General Knowledge Trivia Page - 367

Trivia Questions

Sandals are popular there; many of the people speak Dinka; the second largest city is Khartoum

Its official language is Malay; Bandar Seri Begawan is its capital; its head of state is a sultan

This city's Circus Maximus hippodrome could hold 250,000 people, about 1/4 of its population

From 434 to 445 Bleda ruled the Huns jointly with this man, his brother

Early Lydian coins were made from electrum, an alloy of silver & this

This highest civil office of old Venice originated in the 7th century & got its first palace in 814

Under this Latin name, the island once called Albion went on to "rule the waves"

"Rip-Rip" is a comic opera about this sleepy head who killed time in the Catskills

This "Messiah" composer set Dryden's poem "Ode For St. Cecilia's Day" to music

Franz Liszt's symphony based on this work includes the movements "Inferno" & "Purgatorio"