Friday, November 30, 2012

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Where is The Hague located?

2)  In colonial America, people in this profession were called upon to make flags.

3)  On this date in 1913, Charlie Chaplin made his screen debut in a Mack Sennett short. What was the film's name?

4) Where is the Nubian Desert located?


Answers:

1)  The Hague the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. It is home to the Dutch government and parliament, the Supreme Court, and the Council of State, but the city is not the capital of the Netherlands which constitutionally is Amsterdam.[4] Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands lives at Huis ten Bosch and works at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague. Most foreign embassies in the Netherlands and 150 international organizations are located in the city, including the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, which makes The Hague one of the major cities hosting the United Nations, along with New York, Vienna, Geneva, and Nairobi (Wikipedia).






2)  upholsterers

3)  Making a Living





4)  The Sudan


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