Just for fun - perhaps even educational. 
1. In Chess what piece moves diagonally?
The Bishop
2. The name of which African animal means "river horse"?
Hippopotamus
3. Havana is the capital of what country?
Cuba
4. What is the nearest planet to the sun?
Mercury
5. Other than Greece what is the only other country not to have missed any modern-day Olympics?
Australia
6. What is the common name for dried plums?
Prunes
7. From which country does Gouda cheese originate?
Netherlands
8. In what US State is the city Nashville?
Tennessee
9.What’s longer, a nautical mile or a mile?
Nautical mile (it’s 1.15 miles)
10. Ardrossan's Kirkhall Drive was renamed in the 1980s. What is its name now?
Park View. Some comments
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