australia is a major opal producer?

1. Andamooka
2. OhWell
3. Utapau 

Answer: 1. Andamooka.

Andamooka, a remote opal-mining town in South Australia, is known for its historic opal mining, semi-dugout housing, and astronomy tourism. The town is administered by the Outback Communities Authority and lies within the state electoral district of Giles and the federal Division of Grey. 

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Two

What was a popular, long-running British film series?

1. Carry Off
2. Carry On
3. Carry Out

Answer: 2. Carry On.

Carry On is a British comedy franchise with 31 films, the most of any British film franchise. The films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers, were made between 1958 (Carry On Sergeant) and 1992 (Carry On Columbus), with a 14-year gap between the 30th and 31st entries. The series employed a regular ensemble cast and was known for its humour in the British comic tradition.

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Three

The city now known as … developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. … was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonists, potentially in the seventh century BC.
— Wikipedia 

What cities are missing from the description from Wikipedia. The first is a modern city and the second is that cities original name?

1. Ararat and Davalou
2. Bosanska Kostajnica and Kostajnica
3. Istanbul and Byzantium

Answers: 3. Istanbul and Byzantium.

Byzantium, an ancient Greek city founded in the 7th century BCE, later became Constantinople and is now Istanbul. It was a Greek-speaking city until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in 1453 CE.

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Four

In 1978, Herman Wouk wrote which classic?

1. War And Remembrance
2. The Brothers Karamazov
3. The Mists of Avalon

Answer: 1. War and Remembrance.

War and Remembrance (1978), a sequel to The Winds of War (1971), follows the Henry and Jastrow families from December 1941 to August 1945.

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Five

The seat of government of a European country is in a city named from a term meaning ‘hedge’? What country?

1. Belgium
2. Denmark 
3. Netherlands

Answer: 3. Netherlands.

The Hague, the third-largest city in the Netherlands, is the country’s administrative centre and seat of government. The name Den Haag, meaning ‘hedge’ or ‘enclosure’, first appeared in 1242. The fuller form, ’s-Gravenhage, meaning ‘the count’s enclosure’, appeared in 1347.