Trivia Test: September 2

Stephen Hawking 250 (photo credit: MCT)
Stephen Hawking 250
(photo credit: MCT)
1. The annual Mount Hagen Cultural Show that began in 1961 both as a celebration of tribal culture and as a forum for friendly competition (in place of tribal war) is one of the biggest draws of which large island nation?
2. A museum outside Nairobi, Kenya, “at the foot of the Ngong Hills” was donated by the Danish government in 1964 to the new Kenyan government as an independence gift. It was originally a residence of which writer?
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3. What’s the missing word in this paraphrase of Stephen Hawking’s statement that the universe has not existed forever? “It’s true because if it were not, all things would be the same ___.”
4. In which Irish city did soldiers of the British Army shoot at unarmed civil-rights protesters (killing 13) on January 30, 1972, in what has come to be known as “Bloody Sunday”?
5. The Kagera River, which became known for carrying bodies from the Rwandan Genocide in 1994, is the largest single inflow into what body of water?
6. What giant that operates as Asda in the United Kingdom, Seiyu in Japan and Best Price in India is also the biggest private employer in the world?
7. What “arty” 2003 film had the lead actress netting a cool $25 million, the highest ever earned by an actress for a role?