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1 Name one of the four European Capitals built on the banks of the River Danube.
A Vienna, Austria; Budapest, Hungary; Belgrade, Serbia; Bratislava, Slovakia.
2 Which British soft rock band had a Number One in 1970 with “Yellow River”?
A Christie, fronted by songwriter Jeff Christie, who originally wrote it for The Tremeloes but they turned it down. The song was a massive international success, topping charts in 26 countries.
3 How many rising floodgates are on the River Thames Flood Barrier?
A Ten. The Thames Barrier took 8 years to build, and it became fully operational in 1984.
4 “River Song” was a recurring character in which TV series?
A Doctor Who
5 How many rivers are in Saudi Arabia?
A None. It relies on underground aquifers, desalination, and seasonal dry riverbeds called wadis, which only flow after rare rains, making it one of the largest nations without natural rivers.
6 Which River portrayed a young Indiana Jones in the 1989 film “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”?
A River Phoenix. He died at age 23 from combined drug intoxication in West Hollywood, California, in the early hours of Halloween 1993, having overdosed on cocaine and heroin (a mixture commonly known as a speedball) at The Viper Room.
7 Who won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the inflexible Colonel Nicholson in the 1957 epic “Bridge on the River Kwai”?
A Alec Guinness. A British POW, Colonel Nicholson, was obsessed with maintaining military discipline and building a superior bridge.
8 The city of Rome is built on the banks of which river?
A Tiber River, which has been central to its history, legend (Romulus and Remus), and development, flowing from the Apennine Mountains to the Tyrrhenian Sea.
9 Who crossed New Jersey’s Delaware River to engage British troops on Boxing Day 1776?
A George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War.
10 Which is the longest river in the world according to Guinness World Records?
A Nile River is recognised as the world’s longest river, measuring approximately 6,695 kilometres (4,160 miles) from its source in East Africa to the Mediterranean Sea. While the Amazon River is a close contender and sometimes listed as longer depending on measurement methods, the Nile holds the official title with authoritative bodies.